Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar is a highly experienced Senior Research Scientist at Amazon since May 2025, specializing in causal inference and reinforcement learning for dynamic pricing, demand forecasting, and consumer choice modeling, particularly in the airline industry. Prior to Amazon, Ravi held multiple roles at PROS from November 2015 to May 2025, including Principal and Lead Scientist, focusing on advanced pricing strategies and revenue management. Ravi's academic background includes a Ph.D. and an MS in Operations Research from Cornell University, where contributions were also made as a Teaching Assistant and Instructor. Early career experience includes research assistant positions at the State University of New York at Buffalo and engineering roles at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.