Monishkanna Barathan currently serves as an AVP Data Scientist on the Research and Innovation Team at Bank of America, focusing on graph analytics and machine learning. Previous experience includes a role as a Data Scientist at AT&T, where forecasting models for capacity planning were developed, and an end-to-end machine learning pipeline was created for Diagnostics as a Service. Monishkanna's career began at Tata Consultancy Services as a System Engineer, creating analytical models for various business functions, and progressed through positions at American Express and the University of Houston-Clear Lake, involving the implementation of machine learning algorithms and recommendation systems. Monishkanna holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology.