Summary
Sumit Kant is a senior AI and data science leader with 11 years of experience, currently heading AI Labs & Governance at American Express after progressing through successive data science leadership roles. He specializes in marketing-focused ML solutions, notably uplift modeling and spend-prediction systems that inform high-impact campaign decisions. His work blends rigorous analytics with product-minded deployment, translating experiments into governance-ready, production models across global commercial teams. Sumit pairs a technical foundation from IIT Mandi with a PGDM in Marketing & Systems from IIM Lucknow, giving him both engineering depth and business acumen. Outside of work he pursues psychology, design and drumming—running a personal blog and a YouTube channel for drum covers—reflecting a creative approach to problem solving not obvious from his corporate titles.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Senior Secondary School, Science, Senior Secondary School, Science at Govt. Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalya
PGDM, Marketing & Systems, PGDM, Marketing & Systems at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering at IIT Mandi
English, Hindi