Artak Amirbekyan, PhD, serves as the Head of Data, AI, and ML at Transurban since November 2019, where responsibilities include executing data and advanced analytics strategy and managing substantial CAPEX/OPEX budgets.
He recently won the the iTnews Benchmark Award for Best Industrial Project.
Prior to this role, Artak was the Executive Manager of AI Labs at Commonwealth Bank, leading a large team of data scientists on strategic projects and capability building.
Earlier experience includes Data Science Manager at Caltex Australia, where Artak led a team focused on analytics capabilities and cloud infrastructure, and Senior Product Data Analyst at CoreLogic RP Data, specialising in predictive modeling and customer analytics.
Artak’s career also encompasses roles as a Computational Scientist at ESSCC, The University of Queensland, and as a Research Assistant at Fraunhofer ITWM, focusing on mathematical modeling and image processing.
Artak Amirbekyan holds a PhD in Data Mining from Griffith University and a Master’s degree in Industrial Mathematics with a focus on Image Processing from the University of Kaiserslautern.