Summary
C Krishna is a seasoned AI/ML engineering leader with over a decade of experience building production-grade, internet-scale AI platforms and data-driven products for enterprises. Currently directing AI/ML engineering and applied research for digital advertising at Adobe, he has shipped systems that materially boost ROAS and CTR through innovations like Gaussian Process forecasting, contextual bandits, and meta-learning for cold-start mitigation. He previously led development of Ultron, a Kubernetes-based ML-as-a-service platform at Walmart Labs that halved development cycles and cut training costs by 70%, and contributed novel probabilistic forecasting and AutoML enhancements while at Microsoft. Comfortable bridging product, research and operations, he combines deep technical authorship (published research and multiple patents) with product instincts and low attrition team leadership. An entrepreneur and storyteller off-hours, he co-founded India’s top digital satire brand, demonstrating rare cross-domain fluency in scaling both technical platforms and online media audiences.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Operations Research Stochastic Optimization, Operations Research Stochastic Optimization at The Ohio State University
English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil