
Venkatesh Mondi
Verified Expert in Engineering
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since June 17, 2022
Mondi is a machine learning practitioner who has architected and optimized deep neural networks for a large class of applied AI problems. His 5-year entrepreneurial journey includes identifying business problems, bringing solutions to market, and selling a startup to Ericcson, where he currently works as a data scientist developing CV and NLP solutions using TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, and Python. He loves to solve geometry and number theory problems, adapts easily, and learns quickly.
Portfolio
Experience
- Python - 10 years
- Keras - 6 years
- Deep Learning - 6 years
- Computer Vision - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 6 years
- Django - 6 years
- TensorFlow - 5 years
- Docker - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, PyCharm, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), GitHub, Linux
The most amazing...
...achievement was having NicheAI, the computer vision system I co-created, acquired by Ericcson and deployed in Asia's largest toll plaza to identify fraud.
Work Experience
Co-founder (CTO)
NicheAI, Hyderabad (Acqired by Ericsson)
- Architected and led a team in developing Grace, which generates an optimal model-serving stack with out-of-box monitoring and logging infrastructure. Grace deploys deep learning models incurring minimal technical debt.
- Developed Auto Damage Assessment (ADA), an AI agent that analyzes automobile images to assess the damage powered by part detection and defect classification. Also created a custom tagging tool using surrogate models.
- Built Automatic Vehicle Classification (AVC), an AI-based system that classifies vehicle types from CCTV video footage.
- Developed deep learning models for real-world, chaotic toll gate footage with a state-of-the-art performance of 99% on 100,000 vehicles per day.
Co-founder, Heading Technology
Spamme Labs
- Architected and led a team of four engineers in the development of a hyperlocal marketplace.
- Developed the back end in Django and Django REST framework. We were the first platform to support hyperlocal delivery.
- Developed an AI-based image filter for explicit images.
Experience
Grace
We leveraged open source projects (Docker, Keras, TensorFlow, TensorFlow Serving, PyTorch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Flask, Nginx, and ONNX), which decreased the developmental time. We also set up automated load testing.
Auto Damage Assessment
Automatic Vehicle Classification
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch
Tools
PyCharm, GitHub, Grafana
Languages
Python, SQL
Frameworks
Django, Django REST Framework
Platforms
Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, MacOS, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
MySQL
Other
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Control Systems, Aerodynamics, Prometheus, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Object Detection, APIs, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)
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