Senthil Vinayagam Arunachalam

Associate Director, Machine Learning at Toyota Connected India

Senthil Vinayagam Arunachalam has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Senthil Vinayagam started their career in 2003 as a Developer at Tata Consultancy Services, where they were responsible for optimizing data download performance and deploying code for fault-tolerant systems. Senthil Vinayagam then progressed to the role of Technical Lead, where they enabled authorization specs and built cryptographic solutions for host links.

In 2010, Senthil was promoted to the position of Platform Architect, where they designed cryptography solutions for the Global Authorization Network platform and ensured high availability through fault-tolerant servers and distributed computing. Senthil Vinayagam also played a significant role in the successful migration of Merchant applications to a new data center.

Senthil's career at Tata Consultancy Services continued to evolve, and they later served as a Technical Project Manager and Solution Architect. In this capacity, they led transformation initiatives for the global clearing and settlement platform and enabled a Business Rules Management system for the Dispute Processing platform.

From 2015 to 2017, Senthil took on the role of Program Manager, overseeing a portfolio of over USD 9 million. Senthil Vinayagam was responsible for revenue growth, people management, contracts, and innovation. Senthil Vinayagam successfully delivered Machine Learning proof of concepts in the credit card authorization space.

Senthil's most recent employment is with Toyota Connected India, where they started in 2020 as a Senior Manager II in Machine Learning. Their role involved overseeing a data science team focused on information retrieval from unstructured documents. Senthil was actively involved in architecting and developing the data extraction pipeline using Machine Learning and NLP techniques. In 2022, they were promoted to the position of Associate Director in Machine Learning.

Throughout their career, Senthil has showcased their expertise in Machine Learning, NLP, data extraction, and architecture design. Senthil Vinayagam has demonstrated leadership skills, successfully managing teams and delivering innovative solutions in various domains, such as credit card authorization and mortgage documents.

Senthil Vinayagam Arunachalam completed their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electronics & Communication from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, with a duration from 1999 to 2003. Prior to that, they attended National Public School from 1985 to 1999, but the specific degree and field of study are unknown.

In addition to their formal education, Senthil has obtained several certifications. Senthil Vinayagam earned the AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2022. Senthil Vinayagam also obtained the Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate certification from AWS in January 2022. Senthil has further acquired The Analytics Edge certification from MITx on edX in May 2015. Senthil Vinayagam completed a Machine Learning course from Stanford University on Coursera in December 2014 and an Introduction to Data Science course from the University of Washington on Coursera in October 2014. Lastly, they obtained the TOGAF® Certification Program from The Open Group in April 2012.

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  • Associate Director, Machine Learning

    October, 2022 - present

  • Senior Manager II Machine Learning

    October, 2020