Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Director and Division Scientist
June 2009 to April 2011
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Senior Scientist
July 2006 to May 2009
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Scientist
March 2004 to June 2006
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Staff Scientist
July 1999 to February 2004
Amazon
Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cambridge, MA
Amazon
Director of Machine Learning, Amazon Alexa
April 2013 to April 2016
Cambridge, MA
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Deputy Manager and Sr. Director, Speech, Language, and Multimedia Business Unit
May 2011 to March 2013
Cambridge, MA
DAV
high school
1991 to 1993
MIT Sloan School of Management
Greater Boston Executive Program, MBA
2008 to 2008
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
BE, Electronics and Communication Engg.
1993 to 1997
Illinois Institute of Technology
MS, Electrical Engineering
1997 to 1999
What company does Rohit Prasad work for?
Rohit Prasad works for Raytheon BBN Technologies
What is Rohit Prasad's role at Raytheon BBN Technologies?
Rohit Prasad is Director and Division Scientist
What industry does Rohit Prasad work in?
Rohit Prasad works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Rohit Prasad's colleagues?
Rohit Prasad's colleagues are Enrico Marchesin, Stefano Pressato, Giuseppe Russo, Andrea Buzzoni, Alessandro Villa, Markus Hay, Chee Gan, Oleksandr Lozitskiy, Ying Sun, and Manoj Mandam
💼 Past Experience
3 years 1 month) in Cambridge, MA. Director of Machine Learning, Amazon Alexa at Amazon from April 2013 to April 2016 (3 years 1 month) in Cambridge, MA.Rohit Prasad'swork experiences:Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence (AI)Rohit Prasad is currently a Director and Division Scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies from June 2009 to April 2011 (1 year 11 months). In his previous roles, he has been responsible for leading AI development at Raytheon BBN Technologies, working on a range of cutting-edge projects in natural language understanding, dialog science, machine reasoning, and underlying machine learning capabilities. He is also a Director at Amazon Alexa, where he is responsible for direct groundbreaking work on natural language understanding and machine learning capabilities for Amazon’s products and services.RohitPrasad’s professional experience began at Raytheon BBN Technologies, where he was responsible for leading AI development from July 2006 to May 2009. He then worked at Raytheon BBN Technologies from March 2004 to June 2006settling into a position as Staff Scientist. At Raytheon BBN Technologies, he was responsible for leading research in areas related to speech-to-speech translation, psychological health analytics, document image translation, speech recognition, and text classification. He also led a technology transition in these areas to make an impact on end users.RohitPrasad has a B.S. in molecular biology from United States Catholic University and a M.S. in mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology Ahmedabad.
🎓 Education
Rohit Prasad has a diverse background that includes various fields of education and work experience that have prepared him for the challenges and opportunities he now faces as an engineer. Rohit Prasad attended high school in DAV, MA at MIT Sloan School of Management, and graduate school at Illinois Institute of Technology.Rohit Prasad's experiences in education and work prepared him well for his future as an engineer. He has completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra in 1993, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1997. He also has experience in various other engineering fields, including Electronics and Communication Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra from 1993 to 1997, and MS, Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1997.Rohit Prasad's education and experience have prepared him well for his future as an engineer. He is currently working as an engineer and expatriate in India. Rohit Prasad has the skills, education, and background to be successful in his career. Rohit Prasad is well prepared to work in various challenges and opportunities that his future throws his way.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
narcissistic personality features:"I exhibit narcissistic features which include: believing that I am the only one who can provide insights and solutions to problems, feeling entitled to special treatment, privileging my own interests above those of others, and feeling that I own the world." - Rohit Prasad
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Thinking (T), Judging (J)
2 year(s), 9 month(s)
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