Touraj Varaee, Ph.D.

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Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Suncorp Group

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Overview

Touraj is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Suncorp, leveraging over two decades of experience in architecting and operationalizing AI and ML solutions across banking, energy, and telecommunications. With a Ph. D. in Computer Engineering, he is instrumental in driving Suncorps AI transformation, focusing on MLOps, LLMOps, and Agentic AI.

His passion lies in using AI and ML to empower businesses and he is an active member of the data science community, participating in events like the Databricks Data+AI World Tour to stay at the forefront of GenAI innovation. He is committed to delivering solutions that produce tangible results.

His teams "Single View of Claims" initiative won the Ethics & Responsibility category at the 2025 Australian Financial Review AI Awards.

Personality Overview

Precise But Practical

Thorough Evaluator

Rigorous & Demanding

They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.  They respond better to strong and respectful interactions. They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Agentic AI
He is a featured speaker at the Databricks Data+AI World Tour, where he will discuss governing and scaling multi-agent AI systems in production.
Ethical AI Implementation
His team recently won a prestigious Australian Financial Review award for "Ethics & Responsibility, " demonstrating his commitment to this critical area.
Enterprise AI Governance
He focuses on the significant challenge of building trusted, production-ready AI systems at enterprise scale, especially within the highly regulated financial services sector.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2022
Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Suncorp Group
10-2018 - 4-2022
Senior Data Scientist at ANZ
10-2016 - 9-2018
Data Scientist at Hydro Tasmania

Education

2009 - 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from IAU – Tehran Science and Research Branch
2004 - 2007
Master of Science (M.Sc.) from IAU - Tehran Science and Research Branch

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Touraj is

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  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Touraj

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Touraj move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Touraj take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

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