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Apoorva H R

@apoorvahr

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AI/ML and GenAI developer and trainer with 8+ years' practical experience.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can design and deliver GenAI/ML solutions, train teams, and build agentic AI systems in collaborative, impact-driven environments.

I am an AI/ML and Generative AI developer and trainer with over eight years delivering hands-on instruction and consultancy to professionals and students worldwide. I hold an MSc in Computer Science (AI) from the University of Oxford and a BE in Computer Science & Engineering.

I have designed and delivered upskilling programmes for engineers at companies such as Nokia, Nutanix, Oracle, Walmart and others, and have provided GenAI training to participants across the UK, Portugal, Germany, USA, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. My applied work includes projects in Generative AI, reinforcement learning, multi-drone systems, computer vision, NLP and recommendation systems.

I combine research experience and industry-facing development, having produced novel semantic-similarity methods, implemented reusable production components, and worked with modern ML/LLM toolchains and cloud platforms. I focus on practical impact: improving productivity with GenAI tools and building agentic AI systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

AI/ML and GenAI Developer

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Independent

Jun 2018 - Present (7 years 8 months)

Delivered hands-on AI/ML and Generative AI development and consultation to enterprise and academic clients, executing projects in forecasting, computer vision, NLP and agentic AI systems. Ran upskilling programmes for professionals at companies like Nokia, Nutanix and Oracle and trained students from Stanford, UW and UCLA.

Generative AI Reinforcement Learning Transformers Computer Vision NLP PyTorch Prompt Engineering Agentic AI Deployment

Research Assistant

Nanyang Technological University

Jan 2017 - Mar 2018 (1 year 2 months)

Implemented multi-drone exploration systems using GANs, CNNs, LSTMs, transformers and reinforcement learning, contributing to research in autonomous exploration and multi-agent coordination. Produced novel algorithms and published internal results during tenure.

CNN Transformers Reinforcement Learning Python Matlab Research

Research Intern

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Jul 2015 - Sep 2015 (2 months)

Developed algorithms to measure dissimilarity between geometric figures and created a semantic similarity method for adjectives that outperformed existing algorithms. Contributed to research projects and prototyped analysis tools.

Algorithm Design Similarity Search Python Matlab Research Data Analysis

Software Development Engineer

SAP Labs India

Aug 2013 - Jul 2014 (11 months)

Designed and developed reusable components for customer payment platform migrations and implemented paginated APIs to improve client data accessibility. Delivered production-quality backend features for enterprise systems.

API Development Backend Engineering Java Python SQL System Design Pagination Software Development

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

2017 - 2018

Activities and societies: Implemented multi-drone exploration systems using GANs, CNNs, LSTMs, transformers and reinforcement learning.

Research Assistant position at Nanyang Technological University from January 2017 to March 2018 working on multi-drone exploration systems and related AI research.

University of Oxford

Master of Science, Computer Science (AI)

2015 - 2016

Activities and societies: Organised and delivered training in generative AI and ML web app development; executed projects in forecasting, computer vision, and NLP.

Master of Science in Computer Science (AI) completed at the University of Oxford between October 2015 and September 2016 focusing on generative AI and ML web app development.