Hasta Vanchinathan

Hasta Vanchinathan is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning across several prominent technology companies. Currently serving as a Senior Manager in Applied Science for Ads ML and Auctions at Amazon, Vanchinathan has previously held leadership roles including Director of Engineering at ThousandEyes (part of Cisco), Senior Director of AI at ShareChat, and roles as a Researcher and Machine Learning Engineer at Facebook AI. Additionally, Vanchinathan held the position of Vice President of Data Science at 1plusX AG. Vanchinathan's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from ETH Zürich and an MSc in Computer Science and Automation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).