Ankur A. Patel is an AI entrepreneur, thought leader, and author. He is currently the cofounder and head of data at Glean and the cofounder of Mellow. Glean uses natural language processing to deliver vendor spend intelligence within an accounts payable solution. Mellow develops easy-to-use natural language processing APIs for developers to use as part of their product build. Previously, Ankur was the vice president of data science at 7Park Data, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company. Ankur used alternative data to build data products for hedge funds and developed a natural language processing-based entity recognition, resolution, and linking platform for enterprise clients. Prior to 7Park Data, Ankur led data science efforts in New York City for Israeli artificial intelligence firm ThetaRay, a pioneer in applied unsupervised learning. Ankur began his career as an analyst at J.P. Morgan and then became the lead emerging markets sovereign credit trader for Bridgewater Associates, the world`s largest global macro hedge fund. He later founded and managed R-Squared Macro, a machine learning-based hedge fund. He is the author of Hands-on Unsupervised Learning Using Python and Applied Natural Language Processing in the Enterprise, both O’Reilly Media publications. A graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, Ankur is the recipient of the Lieutenant John A. Larkin Memorial Prize. He currently resides in New York City. To subscribe to Ankur’s AI newsletter, please visit unsupervisedlearningbook.com. ©

I’m a professional software consultant with 15+ years of experience in both mobile, web and desktop development. I have worked for startups, small companies, agencies and major clients such as Enel, Eni, Hyundai and Siemens. Currently, I develop and maintain the back-end infrastructure for an Italy-based online gaming firm. I’m focused on improving. People know me as a results-driven ever-growing person. My everyday skills are Javascript, Node.js, Objective-C, Swift, iOS, Java, Android, Cordova, MySQL, Redis, Ansible, Git, BDD, TDD, OSS. When I’m not on the job, I love to spend my time reading, working out, shooting my bow, climbing, playing guitar, singing, doing yoga, meditating. Profile ©

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