Judging Panel
Shubham Anandani
Shubham Anandani is a Product Engineering Leader at LinkedIn, where he builds large-scale AI systems for professional identity, skills, and career-intelligence platforms on a global network. He has led core work on verified identity and trust signals, including patented innovations behind “open to work” and “open to hiring” experiences that connect talent with opportunity. Shubham holds a Master’s in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where he also conducted research on professional identity and trust in socio-technical systems. He serves in leadership roles within IEEE Seattle and speaks frequently on trustworthy AI, identity verification, and large-scale social systems. His current work focuses on trust-aware professional identity representation in AI-mediated platforms and building reliable, human-centered AI at internet scale.











