Ajay Karthikeyan

Critic
DISC Type : C

Machine Learning Engineer II at DoorDash

United States

Overview

Ajay is a Machine Learning Engineer at DoorDash, focusing on advertising, search, and recommendation systems. A graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his background includes research at Microsoft and an internship with Amazons Generative AI team developing image editing solutions with diffusion models.

He co-authored a research paper on a novel, gradient-based training method for decision trees, which was published at the ICLR conference.

Personality Overview

Critic

Precise

Negotiator

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.  They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.

Topics They Care About

AI in Advertising
His current role at DoorDash and past internship at Amazon Ads center on using ML for search, recommendation, and ranking in advertising.
Generative AI
At Amazon, he implemented and fine-tuned text-to-image diffusion models for image editing, improving performance by 13%.
ML Optimization
As a research fellow at Microsoft, he developed a quantized neural network-based algorithm for training decision trees.

Media Appearances

Ajay has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2024
Machine Learning Engineer II at DoorDash
1-2024 - 4-2024
Thesis at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5-2023 - 8-2023
Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon
7-2019 - 2-2022
Research Fellow at Microsoft Research
1-2019 - 6-2019
Research Intern at Microsoft Research

Education

8-2022 - 5-2024
Master of Science - MS from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2015 - 2019
Bachelor of Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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Insights For Selling To Ajay

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ajay is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ajay

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ajay move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Ajay take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Ajay

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