With 20 years of experience spanning software engineering, data engineering, data science, data analytics, and product management, Jacob has a proven track record of leveraging emerging technologies to address complex business challenges across industries. He is deeply passionate about Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI + Agentic systems, in which he has made significant contributions. Jacob holds a Master of Data Science degree from UC Berkeley as well as several patents in the fields of ML & Generative AI.