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Ben Shahshahani

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Chief AI Officer at Cleveland Clinic
📍 Menlo Park, California, United States

Ben Shahshahani is the Chief AI Officer at Cleveland Clinic, leveraging his extensive background in machine learning from leadership roles at SiriusXM, Verizon, Yahoo, and Google. A Ph. D. graduate from Purdue University, he is described by colleagues as a hands-on leader skilled in both high-level strategy and detailed technical execution.

He has consistently led applied science teams responsible for developing the core algorithms behind search, media recommendations, and advertising platforms at major technology companies.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Chief AI Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States
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AI in Healthcare
As the current Chief AI Officer for the Cleveland Clinic, his primary focus is on applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve healthcare.
Recommendation Systems
Led teams at SiriusXM and Yahoo responsible for recommendation systems, algorithmic radio sequencing, and personalizing user content and discovery.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Chief AI Officer
Cleveland Clinic
11-2021 - 7-2024
SVP, Science, Machine Learning & Product Analytics
SiriusXM
5-2020 - 11-2021
VP of Research - Head of Yahoo Research
Verizon Media
2-2019 - 5-2020
VP, Advertising Science, Search and Ad Targeting
Verizon Media
5-2018 - 2-2019
VP, Advertising Science and Ad Targeting Engineering
Verizon Media
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Ph.D
Purdue University
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