Deepak MukunthuDeepak Mukunthu is a product leader with more than 16 years of experience. With his experience in big data, analytics, and AI, Deepak has played instrumental leadership roles in helping organizations and teams become data-driven and o adopt machine learning. He brings a good mix of thought leadership, customer understanding, and innovation to design and deliver compelling products that resonate well with customers. In his current role of principal program manager of the automated ML in Azure AI platform group at Microsoft, Deepak drives product strategy and roadmap for Automated ML with the goal of accelerating AI for data scientists and democratizing AI for other personas interested in machine learning. In addition to shaping the product direction, he also plays an instrumental role in helping customers adopt Automated ML for their business-critical scenarios. Prior to joining Microsoft, Deepak worked at Trilogy where he played multiple roles--consultant, business development, program manager, engineering manager--successfully leading distributed teams across the globe and managing technical integration of acquisitions. Read More Read Less