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Kris Shrestha

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Vice President at Accel-KKR

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

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About

Kris Shrestha is Operating Vice President, AI at Accel-KKR, where he works with portfolio companies on AI strategy, GenAI adoption, workflow automation, data architecture, AI governance, and AI-enabled product development. He has more than 15 years of experience building and scaling production AI systems in regulated sectors including financial services, aerospace, and defense. His prior work involved leading global applied AI and analytics teams delivering machine learning-based decision systems across commercial and defense programs.

Experience

  1. Accel-KKROperating Vice President, AIcurrent2026 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
  2. JPMorgan Chase & Co.Executive Director, Head of Document Understanding2023 — 2026Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  3. Raytheon TechnologiesSenior Director, Head of Applied Data2022 — 2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  4. Raytheon TechnologiesDirector, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Products2021 — 2022Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  5. Raytheon TechnologiesAssociate Director, Data Science2020 — 2021Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  6. United TechnologiesAssociate Director, Data Science2020Greater Atlanta Area
  7. United TechnologiesSenior Manager, Data Science2018 — 2019
  8. PrediktoData Scientist2016 — 2018Atlanta
  9. FarmLinkData Scientist2015 — 2016Atlanta, GA
  10. Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Scientist II, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences2013 — 2014Atlanta, GA
  11. Georgia Institute of TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences2011 — 2012Atlanta, GA
  12. Florida International UniversityResearch Associate, International Hurricane Research Center2010 — 2011Miami, FL
  13. University of FloridaResearch Assistant, Adaptive Signal Processing Laboratory2005 — 2010Gainesville, Florida, United States
  14. MotorolaIntern, Quality Engineering, IESS Seguin, TX2004Seguin, Texas, United States

Skills & more

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointLinuxMATLAB1Python (Programming Language)Pandas (Software)SQLMatlab15ElasticsearchGIS4ArcGIS3Amazon CloudWatch
+12 moreAmazon S3AWS LambdaData ScienceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSoftware DevelopmentDigital TransformationCross-functional Team LeadershipAutomationProject PlanningDistributed SystemsAlgorithms

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Colleagues at Accel-KKR

Adam Malinowski
Principal at Accel-KKR
Aleha Amjad
Analyst at Accel-KKR
Alifya Moskowitz
Principal at Accel-KKR
Alissa Palatiello El-Sayed
Principal at Accel-KKR
Andrew Fluevog
Senior Associate at Accel-KKR
Andrew Zbella
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Andy Rich
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Ankur Patel
Principal at Accel-KKR

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kris Shrestha?
Kris Shrestha is Operating Vice President, AI at Accel-KKR, where he works with portfolio companies on AI strategy, GenAI adoption, workflow automation, data architecture, AI governance, and AI-enabled product development. He has more than 15 years of experience building and scaling production AI systems in regulated sectors including financial services, aerospace, and defense. His prior work involved leading global applied AI and analytics teams delivering machine learning-based decision systems across commercial and defense programs.
Where does Kris Shrestha work?
Kris Shrestha is Vice President at Accel-KKR.
Where did Kris Shrestha go to school?
Kris Shrestha studied at University of Florida (PhD, Geosensing Systems Engineering); University of Florida (ME, Geosensing Systems Engineering); University of Florida (BS, Electrical Engineering).

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