Nikhil Bhat is a highly experienced professional with a robust background in data science and software engineering. Nikhil's career includes a research internship at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya where a flow solver in C++ was developed, and a data scientist role at Airbnb that significantly enhanced the A/B testing platform's statistical maturity. Nikhil has also served as a teaching assistant and instructor at prestigious institutions, including Columbia Business School and Stanford University, across various quantitative disciplines. Nikhil's software engineering expertise is showcased through positions at Google, including a current role as Staff Software Engineer and previous internships on the Shopping Ads and Mobile Speech teams. Nikhil holds a PhD in Decision, Risk, and Operations from Columbia University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.