Omid Bao

Omid Bao is an accomplished AI and machine learning professional with extensive experience at leading technology companies, including Meta Facebook, Apple, and Palantir Technologies. Notable roles include Staff Applied Scientist and AI Product Manager at Meta, where Omid led research initiatives on recommendation systems, multimodal understanding, and the productization of generative AI models. Additional expertise includes optimizing ranking strategies and developing scalable NLP pipelines. Early career experiences encompass data analysis at Apple and various data science roles at Palantir, focused on delivering predictive insights and deploying reliable machine learning models. Omid holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Peking University.