# Alok Aggarwal

> Dr. Alok Aggarwal is the CEO and Chief Data Scientist of Scry AI, a San Jose-based enterprise AI company he founded in 2014. A Johns Hopkins PhD with deep roots at IBM Research and as co-founder of Evalueserve - where he coined the term 'Knowledge Process Outsourcing' - Aggarwal has spent four decades building AI systems that actually work in regulated industries. His 2023 book 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050)' topped Amazon bestseller charts in multiple categories. Scry AI serves banking, insurance, manufacturing, and government clients with explainable, audit-ready AI deployed on 60+ proprietary models.

- **Role:** CEO and Chief Data Scientist at Scry AI
- **Organizations:** Scry AI, Evalueserve, IBM Research, IIT Delhi Alumni Association, IEEE, INFORMS
- **From:** Delhi, India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
- **Known for:** IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award (2008), Two IBM Innovation Awards (1984 and 1993), INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for paper industry supply chain AI work (1998)

## Career timeline

- **1984** — Joined IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY after completing PhD at Johns Hopkins
- **1993** — Built and deployed first commercial AI-based Supply Chain Management solution for paper mills at IBM, saving mills ~1.5% in operating costs
- **1997** — Founded IBM's India Research Laboratory inside IIT Delhi campus, inaugurated by Indian Minister for Human Resources and U.S. Ambassador to India; grew lab from zero to 70 researchers
- **1998** — Won INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for work on cooperative multi-objective decision support for the paper industry
- **2000** — Became Director of Emerging Business Opportunities for IBM Research Division worldwide; co-founded Evalueserve in December
- **2003** — Coined and published the first article on 'Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)', establishing a new recognized industry sub-sector now comprising 200+ companies in India alone
- **2008** — Received IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award
- **2014** — Founded Scry AI (Scry Analytics) in February, stepping down as Evalueserve Chairman to focus on enterprise AI R&D
- **2023** — Published 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050)', which topped Amazon bestseller lists in Cybernetics, Computer Engineering, and Algorithm Programming
- **2025** — Scry AI reaches $28.4M revenue with 230+ employees and 60+ proprietary AI models serving banking, insurance, manufacturing, and government sectors

## Achievements

- IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award (2008)
- Two IBM Innovation Awards (1984 and 1993)
- INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for paper industry supply chain AI work (1998)
- Published 120+ research articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Granted 8 U.S. Patents
- Founded IBM's India Research Laboratory at IIT Delhi, growing it from 0 to 70 researchers
- Co-founded Evalueserve and coined the term 'Knowledge Process Outsourcing'
- Amazon bestselling author in Cybernetics, Computer Engineering, and Algorithm Programming (2023)
- Built and deployed first commercial AI-based Supply Chain Management solution (1993)
- Served as Program Chairman for Symposium on Theory of Computing and Foundations of Computer Science
- Chairperson of IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing
- Scry AI achieved SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification
- Built 60+ proprietary AI models and algorithms on the CognitiveBricks platform

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Featured on The Brand Called You podcast discussing predictive analytics and enterprise AI deployment strategies
- **2024-09** — YourStory interview on 'The Truth About Artificial Intelligence' following book success
- **2023-11** — Published 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050)', topping Amazon bestseller lists in three categories
- **2025-01** — Scry AI reaches $28.4M annual revenue with 230+ employees across US and India R&D centers

## Links

- Website: https://scryai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alok-aggarwal-0a521/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scryai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scryai

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