About Me

I build AI systems for clients across industries, and write about when they break.

Amey builds AI for Dataiku clients across pharma, retail, finance, insurance, and energy. He hosts SE Radio, lives in Houston with a cat named Crow, lifts heavy, and makes music when it's quiet.

Amey Ambade
Career Journey

Experience

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Senior Data Scientist

GenAI
LLM Agents
Consulting
2026 - Present
Dataiku
Houston, TX
  • Client-facing AI consulting across oil and gas, pharma, retail, insurance, fintech, and services: solution delivery, pre-sales scoping, enablement, and demos across five concurrent accounts.
  • Production AI deployment for a Fortune 500 oil and gas client, used by 70 business intelligence users; extends earlier edge ML work into a centralized, LLM Mesh-driven analytics environment.
  • Four production use cases for a Fortune 500 fintech client: merchant sales forecasting, financial entity mapping, a Financial Analyst Assistant agent, and a Next Best Offer engine built on my ALS recommender plugin.
  • Multimodal RAG agent for a global pharma client for patent analysis and document retrieval; clinical review tagging agents in development. LangChain, LangGraph, Cohere embeddings, vector databases.
  • Risk modeling POC for a large insurance client, projected to serve 200+ underwriting users with an estimated 80% reduction in modeling cycle time.
  • Custom plugins in the Dataiku ecosystem, including an ALS recommender; internal Cohere-based multimodal embeddings asset for semantic search in progress.
  • Two GenAI and agentic workshops for 250+ client practitioners; coach junior data scientists and run technical interviews.
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Lead Data Scientist - ML

MCP
ML
2025
EvoLeap
Houston, TX
  • MCP servers for AI-based API development.
  • Sensor fusion filters.
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Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning

AI
ML
Computer Vision
2023 - 2025
SLB
Houston, TX
  • $20M+ in documented client value from production ML for energy.
  • Dynacard classification, ESP failure prediction, vision analytics, Smart Alarms, and MLOps/edge frameworks.
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Data Scientist

2019 - 2023
Schlumberger
Houston, TX
  • Failure and anomaly prediction models for prognostic health management.
  • CNN erosion classifier for mechanical tools, deployed as a cloud API.
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Data Science Intern

2018
Schlumberger
Houston, TX
  • LSTM models predicting drill sensor cracking from time series data.
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Graduate Researcher

2017 - 2018
Columbia University | Columbia Law School
New York, NY
  • Session-based recommendation research (CNARM) with attention-based encoder-decoder models.
  • NLP models predicting contract lawsuit outcomes, now part of Optimalex.
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Software Engineer Intern

2016
CY Tech | Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information (EISTI)
Paris, France
  • NLP data extraction for AREL, an e-learning platform used by 1500+ students.
Technical Expertise

Skills

LLM Agents
MCP
RAG
LangChain
LangGraph
Python
TypeScript
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
Pandas
SQL
Vector Databases
Docker
Kubernetes
Dataiku
Azure
Academic Background

Education

Innovative Contributions

Patents

One granted US patent and five pending published applications in applied AI and ML, plus a WIPO publication. All in production energy systems.

  • Field Pump Equipment System

    Granted

    US 12,291,957 · Granted May 2025

    ML-based failure prediction and run-life estimation for electrical submersible pumps: an anomaly detector feeding a survival-function prediction model.

    View on Google Patents

  • Wellsite Operations Machine Vision Framework

    Pending

    US 2025/0104436 · Filed September 2024

    Line-of-fire and human safety risk detection from wellsite imagery.

    View on Google Patents

  • Field Equipment System

    Pending

    US 2025/0270991 · Filed February 2025

    Dynacard-based operational condition detection with pump control.

    View on Google Patents

  • AI-Driven Classification Workflow for Diagnosis of Sucker Rod Pump Operating Conditions

    Pending

    US 2024/0401586 · Filed October 2022

    Real-time classification of sucker rod pump operating conditions.

    View on Google Patents

  • Field Equipment System

    Pending

    US 2024/0018863 · Filed July 2023

    ML model operationalization and continuous updates on IIoT devices.

    View on Google Patents

  • Field Pump Equipment System

    Pending

    US 2025/0067164 / WO 2023/136856 · Priority January 2022

    Real-time pump performance issue detection.

    View on Google Patents
Research & Development

Publications

A collection of my published works and research contributions.

  • Enhancing Edge-Based SRP Production Optimization Algorithm with Fast Loop Mitigation

    Ambade, A., et al.

