Deepak Banka

Deepak Banka is an experienced engineering manager specializing in machine learning, currently leading a high-performing team at Phenom since December 2019. In this role, Deepak spearheaded the development of an advanced HR-focused large language model by fine-tuning the Llama 2 model on a dataset of 50 billion HR-related tokens. Prior to this, Deepak excelled as a Product Development Engineer III, achieving a 5-8% increase in downstream model accuracy through the development of a domain-specific BERT model, and as a Product Development Engineer II, where a recommendation algorithm led to a 25% rise in click-through rates. Previous experience includes positions at ZeMoSo Technologies as a Principal Software Engineer, where Deepak developed a competitive speech-to-text engine, and as a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on anomaly detection models. Deepak began the career at JK Technosoft as an intern, with a strong educational foundation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, holding a Bachelor of Technology in Materials Science and Engineering.