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Solution Architect - Gen AI

Google

• Led AI Architecture for a Global Product Launch: Directed the Generative AI strategy for a major electronics manufacturer’s new smart display line. Embedded onsite to develop a real-time transcription PoC, resolving critical API bottlenecks just before launch to secure top innovation awards at ISE 2025.
• Closed Strategic Deal with Tier-1 IT Integrator: Architected a multi-agent AI framework (using Google ADK) to solve complex legal data extraction and policy comparison challenges, resulting directly in a signed commercial contract. See the Publications & Patents tab.
• Architected Enterprise-Scale AI Agents: Designed and deployed a conversational voice agent for a multinational conglomerate. Built a robust multi-agent framework utilizing enterprise connectors (ServiceNow, Microsoft Entra, Google Drive) to seamlessly orchestrate complex IT workflows and secure data retrieval.
• Optimized Enterprise AI Costs (TCO): Architected scalable, serverless AI infrastructures across multiple enterprise clients. Implemented smart routing between different GenAI models (e.g., Gemini Flash for volume, Pro for reasoning) to drastically reduce running costs while maintaining premium performance.

Staff Data Scientist - Voice

Walmart

• Led initiative to fine tune LLMs for summarization tasks to help customer care agents resolve users queries faster.
• Led multiple projects to build few-shot entity and intent classifiers using Large Language Models. Review published NLU models on the Publications & Patents tab.
• Built and scaled a contextual NLU project predicting intents based on user utterance and real-time user context via a deep learning framework deployed on Java Play to serve high-volume traffic.
• Built a hierarchical intent prediction architecture to handle granular intents and increase end-to-end automation rates.

Senior Data Scientist - Personalization

Walmart

• Built a machine learning model to generate automated item pairs and bundle recommendations based on user interaction profiles.
• Developed a personalized modeling layout to increase Click-Through Rate (CTR) for transactional email recommendations.
• Developed personalized recommendation engines to maximize conversions inside promotional email workflows.

Data Scientist - Sentience Data Analytics Team

Honeywell Technology Solutions

• Developed a deep learning model to automatically identify faults in utility poles using computer vision images captured by drone fleets.
• Developed an analytic prognostic layout to predict the health of Air Handling Units (AHUs), preventing unscheduled field maintenance and operational downtime.
• Developed analytical anomaly detection algorithms for monitoring manufacturing line processes of glass films.

Domain Analytic Engineer - Prognostics and Analytics Team

GE Global Research Center & GE Transportation

• Developed and implemented a machine learning engine fused with physical domain knowledge to predict locomotive battery failure.
• Developed analytical tracking models to predict core operational faults in Auxiliary and Traction Alternators for heavy freight locomotives. See associated diagnostic patent applications on the Publications & Patents tab.
• Analyzed, built, and validated real-time predictive models tracking Air Compressor Leakage Systems.
• Developed a prescriptive health and maintenance model for Traction Motor prognostics workflows.
• Developed a physical experimental test-bed consisting of three power inverters emulating UPS units connected in an IP ring bus architecture to validate system control algorithms.

Ph.D

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Machine Learning

M.E.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Electrical Engineering

• Gold Medalist (NR Khambhati Memorial Gold Medal awarded by the council of IISc as Best ME Student)
• Thesis: Control and Start-up Diagnostics of Three Phase Inverter

B.Tech

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI)

Electrical Engineering

• 2nd Rank in Department

Research Papers & Patents

Over 10 peer-reviewed research papers and 10 filed US patents covering conversational AI frameworks and predictive diagnostics. 👉 See the full list on my Publications & Patents tab.

Google Cloud Excellence / Spot Award

Google

Awarded for technical leadership in architecting a multi-agent AI framework that secured a major commercial contract with a Tier-1 Global IT Integrator.

Honorable Mention — MagNet Challenge 2023

Princeton University / IEEE PELS

Acted as industrial advisor to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) team for the global data-driven power magnetics modeling challenge. Co-authored the underlying machine learning framework resulting in an award-winning submission.

Winner — Walmart Global AI Techathon (First Prize)

Walmart Global Tech

Won First Prize globally across Walmart for advanced enterprise AI applications.

Winner — Walmart Global Techathon (First Prize)

Walmart Global Tech

Presented a novel synthetic data generation pipeline that enabled foundational conversational shopping architectures in e-commerce.

Winner — Walmart Global Techathon

Walmart Global Tech

Developed an NLU-driven intent and contextual semantic engine enabling conversational shopping experiences tailored for the fashion retail category.

Winner — Walmart Converse Hackathon

Walmart Global Tech

Designed and deployed a machine learning routing framework optimized to dynamically dispatch incoming user customer care queries to highly specialized service agent streams.

Finalist — Walmart Rebel Quest (Top 15)

Walmart Labs

Selected among the top 15 teams across all global Walmart entities (out of 200+ competing teams) to pitch a core business-critical data initiative directly to executive leadership.

Winner — Walmart IDC Hackathon (First Prize)

Walmart Labs

Won First Prize among 50 competing technical engineering teams for architecting a prototype computer vision ‘Virtual Try On’ framework.

GE Analytics Certification & Research Award

GE Global Research Center (GRC)

Awarded for completing advanced predictive machine learning curriculums alongside successful deployment of analytics pipelines solving business-critical industrial problems. Review the patent portfolio on the Publications & Patents tab.

Above and Beyond Achievement Award

General Electric (GE Transportation)

Awarded for the successful hardware development, validation, and execution of the UPS power-sharing framework loop layout.

GE Innovator Award

General Electric

Conferred for successful engineering breakthroughs leading to the filing of my first US Patent tracking freight rail subsystems. Review the active record details on the Publications & Patents tab.

GE Champions Award

GE Global Research Center

Recognized for high-impact research contributions in industrial electronics diagnostics frameworks.

MHRD Fellowship & All India Rank 17 (GATE)

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India

Awarded prestigious institutional fellowship for Master of Engineering (M.E.) studies at IISc Bangalore after securing All India Rank (AIR) 17 out of 72,680+ nationwide candidates (Top 0.02%) in the GATE examination.

N R Khambhati Memorial Gold Medal

Council of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Awarded by the council of IISc to the Best Graduate (M.E.) Student in the Electrical Engineering program for absolute academic excellence across research coursework and thesis benchmarks.

National ELECRAMA Project Grant

Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA)

Awarded competitive national development funding to build and present a functional prototype on ‘Effective Utilization of Whooshing Air (Wind Energy) Caused due to Running Trains’ at the national ELECRAMA exhibition.