    ADIPEC, 2024

    View Publication

  • Real-Time Well Constraint Detection Using an Intelligent Surveillance System

    Ambade, A., et al.

    SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference, 2024

    View Publication

  • Real-time Electrical Submersible Pump Smart Alarms Suite Enabled Through Data Analytics and Edge-based Virtual Flowmeter

    Ambade, A., et al.

    SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2022

    View Publication

  • Electrical Submersible Pump Prognostics and Health Monitoring Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

    Ambade, A., et al.

    SPE Intelligent Oil and Gas Symposium, 2021

    View Publication
Industry Impact

Professional Contributions

My contributions to the professional community.

  • Recurring Host

    Software Engineering Radio

    IEEE Computer Society podcast

    2025 - Present • Five episodes per year

  • Judge

    Career Catalyst Scholarship and IEEE-CS Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship

    IEEE

    2026 • Remote

  • Proceedings Chair

    Scientific Computing with Python

    SciPy Conference

    2023 - Present • Tacoma, WA

  • Chief Judge

    International Student Paper Contest

    SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    2024 • New Orleans, LA

  • Senior Technical Advisor

    Predictive Analytics

    Optimalex

    2024 • New York, NY

  • Speaker

    AI In Oil and Gas Conference

    Energy Conference Network

    2024 • Houston, TX

  • Acknowledged Contributor

    Damage to Reputation: A Comparative Analysis of Pecuniary Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Harm

    Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review (ILR), Vol. 46, No. 1, 2023

    2023 • Los Angeles, CA

  • Acknowledged Contributor

    Predictive Damages Awards: A Comparative Law & Economics Analysis on Contract Breach Litigation in American Common Law, French Civil Law, and International Commercial Law

    St. Thomas Journal for Complex Litigation (JCL)

    2023 • Miami, FL

  • Panelist

    Dell Dataiku Data Science Connect

    2022 • Houston, TX

  • Speaker

    Computer Vision through a Magnifying Glass

    DataCan

    2022 • Online

Professional Memberships

  • IEEE Senior Member (elevated 2026)

  • Member, IEEE Computer Society AI Standards Committee (C/AISC)

  • Member, IEEE P3462 Working Group: Safety by Design for Generative AI and Child Safety

  • Member, IEEE P3123 Working Group: AI/ML Terminology and Data Formats

  • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

  • Member, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS)

  • Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE-CIS)

  • Member, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IEEE-IAS)

  • Member, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (IEEE-TEMS)

  • Member, IEEE Educational Activities Board STEM Outreach Committee

  • Member, IEEE Social Implications of Technology Standards Committee

  • Member, IEEE Technology for a Sustainable Climate Community

  • Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Community Impact

Volunteering

Making a difference by giving back to the professional, underprivileged and local communities.

  • SciPy Conference

    Organizing Committee | 2023 - Present

    Teaching coding skills to underprivileged youth

  • OIT

    Houston Chapter Leadership Team | 2023 - 2024

    Building community and fostering professional growth

  • OIT-University

    Admissions Team Lead | 2023

    Matching DEI-focused students to mentorship opportunities

  • Columbia University

    Campus Recruitment Manager | 2022-Present

    Recruiting diverse talent for Columbia University

  • Columbia Alumni Association

    Houston Chapter Leadership Team | 2022-Present

    Building community and fostering professional growth

  • Houston Humane Society

    Adoption Coordinator | 2021 - Present

    Assisting with animal care and adoption events

  • YMCA of Greater Houston

    Volunteer Instructor | 2020 - Present

    Teaching coding skills to children and teens

Knowledge Sharing

Mentoring

Sharing knowledge and experiences to help others grow.

Columbia University

Mentor, CAMP & Odyssey programs | 2023 - 2025

Mentoring undergraduates and graduates in applied ML careers

Out in Tech Houston

Mentor | 2023 - Present

Helping LGBTQ+ folks break into the tech industry

SPE Young Professionals

Mentor | 2022 - Present

Mentoring early-career engineers in AI and ML

Recognition

Awards

Performed by SLB Award

SLB | 2024

MLOps World Championship

Dataiku | 2021

Performed by SLB Award

SLB | 2022

Petro.AI Hackathon Silver Medal

Petro.AI | 2021

BeOutstanding Award

Schlumberger | 2020

Fear has killed more dreams than failure ever will.
© 2026 Amey Ambade
Houston, TX
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