Hareesh Kommepalli is an experienced professional in the fields of data science and engineering, currently serving as an Associate Director at Cognizant. Prior to this role, Hareesh held positions as a Senior Data Scientist at Hitachi Vantara and Staff Data Scientist/Program Leader at GE Renewable Energy. Additionally, experience includes working as a Lead Engineer in Data Science/Program Leader at GE Global Research and as a Design Engineer at GE Aviation. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Penn State University.