I am Suvarna Kadam, a Senior AI Consultant and Applied Researcher with 22 years of experience delivering high-impact computer vision and robotic perception solutions. I specialize in unsupervised domain adaptation and meta-learning, with a track record of optimizing models for edge deployment to achieve substantial speedups. I am a PhD-level expert who has led teams and defined enterprise AI roadmaps. My work spans academic research, industry consulting, and startup leadership. I have built scalable teams (3 to 28), steered pilots for smart surveillance, and architected knowledge assistants using RAG. I enjoy mentoring and bringing research into production, and I continue to drive innovative CV/ML products through my own venture, Witsense AI, in Pune.

Suvarna Kadam

I am Suvarna Kadam, a Senior AI Consultant and Applied Researcher with 22 years of experience delivering high-impact computer vision and robotic perception solutions. I specialize in unsupervised domain adaptation and meta-learning, with a track record of optimizing models for edge deployment to achieve substantial speedups. I am a PhD-level expert who has led teams and defined enterprise AI roadmaps. My work spans academic research, industry consulting, and startup leadership. I have built scalable teams (3 to 28), steered pilots for smart surveillance, and architected knowledge assistants using RAG. I enjoy mentoring and bringing research into production, and I continue to drive innovative CV/ML products through my own venture, Witsense AI, in Pune.

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I am Suvarna Kadam, a Senior AI Consultant and Applied Researcher with 22 years of experience delivering high-impact computer vision and robotic perception solutions. I specialize in unsupervised domain adaptation and meta-learning, with a track record of optimizing models for edge deployment to achieve substantial speedups. I am a PhD-level expert who has led teams and defined enterprise AI roadmaps.

My work spans academic research, industry consulting, and startup leadership. I have built scalable teams (3 to 28), steered pilots for smart surveillance, and architected knowledge assistants using RAG. I enjoy mentoring and bringing research into production, and I continue to drive innovative CV/ML products through my own venture, Witsense AI, in Pune.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

VP Solutions (Computer Vision) at Kecilin Id
November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Spearheaded scaling of the Computer Vision division from 3 to 28 members across 4 specialized sub-teams; led full-stack deployment (cloud and on-prem) of pilots, including a low-code Smart Surveillance MVP featuring Custom Detector Training (Yolo), Face Recognition, and ALPR; Architected an Advanced RAG-based knowledge assistant to securely retrieve insights from enterprise data; provided technical and research mentorship to accelerate PoC development and optimized deployment planning.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Authored research on Target-driven one-shot Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) for robust human pose detection and multi-object tracking in novel environments; maintained modular sensor infrastructure enabling cutting-edge CV research and cross-disciplinary experimentation; co-advised a PhD student in UDA.
CV/ML Consultant at Blueberry Technology Inc
December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Optimized custom CV detectors on NVIDIA Jetson TX2 for 20x real-time edge inference speed in an autonomous wheelchair project; implemented fail-safe perception protocols for navigation; engineered privacy measures (people obfuscation) during live video capture for autonomous systems.
Machine Learning Consultant, Founder at Witsense AI
August 1, 2017 - November 12, 2025
Leading R&D efforts focusing on innovative CV/ML products, including MVP ideas such as Auto-annotation for CV tasks, AI-assisted Teleprompter, and Robotic Perception solutions for AGVs; developing team expertise in cutting-edge AI technologies, including ROS2, PyTorch, and Huggingface; providing professional AI consultation for startups.

Education

PhD in Computer Science at SPPU (University of Pune), Pune, India
May 1, 2017 - December 1, 2022
Master of Science in Computer Science at University of Pune, Pune, India
June 1, 2011 - May 1, 2013
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Pune, Pune, India
June 1, 1993 - June 1, 1997

Qualifications

HF AI Agents Fundamentals
February 1, 2025 - November 12, 2025
Deep Learning
August 1, 2018 - November 12, 2025
Machine Learning
June 1, 2014 - November 12, 2025
AWSAR: Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research GoI Research Award
January 1, 2020 - November 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Professional Services, Manufacturing