Kumar Chellapilla

Kumar Chellapilla is a seasoned professional passionate about driving innovation in product development and research, focusing on computer vision, machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence.

Currently, Kumar is dedicated to advancing the amalgamation of human and machine learning at Amazon Web Services by incorporating cutting-edge science and technology.

With a wealth of experience as an innovation manager, Kumar has led and nurtured teams at major tech companies like Lyft, Uber, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Microsoft.

His technical proficiency lies in computer vision, machine learning, and constructing scalable architectures to tackle challenges in autonomous driving, social media, online advertising, and web search.

Kumar finds particular excitement in bridging research with practical product development and enhancing the role of engineers in machine learning, computer vision, and robotics within the business landscape.

He aims to enhance team dynamics by bringing together experts from various domains to effectively collaborate and solve complex problems in emerging technologies.

Kumar's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from UC San Diego.

Throughout his career, Kumar has held key positions such as Head of ML Platform and Generative AI accelerator teams at Stripe, General Manager of ML/AI Services at Amazon Web Services, Director of Engineering at Lyft and Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Director of Engineering at LinkedIn, Senior Engineering Manager at Twitter, and Principal Scientist & Manager at Microsoft.