Chief Technology & AI Officer, Samanvitha AI Labs

Chief Technology & AI Officer | Applied AI & Enterprise Technology Leader Bengaluru, India | apurv@samanvitha.ai | linkedin.com/in/apurvanand SPEAKER PROFILE Apurv Anand is a technology and AI executive with over 26 years of experience building and scaling enterprise software, data science, and Artificial Intelligence functions across global organizations including Amazon, GE Digital, McAfee, and Baker Hughes. He currently serves as Chief Technology & AI Officer at Samanvitha AI Labs, where he leads AI strategy and deployment across the energy, healthcare, and tech-upskilling domains. At Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, Apurv served as Senior Director of Applied AI and Data Science, where he led the development of multi-cloud, ML-driven platforms for asset performance management, predictive maintenance, and industrial analytics — work directly relevant to fleet readiness, logistics, and operational efficiency challenges faced by large organizations. He holds a Master’s degree in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from Liverpool John Moores University, England, along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Machine Learning and AI from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. His expertise spans Generative AI, Agentic AI, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, secure software development, and AI governance and ethics.