Deepak Agarwal is LinkedIn’s Chief AI Officer focused on empowering the global workforce, delivering economic opportunity, and ensuring LinkedIn remains at the forefront of building with AI in a responsible and compliant way. Prior to his current role, Deepak was the Chief AI Officer and VP of Consumer and Trust Engineering at Pinterest, where he delivered transformative AI innovations that redefined the member experience. Before that, he spent 8 years as LinkedIn’s VP of AI, leading key initiatives to infuse AI into the fabric of the company culture and closely integrate the technology into all facets of how the platform was built. Deepak is also on the advisory board for VentureBeat Transform, has written a book – Statistical Methods for Recommender Systems – and published extensively at top-tier conferences. He has a PHD in Statistics from the University of Connecticut and outside of work, he enjoys trying new recipes and cooking for his family.