Devesh Raj

Devesh Raj has extensive experience in leading AI initiatives across various industries, holding significant roles at major organizations. At Fidelity Investments, Devesh served as Vice President and Director of the AI CoE from February 2022 to September 2024, focusing on high-impact AI strategies and collaboration with business leaders. As a founding member of Unilever's Global AI CoE from November 2018 to April 2022, Devesh led a geographically dispersed team of Applied Data Scientists and Data Science Researchers. Prior to this, Devesh contributed to building the Data Science team at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India and developed machine learning algorithms at Royal Philips. Devesh began the career at Bosch as a Senior Data Scientist, addressing complex business problems using machine learning techniques. Educationally, Devesh holds an MTech in Computer Science with a major in Data Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad and completed an Executive Leadership program at Wharton Executive Education.