Sivakumaran S

Sivakumaran S has a diverse work experience that spans across various industries and roles. Sivakumaran currently holds the position of VP, Data Science at Zonda, where they lead two machine learning teams and spearheads efforts to increase awareness of machine learning company-wide. Prior to this, they were a member of the Delivery Circle at Scottish AI Alliance, where they played a crucial role in delivering the Scottish AI Strategy and developing the Scottish AI Playbook. Sivakumaran also worked as a researcher at FOR.ai. In their previous role as the Head of Intelligence Services at Bird.i, they established recruitment protocols, designed machine learning challenges, and successfully recruited machine learning engineers. Sivakumaran also served as a Big Data Engineer at Bird.i, where they were responsible for designing and implementing data stores and pipelines, as well as exploring and validating product ideas based on machine learning. Additionally, Sivakumaran has volunteer experience with organizations such as Barnardo's and UN Volunteers (onlinevolunteering.org). Prior to their career in the tech industry, they served as a Commander in the Indian Navy for over two decades.

Sivakumaran S completed a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Physics and Military Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1992. In 1989, they also obtained a pre-university degree in Electronics from St Josephs College Arts Science. In 2016, they obtained a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Big Data from the University of Stirling. Sivakumaran S has additional certifications in Strategic Thinking from LinkedIn, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and Certified Solutions Architect Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and various courses in programming and cloud computing from Coursera and Dataquest.io.