Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Currently Birju is a clinical assistant professor of Product Management and AI at Kellogg. Birju Shah is a seasoned product leader, entrepreneur, and educator with over 15 years of experience in building and scaling innovative AI and ML products for various industries and use cases. He is the CEO of Loam, an AI-powered sustainability platform that helps companies accelerate their environmental and social impact, while also enhancing their stakeholder value chain. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Product and AI at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches and mentors students and executives on how to design, develop, and deploy intelligent products including, but not exclusive to AI and ML products and platforms. He has been a CPO, CEO, and President, while an academic professor for the last decade.
Prior to Loam, Birju was the head of healthcare products at Uber and the head of product for ML/AI at Uber, where he managed large product, data, and engineering teams that built over 10 products used by 2 billion people worldwide with an attributed total market cap value of over $3 billion. He also has experience in starting his own ventures, working at large tech organizations in their early and mature stages, and transforming various commercial organizations via private equity buyouts. His approach to launching and evolving products is based on data-driven decision-making, digital transformation, and achieving large outcomes. Birju is passionate about using technology for long-term sustainability and equity up-leveling, and is actively seeking a mission-driven public board role that leverages his expertise in AI, ML, and sustainability governance.
Birju holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Business, where he was a McGovern Scholar and a Legatum Scholar. Birju is a graduate of Northwestern University with a BSE in Industrial Engineering.