This is a join talk between Bhavani Shankar Garikapati, Staff Engineer and Shantanu Chopra, a Staff Data Scientist at Lyft.
Bhavani Shankar Garikapati is a Staff Engineer at Lyft, where he leads design and architecture for key areas including Identity, Integrity, Privacy, and Security. He has spearheaded major initiatives, such as developing an identity verification system, Data Deletion, Data classification, Consent management etc.
Shantanu Chopra is a Staff Data Scientist at Lyft specializing in Identity and Integrity. With 10+ years of experience in data science, predictive analytics, and optimization, he has led initiatives spanning supply chain, growth, fraud prevention, and account security. His expertise includes designing key KPIs to size and track problems, and developing and deploying ML and CV models for fraud detection, ID verification, OCR, and forgery detection.