Tanika Gupta

Tanika Gupta

Director Data Science

About

Tanika Gupta is a Generative AI and Applied AI leader with 14+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade machine learning and GenAI systems across BFSI and CPG. As Director of Data Science at Sigmoid, she leads high-impact AI initiatives, specializing in agentic systems, reinforcement learning, and enterprise GenAI applications that drive measurable business outcomes.

She has architected and deployed multiple large-scale AI solutions, including a GenAI-powered recommendation engine that increased conversion rates by 15%, a sales intelligence chatbot that reduced response time by 60%, and optimization systems that improved marketing ROI by 20%. She also led a winning solution at the Barry Callebaut GenAI Hackathon, outperforming 11 global AI vendors and generating significant business value.

Previously, Tanika served as Vice President of Machine Learning at JPMorgan Chase, where she built advanced fraud detection systems that reduced fraud incidents by 30% and delivered $20M in annual savings. Her earlier work at Mastercard and American Express focused on AI-driven financial innovation, where she filed multiple patents and developed impactful predictive models.

Recognized as a Top Generative AI Scientist and winner of the Financial AI Hackathon 2025, she was personally awarded by Andrew Ng. Beyond her professional work, Tanika is an active speaker at global AI conferences such as DataHack Summit and AI Journey, and mentors professionals through platforms like Analytics Vidhya and upGrad.

She is passionate about combining strong AI/ML architecture with product thinking to build scalable, enterprise-grade GenAI systems that solve complex, high-impact business problems.