Team

Keith Thompson

Technology Lead

Keith Thompson is the technology lead in the research, design, and development of software technology platforms. He brings 25-plus years of experience in product design, process development, and quality control. He has also worked in various technical positions at Ford Motor Company. He is co-inventor on pending and issued patents, and has authored peer-reviewed research publications. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a master's degree and a Ph.D. in manufacturing and mech. engineering from Stanford University, and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Kunal Joshi

Data Scientist

Kunal Joshi is a senior member of the technical team, who has led the development of CarBeast. He has 15-plus years of experience in architecting and implementing AI and analytics solutions across several domains. He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Jayadevan

Ontology Engineer

Jayadevan is a senior member of the engineering team. He brings nearly 15 years of experience to develop ontologies used to analyze automotive warranty and repair data. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Ben King

Data Scientist

Ben King is a senior member of the technical team and leads efforts in AI-based technologies. He has 10-plus years of research experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), which he has applied in the automotive and healthcare sectors. He holds a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he focused on information retrieval, knowledge graphs, and low-resource cross-lingual NLP.

Vikram Parvathaneni

Analytics Engineer

Vikram Parvathaneni is a senior member of the technical team. He helps lead, coordinate, and train data analysts in the vehicle and parts manufacturing sector to resolve complex vehicle failure issues. He has 15-plus years of experience in the design and development of advanced practical analytics for multiple domains and has published research results in aviation technology. He holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Nandit Soparkar

Technical Manager

Nandit Soparkar supports business and technical development efforts and has been a tenure-track faculty in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His former students hold senior industry, research, and faculty positions, and he has advised several publicly-traded technology companies. He has published academic research on data-driven technologies, and has pending and issued patents. He has worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, and at IBM TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technlogy, Delhi, and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.