
Krishna Chaitanya
@krishnachaitanya2
I build low-latency ML platforms that optimize ad exchange revenue and margins.
What I'm looking for
I'm leading ML-driven optimization for Nexverse.ai's core ad exchange, designing floor-price, dynamic-margin, and traffic-shaping systems that improve yield, profitability, auction quality, and infrastructure efficiency.
Previously at InMobi, I deployed internet-scale pricing and margin models on Azure Databricks and PySpark. These systems delivered approximately $5.5M in annual margin improvement, around $14M in revenue uplift, and a floor-price model generating roughly $24M annually.
Across POKKT, Airpush, Personagraph, and Arima Research, I've built models for CTR prediction, bid optimization, fraud detection, brand safety, user profiling, and resume matching. My work combines millisecond-latency decisioning with practical experimentation and measurable business outcomes.
I'm focused on scaling ML teams, platforms, and standards, from MLOps and model observability to AI strategy and executive reporting. I bring hands-on depth in Python, SQL, Spark, Databricks, and production ML across cloud environments.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead ML-driven optimization across Nexverse’s core ad exchange, focusing on floor price algorithms, dynamic margin optimization, and intelligent request / traffic shaping to improve yield and profitability.
Design and productionize real-time models that set impression-level price floors and margins, balancing net revenue, win rate, fill rate, and advertiser performance across diverse inventory a
Led the design and deployment of ML-driven margin and pricing optimization models for InMobi’s ad exchange, delivering millisecond-level latency while operating at internet scale on Azure Databricks and PySpark.
Drove annual margin improvement of approximately 5.5 million USD and revenue uplift of around 14 million USD through margin optimization models, directly improving profitability and unit
• Conceptualized and designed data science solutions to enhance ad delivery efficiency at Pokkt.
• Developed and deployed five machine learning models for predicting click-through rates, addressing extreme class imbalance.
• Designed a machine learning model for optimizing bid call decisions, ensuring millisecond-level latency and improved response rates.
• Collaborated with Arima Research to tackle complex data science challenges, enhancing operational efficiency.
• Developed and implemented a resume matching algorithm, significantly improving candidate-job alignment.
• Led a Data Science team at Airpush, focusing on the implementation of ML algorithms for projects like Fraud Detection and Bid Optimization.
• Developed a machine learning model that optimized bidding for cost-per-install campaigns, saving $500,000 annually.
• Created a deep learning solution for brand safety, effectively detecting inappropriate content in child-targeted apps.
• Led the design and implementation of a user profiling system for over a billion users, extracting demographic insights from mobile app installations.
• Utilized advanced technologies including Apache Spark, Stanford NLP, and Python to analyze user data effectively.
• Delivered actionable insights on demographics and interests, enhancing targeted marketing strategies for clients.
• Developed and deployed three machine learning models for predicting click-through rates (CTR) in mobile ad campaigns.
• Addressed extreme class imbalance in datasets, improving model accuracy despite low CTR (~5%).
• Ensured millisecond-latency inference using technologies like Python, Keras, and Apache Spark.
• Contributed to Airpush, a leading mobile advertising platform, enhancing user
• Developed predictive models for sales forecasting of store items for Aditya Birla Group in Bengaluru.
• Utilized advanced time series techniques to analyze historical sales data, enhancing accuracy in predictions.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement data-driven strategies, improving inventory management.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop a robust front-end user interface and back-end server APIs.
• Enhanced the framework for financial and insurance products, improving efficiency and user experience.
• Utilized technologies such as GWT, HTML, and CSS to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
M.Sc.(integrated) Physics, Physics
2004 - 2011
Studied courses not only in physics, mathematics and chemistry but also from varied fields like psychology, economics, sociology, management, sanskrit language etc...
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Master of Science, Physics
2004 - 2011
Integrated M.Sc. in Physics with coursework spanning physics, mathematics, chemistry, and varied fields like psychology, economics, sociology, management, and Sanskrit.
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