Sam Palani has over 18+ years as developer, data engineer, data scientist, a startup cofounder and IT leader. He holds a master's in Business Administration with a dual specialization in Information Technology. His professional career spans across 5 countries across financial services, management consulting and the technology industries. He is currently Sr Leader for Machine Learning and AI at Amazon Web Services, where he is responsible for multiple lines of the business, product strategy and thought leadership. Sam is also a practicing data scientist, a writer with multiple publications, speaker at key industry conferences and an active open source contributor. Outside work, he loves hiking, photography, experimenting with food and reading.