Bio

I'm Chief AI and Data Officer at Prescryptive Health, leading AI and Data strategy and product roadmap end-to-end, reporting to CEO. At Prescryptive, we work to transform the prescription drug market and the healthcare system at large, by bringing transparency to consumers to lower the cost of their medications, give them more choices and control, remove waste, and make healthcare affordable to all. I am Co-Founder and Co-Chair at AI in Healthcare Compliance and Certification Institute (AIHCCI). AI/ML-based systems are transforming all areas of healthcare (Clinical Decision Support, Tele-Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Life Science, and Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management). Before co-founding AIHCCI, I was Chief AI Officer at Change Healthcare, leading all AI activities and building a large top-talent AI team. We delivered AI-First Healthcare Platform and comprehensive portfolio of AI solutions for healthcare. Prior to Change Healthcare, I was Founder and Head of AI Labs, VP Technology at Expedia Group (EG), where we built the EG AI platform for online travel marketplace and 20+ conversational AI products in 10 languages in under a year. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, specialization in Neural Networks for combinatorial optimization. I held several applied AI research positions, worked on Neural Networks for speech recognition; NLU/NLP; image compression; handwritten text recognition; network device config; traffic trend prediction; and failure detection/prediction. I have 10 US patents, 20 IETF RFCs, and 100+ publications in AI and Networking, including IEEE/ACM articles, conference papers, and keynotes.