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ANKIT RAHEJA
Ankit Raheja is an AI product leader with over a decade of experience building machine learning and data products across retail, automotive, and technology sectors. As Principal Product Manager at Walmart E-Commerce, he leads customer-facing ML initiatives and the ML Ranking Platform, delivering over $360M in GMV impact within his first six months. Previously, as Product Lead for AI Initiatives at CDK Global, the largest car dealership software company in the U.S., he launched the company's first generative AI platform and rebuilt a critical identity graph product that had failed twice previously. He has led teams of up to 100 people and managed product portfolios spanning generative AI chatbots, ML ranking systems, and data platforms at scale. His work sits at the intersection of advanced AI research and real-world product impact. He holds a Master's in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Indiana University.


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