Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

• 1. As a part-time instructor at LinkedIn Learning, I created and delivered a course titled "How to Use AI Reasoning Models," which has attracted over 6,000 learners worldwide.
• 2. The course remains highly rated due to its practical applications and engaging hands-on exercises.
• 3. My role involved continuous collaboration with the LinkedIn Learning Team to ensure the content's relevance and effectiveness in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

• 1. Co-author of "Generative AI for Cloud Solutions" — the #1 recommended book for AI and Cloud Architects on ChatGPT and Perplexity, with 1,500+ copies sold worldwide.
• 2. The book explores how to architect and build secure, scalable Generative AI solutions on cloud platforms like Azure, starting from first principles.
• 3. It also shares real-world insights from our hands-on experience working directly with enterprise customers.

Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York, United States

• Manager, Emerging Technologies Practice at EY
• Specialization: Cloud, AI, and Data Analytics
• Fortune 500 Retail Client Engagement:
• 1. Conducted comprehensive interviews with over 50 stakeholders spanning global teams.
• 2. Gained valuable insights into the company's data challenges and future needs.
• 3. Developed a robust data modernization strategy.
• 4. Outlined a clear roadmap for the client's future state.
• 5. Recommendations were instrumental in optimizing the client's data infrastructure and achieving business objectives.

May 2021 – May 2021 · 0 mo

Jul 2018 – Feb 2019 · 7 mos

• Data Scientist at AIA
• Machine Learning Use Cases:
• Designed and developed multiple AI chatbot solutions on GCP and AWS.
• Chatbot Development:
• Created a chatbot using advanced NLP and topic modeling techniques like LDA.
• Utilized GCP's Dialogflow and integrated with Slack using Python.

Jul 2017 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Experience: Cloud Architect, Data Architect, BI Engineer, Project Management
• Led Migration to AWS Redshift and EMR: Spearheaded the migration of an on-premises BI solution to AWS Redshift and EMR for a leading mortgage lender, resulting in a 90% improvement in dashboard performance.
• Led the development of ETL and Analytic Solutions on AWS: Managed a team of 8 offshore developers, the development of ETL and analytic solutions for a leading insurance client, achieving finance and actuarial modernization to comply with LDTI regulations.
• Insights and Market Assessment for Regional Bank: Provided strategic insights on upsell and cross-sell strategies, market sizing, assessment, and penetration opportunities. Designed and developed Tableau dashboards to visually represent these opportunities.
• AI-Driven Customer Journey Enhancement: Led the development of go-to-market solutions to enhance the customer journey for an insurance claims organization. Built customer preference and severity machine learning models using AWS Sagemaker and S3, leveraging linear regression techniques.
• Volunteering and Leadership:
• National Co-Lead for FS Academy: In this leadership role, I organized multiple events for new hires and supported them during their onboarding journey, fostering a welcoming and informative environment.

Nov 2015 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

Jul 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• As part of the forensic data analytics team, provided key business insights to clients in Healthcare and Financial Industry across domains like AML, Legal, Compliance, Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption and Fraud Analytics. Leveraged big data technologies (Hadoop, HDFS, Hive) and SQL to design and build an analytics pipeline, and demonstrate key insights to businesses using interactive visualizations on Tableau. During this time, also passed leading industry certifications on fraud - CFE and CAMS.
• Leadership and Volunteering Activities:
• Vice President Membership of EY NYC Toastmasters. Led multiple membership drives. Played a key role in increasing the club membership by 30%.

May 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr · Syracuse, New York, United States

• Led the development of an innovative solution to automate the numbering of a manufacturing system. As part of the development, automated ETL processes through development of stored procedures and functions SQL Server. Developed a multi-dimensional data mart on SQL Server and front end on Visual Studio (asp.net). Optimized the performance of database using indexes, etc. Leveraged BI tools to build dashboards to enable interactive analytics and drive business decisions.

Jan 2013 – May 2013 · 4 mos · Greater Syracuse-Auburn Area

• Led the development of a new front-end web application and database in PHP, Javascript and MySQL

Sep 2012 – Jan 2013 · 4 mos · Syracuse, New York Area

• Led the design and development of lab/course modules for an Information Security Course