Vimal Bhat

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Sr. Manager Applied Science at Amazon

Redmond, Washington, United States

Overview

Vimal Bhat is the Head of Media Sciences at Prime Video and a founding member of its AI organization. He leads teams developing large-scale AI for content understanding, localization, and discovery. Colleagues describe him as sharp, talented, and a great technology leader. He earned his BTech from the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur.

His research focuses on understanding cinematic content, including character arcs and storylines, and generating new content via multimodal, multilingual foundational models. His work has led to features like AI Aided Dubbing, Dialogue Boost, and Automated Subtitles, enhancing the viewing experience for a global audience.

Personality Overview

Price-Sensitive

Value Seeker

Not Easily Convinced

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

AI in Cinematics
Leads the Prime Video team responsible for AI solutions that power content understanding, localization, and discovery across millions of videos.
Generative AI
His research involves generating new content through multimodal and multilingual foundational models, including work on AI-assisted sign language video generation.
AI for Accessibility
Oversees the development of key accessibility features powered by AI, such as Automated Subtitles, Sign Language Avatars, Audio Description, and Dialogue Boost.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2020
Sr. Manager Applied Science at Amazon
9-2017 - 4-2020
Sr. Software Development Manager at Amazon
4-2017 - 9-2017
Senior Software Development Manager at Amazon
8-2012 - 4-2017
Software Development Manager at Amazon
9-2008 - 8-2012
Engineering Manager at Adobe Systems

Education

1999 - 2003
BTech from National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
Education details unavailable from Kendriya Vidyalaya

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Insights For Selling To Vimal

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Back up any claims with data and numbers
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vimal is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vimal

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vimal move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Vimal take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Vimal

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