Ashvini is an accomplished artificial intelligence researcher and engineer who has pioneered breakthrough innovations across the machine learning landscape for over a decade. At LinkedIn, he transformed the company's AI capabilities by spearheading Gen-AI modeling initiatives and architecting EON, LinkedIn's domain adaptation LLM, while making pivotal contributions to key products including LinkedIn Hiring Assistant and Focused Inbox. A recognized force in the open-source AI community, his innovations include developing the state-of-the-art Llama-3.1-Storm-8B model, which is available on multiple LLM hosting platforms including Microsoft Azure. He has won multiple LLM competitions, including victory at the prestigious NeurIPS LLM Efficiency Challenge 2023. His research contributions span top-tier conferences including ICLR, KDD, ACL, and CIKM, while his technical mastery extends across the full spectrum of AI systems—from large language models and recommendation engines to conversational AI and content moderation systems. Throughout his career, Ashvini has consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible in machine learning, delivering impactful solutions that shape how AI systems are built and deployed at scale.