Dattaraj Rao

Dattaraj Rao is a seasoned professional with over 21 years of experience in the product and services industry.

He is the author of the book 'Keras to Kubernetes,' which delves into the journey of ML models with reusable patterns for each stage.

Dattaraj is a notable thought leader in AI, with contributions featured in reputable publications like VentureBeat and InfoQ.

He has presented talks and workshops at major conferences and holds 11 patents in computer vision for the Rail industry filed through GE and Wabtec.

Currently, Dattaraj serves as the head of the AI Research lab at Persistent, focusing on advancing areas such as MLOps, NLU, Recommender systems, ML Privacy, and AI for Cybersecurity.

He is dedicated to developing innovative solutions around Responsible AI, Federated Learning, Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies for BFSI and Healthcare sectors.

Dattaraj spearheads the development of a MLOps framework based on open source tools, emphasizing model lifecycle management, reproducibility, fairness, transparency, and governance.

Moreover, he is engaged in building an enterprise Cybersecurity platform powered by Security Data Lake and a model repository for threat hunting, UEBA, and adaptive incident response.

In his previous roles at General Electric (GE) in Global Research, Power, and Transportation (now Wabtec), Dattaraj has held significant Technology leadership positions.

At GE Power, he served as the Chief Software Architect for the RM&D system, responsible for monitoring more than 1000 Gas Turbines globally.

During his tenure at GE Transportation (Wabtec), Dattaraj successfully transformed a locomotive-based video track inspection concept into a successful commercial offering known as LocoVISION.

Dattaraj Rao's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Goa University.

He has held key positions such as Chief Data Scientist at Persistent Systems, Principal Architect at GE Transportation, Chief Software Architect at GE Power, Lead Software Engineer at GE Power, and Research Engineer at GE Global Research.