10 Pinterest AI and data science leaders
Andrew Yaroshevsky, Senior Director, AI/ML, opens this list of Pinterest AI and data science leaders, who also include senior directors of machine learning, AI engineering and data science, heads of AI platform and responsible AI, and directors of machine learning. A reader can learn how AI and data science leaders work at Pinterest from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Yaroshevsky
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, AI/ML · Pinterest
Andrew Yaroshevsky has been Senior Director, AI/ML at Pinterest since June 2025, based in Mountain View, California. Andrew Yaroshevsky was Director, AI/ML at Google from 2022 to 2025, AI/ML Lead, Search Quality at Amazon from 2018 to 2020 and Chief Product Officer at Chatfuel from 2015 to 2018.
Arjun Kulothungun
LinkedInExperience: Director of ML - Programmatic Ads · Pinterest
Arjun Kulothungun has been Director of ML - Programmatic Ads at Pinterest since April 2026, based in San Francisco, California. Arjun Kulothungun was Director of Engineering - Ads Machine Learning at LinkedIn from 2025 to 2026, Sr Manager - Ads ML at LinkedIn from 2022 to 2025 and Manager - Ads ML from 2020 to 2022.
Bo Liu
LinkedInExperience: Head of AI Platform, Senior Engineering Director · Pinterest
Bo Liu has been Head of AI Platform, Senior Engineering Director at Pinterest since January 2026, leading the AI Platform team. Bo Liu was Head of Online Infrastructure, Senior Engineering Director at Pinterest from 2019 to 2026 and Senior Staff Engineer & Senior Engineering Manager there from 2015 to 2019.
Bryce Wied
LinkedInExperience: Product, Head of Responsible AI · Pinterest
Bryce Wied has been Product, Head of Responsible AI at Pinterest since May 2025, and describes the role as heading empathetic AI product for AI safety across text, photo, video and agentic AI within Pinterest's Advanced Technology Group. Bryce Wied was Staff Product Manager, Applied AI at Cruise from 2023 to 2025.
Dmitry Kislyuk
LinkedInExperience: Director, ML Engineering · Pinterest
Dmitry Kislyuk has been Director, ML Engineering at Pinterest since May 2023, and describes the area as visual AI, multimodal and computer vision. Dmitry Kislyuk was Engineering Manager, Computer Vision at Pinterest from 2016 to 2023 and Technical Lead, Computer Vision there from 2014 to 2016.
Hanh (Hannah) Pham
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data Science & Product Analytics - Consumers · Pinterest
Hanh Pham has been Head of Data Science & Product Analytics - Consumers at Pinterest since January 2020, based in San Francisco, California. Hanh Pham was Head of Sales Data Science & Analytics at Airbnb from 2015 to 2020 and Director of Data Science and Growth at NuFit Media from 2014 to 2015.
Manu Sharma, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Data Science - AI, Personalization, Search, Growth, Signals, Trust & Safety · Pinterest
Manu Sharma has been Senior Director of Data Science - AI, Personalization, Search, Growth, Signals, Trust & Safety at Pinterest since August 2025. Manu Sharma was Director of Data Science for Facebook AI (Integrity, Ads, Relevance, Commerce and AR) at Meta from 2018 to 2025 and Director of Data Science AI - Recommendation Systems and Search at Meta from 2022 to 2025.
Shipeng Yu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, AI · Pinterest
Shipeng Yu has been Senior Director of Engineering, AI at Pinterest since September 2025. Shipeng Yu was Senior Director of Engineering at LinkedIn from 2024 to 2025, Director, Artificial Intelligence Engineering at LinkedIn from 2021 to 2024 and Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence Engineering there from 2018 to 2021.
Sudarshan Lamkhede
LinkedInExperience: Director of Machine Learning · Pinterest
Sudarshan Lamkhede has been Director of Machine Learning at Pinterest since June 2026, and lists search and recommender systems, personalization and ads in the profile headline. Sudarshan Lamkhede was Senior Engineering Manager - Ads ML at Meta from 2025 to 2026 and Sr. Manager, Machine Learning at Netflix from 2015 to 2025.
Yijie Dylan Wang
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of Machine Learning · Pinterest
Yijie Dylan Wang has been Sr Director of Machine Learning at Pinterest since March 2026 and describes the role as Sr Director, Personalization. Yijie Dylan Wang was Director of Machine Learning at Pinterest from 2023 to 2026 and Engineering Manager, Homefeed Relevance there from 2021 to 2023.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How have you decided which machine learning problems your own group works on first?
- 02What has it taken to move a new model or AI capability from an experiment into the live product?
- 03How have you organized engineers, scientists and analysts within your group, and what would you change?
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