Athiq Ahmed is a Senior AI/ML leader at UnitedHealth Group (Optum), where he builds scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions that transform healthcare outcomes globally. His work focuses on leveraging data, advanced machine learning, and cloud platforms to improve lives while reducing costs across the healthcare ecosystem.

With over a decade of experience across consulting and industry, Athiq has led large-scale AI initiatives spanning healthcare, retail, and financial services. He has successfully designed and deployed solutions in areas such as predictive modeling, generative AI, customer analytics, and operational optimization, consistently driving measurable business impact.

Previously, as a Senior Manager at Tredence, he led a team of 50+ data scientists, delivering end-to-end AI/ML solutions for complex business challenges including demand forecasting, promotion optimization, and customer lifetime value modeling. At Infosys Consulting AI Labs, he played a key role in advancing AI adoption through rapid prototyping, solution design, and innovation-driven initiatives across global markets.

His core expertise includes:

AI/ML strategy and large-scale system design
Productionizing machine learning models
Multi-agent systems and intelligent automation
Cloud-native AI architectures on Azure
Building high-performing, innovation-driven teams

At Microsoft’s Agents League, Athiq is presenting a multi-agent reasoning system built using the Microsoft Agent Framework, demonstrating how orchestrated AI agents can deliver personalized, adaptive learning experiences at scale.