10 Comcast AI and data science leaders
Jan Neumann, Vice President, Machine Learning at Comcast, heads this list of Comcast AI and data science leaders, who also include vice presidents of data science, AI transformation and AI/ML engineering, and executive directors and directors of machine learning. A reader can learn how AI and data science leaders work at Comcast from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Benjamin Land
LinkedInExperience: Director, Enterprise Analyics & Data Science · Comcast
Benjamin Land has been Director, Enterprise Analyics & Data Science at Comcast since March 2026, and describes designing low-maintenance petabyte-scale feature stores. Benjamin Land was Senior Manager Machine Learning Science at Comcast from 2023 to 2026 and Lead Data Scientist there from 2021 to 2023.
Faisal Ishtiaq
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Machine Learning · Comcast
Faisal Ishtiaq has been Executive Director Machine Learning at Comcast since January 2023. Faisal Ishtiaq was Senior Director Machine Learning - Media Analytics & AI Platforms at Comcast from 2020 to 2023 and Director of Media Analytics, Applied AI Research Lab there from 2016 to 2020.
Girija Venugopal
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Enterprise BI & AI/ML Engineering · Comcast
Girija Venugopal has been Vice President, Enterprise BI & AI/ML Engineering at Comcast since January 2024. Girija Venugopal was Executive Director, Data Engineering & Operations at Comcast from 2022 to 2024 and Sr. Director, Data Engineering & Operations there from 2021 to 2022.
Jan Neumann
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Machine Learning · Comcast
Jan Neumann has been Vice President, Machine Learning at Comcast since March 2022, and the profile says Jan leads the Applied AI & Discovery team and the AI Technologies organization and AI Technology Center of Excellence at Comcast. Jan Neumann was Executive Director, Machine Learning at Comcast from 2020 to 2022 and Senior Director, Applied AI Research from 2018 to 2020.
Michael Nipple
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Data Science · Comcast
Michael Nipple has been Vice President - Data Science at Comcast since October 2024, and says they lead machine learning and decision intelligence at Comcast, a 40-person team. Michael Nipple was Executive Director - Data Science at Comcast from 2022 to 2025 and Senior Director - Strategic Analytics there from 2020 to 2022.
Nima Bina
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Machine Learning Engineer · Comcast
Nima Bina has been Senior Director Machine Learning Engineer at Comcast since July 2025, and has also held Director of Machine Learning (NLP) at Comcast since October 2022. Nima Bina was Technical Manager at Comcast from 2019 to 2022 and Lead Research Engineer there from 2018 to 2019.
Patrick Dwyer
LinkedInExperience: Director, Machine Learning · Comcast
Patrick Dwyer has been Director, Machine Learning at Comcast since February 2025, a role the listing tags at Director level. Patrick Dwyer was Senior Manager - Machine Learning at Comcast from 2023 to 2025 and Manager - Machine Learning there from 2021 to 2023.
Pooja Kapadia
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, AI Transformation · Comcast
Pooja Kapadia has been Vice President, AI Transformation at Comcast since May 2025, a role the listing places in General Management at Vice President level. Pooja Kapadia was Vice President, Customer Growth and Loyalty (Base Management) at Comcast from 2020 to 2025 and held Global Brand Partnerships and Experiential Marketing at American Express from 2014 to 2020.
Ryan Peters
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Machine Learning · Comcast
Ryan Peters has been Executive Director, Machine Learning at Comcast since March 2025, and was Sr. Director, Machine Learning at Comcast from 2021 to 2025 and Director, Machine Learning from 2019 to 2021. Ryan Peters was Chief Data Scientist at BluVector, A Comcast Company from 2017 to 2023.
Tony Braskich
LinkedInExperience: Director, Machine Learning · Comcast
Tony Braskich has been Director, Machine Learning at Comcast since October 2022, directing an applied machine learning and AI team, and the profile headline names multimodal video, audio and speech solutions. Tony Braskich was Sr. Manager, Machine Learning at Comcast from 2019 to 2022.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your machine learning or AI role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which machine learning projects move from research into a product?
- 03What has your own work taught you about organizing machine learning teams alongside product and engineering teams?
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