I run an AI organisation inside a Fortune 5. I still build.
I lead enterprise AI at UnitedHealth Group. 57+ engineers and researchers. Multi-million dollar P&L. 80+ products in production.
Senior AI/ML Engineer by title. Organisation, architecture, delivery and governance in scope. Research engineer by trade.
Scale.
- Organisation
- 57+ engineers and researchers
- 32 direct · 25 indirect · grown from 4
- Economics
- Multi-million dollar budget, full P&L
- Eight-figure vendor contracts negotiated
- Enterprise AI
- 80+ products in production
- Strategy · architecture · production · governance
- Outcomes
- $37.2M+ combined annual savings
- 3,200 bots · 43M+ authorizations a year · 10M+ daily API calls
- Governance
- AI/ML Review Board, founded and led
- Standards · Responsible AI · model risk
- Venture
- Founding Technical Partner, Optum & UHG Ventures
- Startup evaluation · investment advisory
How I lead.
Build when ownership compounds.
Licensing, lock-in, security and cost decide build versus buy.
Snowboard retired an eight-figure licensed estate: 3,200 bots at 99.7% uptime, no per-bot licensing.
Bound the risk. Then ship.
Put the security boundary where the regulator needs it and let the teams move behind it.
CAGE: 15 teams run AI-written code inside it, 78% fewer threats, 40% lower cost of ownership.
Start with the economics.
Cost per decision, workflow and adoption before the choice of model.
MNM: a 6.75M-parameter model deciding 43M+ authorizations a year instead of a frontier model call.
Central standards, local execution.
One review board sets standards and release gates. Forward deployed pods do the shipping.
The AI/ML Review Board I founded, and CRYO as the shared framework every core line of business builds on.
Measure in production.
Uptime, throughput, adoption and savings are the scorecard. Demos are not.
117,808 decisions a day, 10M+ daily API transactions across 10PB, $37.2M+ combined annual savings.
How I got here.
4 → 6 → 12 → 21 → 57+ engineers. Five roles at UnitedHealth Group since January 2019, a year at DRDO's Centre for AI and Robotics before that.
Sep 2025 - Present
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Senior AI/ML Engineer
- Team
- 32 direct reports (12 engineers, 20 AI/ML) + 25 indirect
- Budget
- Multi-million dollar budget with P&L responsibility
- Founded and lead AI/ML Review Board for enterprise governance
Feb 2024 - Sep 2025
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Lead AI/ML Engineer
- Team
- 21 direct reports (12 engineers, 9 AI/ML) + 18 indirect
- Budget
- Multi-million dollar budget
- Chaired AI/ML Review Board for enterprise governance
Mar 2022 - Feb 2024
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Data Scientist - R&D
- Team
- 12 direct reports
- Budget
- Multi-million dollar budget
- Developed synthetic data models and digital twin simulations for HIPAA compliance
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Associate Data Scientist
- Team
- 6 direct reports
- Created synthetic datasets mirroring real-world properties for 20+ operational teams
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Software Engineering Analyst
- Team
- 4 engineers (Lead Engineer)
- Applied ML models optimizing inventory and distribution in healthcare facilities
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
DRDO (Centre for AI and Robotics)
Research Trainee Intern
- Clearance
- Classified Security Clearance
- Smart Realtime GIS System: Automated detection of objects' speed, orientation, and properties
Governance, boards and venture.
AI/ML Review Board, UnitedHealth Group
Founding Member & Lead R&D Judge
- Founded and led. Architectural standards, Responsible AI guidelines and model risk management.
Optum & UHG Ventures
Founding Technical Partner
- Startup evaluation, investment advisory, portfolio mentorship.
Enterprise compliance
Mar 2022 - Feb 2024
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR programmes. Model risk management frameworks.
Technical foundation.
- U.S. patents
- 213
- 75% deployed in production
- Research publications
- 700+
- First author on majority
- AI World Championships
- 6×
- Consecutive wins
Patents licensed by five of the biggest names in big tech and deep tech. Topics: Large Language Models, Transformers, Healthcare AI, Computer Vision, Responsible AI, Quantum ML.
Recognition
6× Consecutive AI World Champion
Dell, Apple & NVIDIA AI Championships · Multiple Years
Top Patent Holder
UnitedHealth Group · 2024
Industry Speaker & Panelist
Snowflake, Adobe, NVIDIA Conferences · 2024-2025
Let’s talk.
Executive roles, board and advisory work, venture diligence, speaking. I reply within 48 hours.