Nikita Lytkin leads machine learning teams building new monetization products on Facebook. An engineering and data science leader and advisor, previously, Nikita led teams of machine learning engineers and data scientists at LinkedIn working on making the LinkedIn News Feed highly personalized and engaging for over 400 The team drove double-digit increases in performance of Quantcast’s online advertising products and company revenue. The team drove double-digit increases in performance of Quantcast’s online advertising products and company revenue. The team drove double-digit increases in performance of Quantcast’s online advertising products and company revenue by developing data-driven solutions for ad delivery, fraud detection, and campaign management.Nikita has coauthored over 20 US patent applications and continues to publish in top-tier machine learning and data mining venues. He also advises companies on building data teams and products powered by machine learning and analytics. Nikita holds a PhD in computer science from Rutgers University , where his research focused on machine learning and its applications on textual and financial data.