Pahal Patangia leads global developer relations for consumer fintech companies at NVIDIA. He focuses on driving AI adoption within the fintech industry and helps enterprises accelerate their machine learning models at scale. He also leads fintech-oriented engagements with NVIDIA partners, cloud service providers, influencers, venture capitalists and startups. Previously, he spent a majority of his professional career at FICO, where he helped retail banks and financial institutions make smarter credit decisions using machine learning. Pahal holds a master's degree in business analytics from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy in India.