Vijay Raghavan, Ph.D.

Dr. Vijay Raghavan is an Adjunct Professor for the Online Engineering Programs at The George Washington University. With over 20 years of experience leading ML/AI engineering teams, Dr. Raghavan carries a successful record of delivering impactful AI products and solutions in industries like healthcare, e-commerce, and streaming. His leadership roles at companies such as Roku, Chewy, Merck, and Harvard were characterized by achieving faster Go-to-Market timeframes. Additionally, he drove increased revenues by implementing Deep Learning solutions for personalization, computer vision, and Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models. He holds a Ph.D. in AI with a concentration on Deep Learning Systems and master's degrees from Harvard and Cornell. Dr. Raghavan's expertise spans product management, strategic vision, organizational leadership, and teaching. He is deeply interested in personalization, recommendations, vision systems, Large Language models, healthcare AI, and developing business-driven AI solutions that create long-term strategic value.