Vikas Kumar
VP, Building Data, AI ML, Gen AI Products & Platforms
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Kumar is a seasoned data and AI executive with over two decades of experience building enterprise-grade data platforms, operationalizing ML/GenAI at scale, and aligning technical strategy with business outcomes. Currently VP at Expedia Group, he has led large cloud migrations, data lakes, streaming platforms and data-product teams across financial services and insurance, consistently driving measurable outcomes like improved developer productivity and reduced TCO. He combines hands-on engineering leadership—from MLOps and full-stack data engineering to hybrid data-mesh and governance—with a knack for partnering with C-suite stakeholders to deliver OKR-driven transformations. An active open-source committer and PMC member at The Apache Software Foundation, he brings both community-driven tooling insight and production rigor to large organizations. Known for building high-performing cross-functional teams, he also has a background in finance-related studies, which informs his pragmatic approach to risk, compliance and cost-aware architecture.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com, Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com at Delhi university school of open learningHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Central Board of Secondary EducationCA Final group 2, CA Final group 2 at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kumarvikas1/WireMockCoolExtensions
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:57 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
kumarvikas1/MicroServices_Ampq_Rest_Kafka_Demo
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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