Shishir Prasad is an accomplished Senior Machine Learning Engineer and Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in computer science and distributed systems. He holds a Masters of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. With strong skills in machine learning, data infrastructure and distributed systems, he has worked with top companies such as Instacart and Walmart eCommerce. Shishir has expertise in a variety of programming languages, including Java, Python, Ruby, and SQL, and has worked with databases like Elasticsearch, Cassandra, MySQL and MongoDB. His skills include working with frameworks like Hadoop, Spark and Play 2.0, tools like Git and Maven, and machine learning libraries like Scikit-Learn and Vowpal Wabbit. Shishir is interested in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning.