Head of Generative AI Research

Defines and executes a comprehensive generative AI research strategy across model development, agent systems, reality applications, and privacy technologies. Leads research initiatives in large language models, multimodal and diffusion models, and foundation models while driving GenAI agents for autonomous decision-making, planning, and reasoning in commerce. Pioneers GenAI reality applications including virtual shopping, digital twins, and immersive commerce, and advances privacy-preserving techniques such as federated learning, differential privacy, and secure multi-party computation. Builds, mentors, and leads a world-class team of researchers, fostering innovation, collaboration, and academic excellence while attracting top talent. Establishes collaborations with academic and industry partners, publishes in top venues, presents at conferences, contributes to open-source projects, and strengthens GenAI research in payments and commerce. Translates breakthroughs into practical product and service solutions, prototypes pilots, guides adoption across product and engineering teams, and measures impact with business-focused metrics and ethical AI practices.