Shripad Thite is a software engineer, machine learning engineer, and algorithms developer who boasts extensive experience in server and client infrastructure. He has worked with major tech giants, including Google, Uber, YouTube, and Facebook, where he built end-to-end Machine Learning infrastructure and models for spatio-temporal demand-supply forecasting, recommendation systems, and search ads. Shripad holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he performed research in algorithms in computational geometry, online advertising, auction market design, and graphics and visualization. He is a dedicated researcher in applied areas such as statistical analysis, microeconomic simulation, scientific computing, and wireless networking. Shripad is also a mindfulness meditation teacher and practitioner who leads meditation sessions at work, focusing on gratitude and compassion.