Summary
Chanakya Dev is a Director of Product Management and seasoned data scientist with a decade of experience building production-first AI and analytics systems that bridge engineering, operations, and business strategy. He has led end-to-end initiatives—from ETL and feature engineering to UI integration—delivering anomaly detection, geospatial location engines, and network diagnostics at large enterprises like Verizon and Infosys. Adept with Generative AI, NLP, computer vision and classical ML, he also conceived agentic LLM tools for self-service analytics that accelerate executive decision-making. Known for pragmatic ROI focus, he has repeatedly operationalized models into resilient pipelines and CI/CD workflows that reduce time-to-value and improve service reliability. Based in Hyderabad, he balances technical depth with product leadership, mentoring practitioners and shaping roadmaps that prevent problems before they impact customers. A former management trainee with cross-disciplinary training in HR and computer science, he brings atypical people-centered insight to technical product design.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Technology at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Master of Arts, Human Resources Management, Master of Arts, Human Resources Management at Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at California State University Channel Islands