Rao Shen is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in machine learning and applied research, currently serving as Senior Director and Tech Lead of Search and Recommendation Science at Yahoo since February 2020. In this role, Rao leads a team of research engineers to develop AI and LLM-powered web search solutions, while previously driving AI initiatives as Director in the same domain. Prior to Yahoo, Rao was Senior Manager of Personalization Science at Verizon Media, delivering large-scale personalized ranking solutions across various Yahoo platforms. With a solid engineering background from Oath as Principal Research Engineer and earlier as Senior Research Engineer at Yahoo, Rao has made significant contributions to user engagement and personalized content recommendations. Rao holds a PhD in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and is furthering education at the University of California, Berkeley.
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