Vaakesan Sundrelingam

Vaakesan Sundrelingam is a Senior AI Engineer at AstraZeneca since November 2024, bringing extensive experience in data science and machine learning. Previously, Vaakesan served as a Senior Data Scientist and Data Scientist at Unity Health Toronto from July 2021 to October 2024, and briefly held the position of Machine Learning Engineer at Mutuo Health Solutions. Significant contributions include using speech recognition and natural language processing to enhance clinical documentation and developing deep learning models for real-time audio classification. Prior roles also include Software Developer at Roche, focusing on R package development for clinical applications, and Data Analyst at Munich Re Canada, where data analysis efforts improved underwriting data quality. Vaakesan holds a Master's degree in Statistics with a Data Science Specialization from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Toronto.