Sharmistha Chatterjee

Sharmistha Chatterjee is an evangelist and seasoned professional in ML and cloud applications. She is working as the Head of Systems and Software Engineering in Chief Data and Analytics Office at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where she has been instrumental in setting up the practice from scratch. She currently leads the practice, building scalable ML and decisioning platforms.

Sharmistha graduated from Aalto University, has published research papers, and filed patents. She has led digital transformation of clients on verticals ranging from Retail, BFSI, IOT, and Telecom. She has proven-experience in leading teams to develop scalable AI solutions, enabling revenue upliftment of several million dollars. She is a 2X GDE, an author and a multi-award-winning data scientist. Her community contributions include blogging (hackernoon.com, techairesearch.com), speaking at international conferences, and being a startup mentor at Nasscom's deep tech club. She is a guest speaker in universities (BITs Pilani), WIDS (Women in Data science by IIMB) and others. She has served as an invited judge in APAC Women in AI awards, and chair for Silicon Valley ML conference. She is the co-author of the book 'Platform and Model Design for Responsible AI', which has been sought by Ivy League Professors and industry CTOs. She has a strong follower base in LinkedIn and her contributions to the community in the form of blogs, community talks, mentorship and as a diversity champion is evident.