Alok Gupta

As Head of Data and Machine Learning at DoorDash, Alok Gupta directs teams managing data and building models to optimize critical metrics necessary to balance a three-sided marketplace. With previous roles as Director of Data Science for both Lyft and Airbnb, Alok has abundant experience in using data science to make predictions at scale. Prior to this industry experience, Alok was a Research Fellow in Mathematics at Oxford University, earning his PhD in derivative pricing, work that he applied on Wall Street as a high frequency trader to predict movements in foreign exchange rates at high frequency.