Technical Lead — Conversational AI platform and chatbot delivery (Optum Global Solutions/UHG)
Led delivery of a conversational AI platform by designing and building bot prototypes and conversational components for business use cases. The work included using cloud cognitive capabilities to support intent/knowledge interactions typical of QA and conversational flows. These systems required preparing and validating conversational content and mappings between user utterances and responses. • Designed and built bot prototypes using LUIS and QnA Maker capabilities • Integrated cognitive search and other Azure components into chatbot flows • Developed automated services for operational chat usage reporting consumed by finance teams • Participated in ML architectural discussions for the conversational platform