Abhinav Kohar

Head of AI Platform SLB

At SLB (formerly Schlumberger), I lead a diverse, geographically distributed (spread across 6 countries and 3 continents) talented team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end AI products for our customers across North America, Central America, and South America. With over a decade of experience in the AI field, I have deep expertise in automated machine learning (AutoML), MLOps, and machine learning algorithms, as well as cross-domain knowledge in various business and government segments, such as finance, HR, supply chain, prognostics and health management, retail, and ads. My group has generated cost savings worth $183Million over last 5 years. Currently leading AI Platform - https://www.software.slb.com/delfi/ai

I am passionate about solving real-world problems with AI and empowering my team to innovate and excel. I have successfully proposed and won a multi-year innovation project from the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, and have contributed to one trade secret and three research publications. I am also a Siebel Scholar, an honor bestowed upon the most talented students at the world's leading graduate schools of computer science, business, bioengineering, and energy science. I hold a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna.