Director of AI and Applied Research, Bosch

Former Director of AI and Applied Research at a Fortune 500 industrial conglomerate with 10+ years at the organization spanning R&D leadership, autonomous driving AI product development, and dual director-level roles overseeing global AI strategy and India-based R&D delivery. Leads 300+ staff across five countries, has hired and managed 250+ people since 2015, and sits at enterprise software procurement decision tables—architecting and scaling enterprise GenAI platforms including LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, and knowledge graphs while simultaneously evaluating third-party AI tools and build-versus-buy dynamics at scale.