Ajay Sampat
Blogger, Speaker | Engineering Servant
2x Dad | Cultural Explorer | Triathlete
Hands-on experience in engineering and product development across consumer-facing marketplaces, ads, e-commerce, and communications sectors. I have a proven track record of building high-performing teams and delivering high-scale products that impact millions of users. My expertise spans from organizational development and team leadership to leveraging data and advanced technologies like ML and AI to drive growth and innovation. I am dedicated to fostering a culture of curiosity, empowerment, and empathy, staying at the forefront of technology trends while providing approachable leadership and support to teams across the globe.
Currently, support Global Personalization & Discovery @ Uber | Ex-Instacart, Lyft, Hitachi
PATENTS
Generating recommendations for pickers servicing orders based on forecasted orders, Instacart - Published
Iterative order availability for an online fulfillment system, Instacart - Published
Location-based assignment of shopper-location pairs (Shopper positioning), Instacart - Published
User state machine for batch & task units, Instacart - Published
Balancing acquisition and engagement for transportation providers over multiple time horizons, Lyft - Published
BLOG POSTS / ARTICLES
- Grindology Magazine (print) - 2021
- The right team & mindset make your digital experiences come to life - CMSWIRE
- Q&A : The lowdown on LTV - Mobile Growth Association
- Impact of inhouse LTV Model - Martech Today
- Tackling large user traffic - HackerEarth
- Why Lyft decided to build their own martech platform - chiefmartec
- Building Lyft's Marketing Automation Platform - Lyft Eng
- Optimize your Growth Funnel at Mobile Growth Summit - Leanplum Blog
- Growth Strategy, Tactics and Pirates - TextNow
- Business Intelligence at TextNow
- What is Marketing Engineering - KIXEYE
TALKS
- Structure and Champion a CX Dream Team
- Improve visibility & performance across your digital channels - CMSWire
- Machine Learning driven Marketing Automation - Growth Marketing Conference
- Marketing Automation Stack - DXSummit
- Growth lessons from Lyft - Growth Engineering meetup
- Optimize your Growth funnel - Mobile Growth Summit
- UA From Scratch - MobileSpree 2017 Panel w/ Adjust
- Winning Strategies - Mobile Growth SF w/ Branch Metrics
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