𝗩𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧

Vikas Sawant has a diverse work experience in various roles related to artificial intelligence and data science. Their most recent role is as a Co-Founder at Jupiter AI Labs, where they specialize in product and service development for Small Medium Businesses (SMB). Their expertise lies in a range of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, staff augmentation, web scraping, data engineering, chatbot development, cloud deployments, AR/VR, IoT, compliance, and quantum machine learning.

Prior to their current position, Vikas worked as a Vice President of Cognitive AI at Citibank. In this role, they led data science and AI initiatives in operations intelligence, AML, trade surveillance, and compliance analytics. 𝗩𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 also actively participated in tech expos, startup on-boarding, and hackathons, and won the D10X hackathon by Citi Ventures in 2019.

Before joining Citibank, Vikas served as a Lead AI Consultant at Genpact, where they worked on a project for JP Morgan Chase Bank. In this role, they were responsible for data readiness within the Quantitative Analytics Team (QAT) for the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) monitoring program. 𝗩𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 managed the data aggregation process, conducted data quality validation, and transformed data for analytical visualization.

Overall, Vikas Sawant has extensive experience in the field of AI and data science, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for various industries.

Vikas Sawant has a diverse educational background and has pursued various certifications throughout their career. 𝗩𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), although the specific start and end years are not mentioned. Prior to that, from 2001 to 2005, they studied at Raipur Institute of Technology, where they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Science.

In addition to their formal education, Vikas has obtained several certifications. In 2018, they completed the Google Cloud Platform Core Infrastructure course offered by Google. In the same year, they also completed the Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng at Stanford University. In 2012, they received a certification in ITIL foundation v3 2011 from APMG-International. 𝗩𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 obtained certifications in Linux Bash shell scripting from Linux in 2010. In 2007, Vikas became an Oracle Certified Associate and an Oracle Forms Developer Certified Professional. Furthermore, they obtained the PMP-Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute in 2014.

There are two certifications mentioned without specific information regarding when they were obtained. These certifications are AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, both offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).