Judging Panel
Pavan Prasanna Kumar
Pavan Prasanna Kumar is a strategic technology leader and seasoned Product Manager with deep expertise in AI/ML, identity verification, and enterprise-scale platforms. With a background spanning leading roles at ID.me, Meta, Amazon Web Services, Apple, and top-tier financial institutions, he excels at delivering high-impact products that blend technical depth with business value. At ID.me, Pavan leads the development of the mobile wallet platform used by millions of Americans, driving innovations in identity, verification, and large language model deployment. At Meta, he advanced Facebook’s Feed personalization and content discovery using reinforcement learning. As a founding PM for Amazon Bedrock, he helped define AWS’s Generative AI strategy. Pavan holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, a B.Tech in Computer Engineering from NIT Karnataka, and is a former CFA charterholder. His cross-functional leadership, ML fluency, and proven track record in launching mission-critical products position him as a trusted operator across consumer identity, trust & safety, and digital access ecosystems.


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