Ankur Joshi

Ankur Joshi is a seasoned data scientist with a robust background in data analytics, marketing, and demand forecasting. Currently serving as a Data Scientist at Meta since March 2022, Ankur has previously held significant roles at Discover Financial Services, where responsibilities included developing end-to-end personalization strategies that produced $10 million in incremental profits annually. Prior experiences include managing demand forecasting at Merck, leading a team to enhance forecasting accuracy by approximately 30%, and executing e-commerce marketing strategies at Zovi.com. Ankur’s analytical expertise was further honed at ZS, where marketing mix models improved return on investment by $17 million per year. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Business Analytics from RPI Lally School of Management and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Research efforts include developing a computational model for water flow simulation, resulting in a published paper in New Phytologist.