Karolis Urbonas

Karolis Urbonas possesses extensive experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning, serving in prominent leadership roles at Amazon from January 2019 to October 2022, including Global Head of AI/ML, Science, Engineering & Analytics, Global Head of Marketing Science & AI/ML, and Global Head of Data Science and Analytics for Alexa. Prior to Amazon, Karolis held the position of Head of Data Mining & ML at Western Union and co-founded Social Dynamics International, where responsibilities included serving as Head of Predictive Modeling. Additional experience includes managerial roles in predictive analytics and data mining at various banking institutions and a position as Data Mining Engineer at Vertas Management. Karolis holds a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in AI & Machine Learning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from Vilnius University.