Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Silicon Valley, California, United States · Remote

• Led the successful expansion and management of a large cross-functional team, including two AI engineering teams, a UX team, and a customer success team, across multiple time zones.
• Implemented process improvements that increased team productivity by 30% and reduced time-to-market for new product features by 25%.
• Pioneered the development of AI products using multimodal technology, leveraging Llama, Mistral, and Claude, resulting in a 40% improvement in product performance and a 20% increase in customer engagement.
• Faced and overcame the challenge of aligning work culture with company goals by establishing clear expectations for professional integrity and tangible deliverables, resulting in a more focused and committed team.
• Made difficult but necessary decisions to maintain a strong team dynamic, including letting go of two individuals who were not aligned with the startup environment, ensuring the team’s integrity and maintaining a 90% retention rate of high-performing employees.
• Achieved alignment between engineering initiatives and business objectives, contributing to a 35% increase in customer satisfaction and a 50% growth in product adoption.
• Spearheaded the rollout of a major AI product within a six-month timeframe, overseeing development, testing, and production deployment, which led to a 15% increase in market share.
• Optimized communication and collaboration across global teams, ensuring seamless coordination and on-time project delivery despite a 16-hour time zone difference, resulting in a 20% reduction in project delays.
• Championed a culture of continuous learning and innovation, introducing programs that enhanced team skills and increased overall productivity by 25%.
• Successfully managed stakeholder expectations, consistently delivering projects that met or exceeded client requirements, achieving a 95% project approval rate in high-pressure situations.

Oct 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · Silicon Valley, California, United States · Remote

• At the helm of a stealth AI venture, I am spearheading innovative projects in the field of video, voice, and image synthesis. Utilizing my expertise in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), and Large Language Models (LLMs), I am paving new paths in Generative AI and its transformative potential.
• As a leader, I am hands-on with all technical aspects, including the development of our product, web application, and pipeline for CI/CD delivery. I have successfully expedited product development by leveraging state-of-the-art AI tools such as GPT-4, Midjourney, Bing, and GitHub Copilot.
• My technical proficiency spans a wide array of tools and languages including, but not limited to, Python, React-Native, React, Next.js, and Tailwind.css. Additionally, I make use of my NVIDIA 4090 for handling computational intensive tasks.
• With a robust experience of 3-5 years in machine learning, deep learning, and AI research, I bring a deep understanding of TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, and SQL, along with an extensive knowledge of data warehouse architecture.
• My work in audio processing, voice modeling, and natural language processing reflects my commitment to developing unique and valuable solutions within the AI content creation sphere.
• Having a comprehensive familiarity with the current AI tools and platforms, including ChatGPT and Midjourney, I continue to stay at the forefront of technology, keeping abreast with the latest in AI, music, and entertainment.
• Skills: Next.js, React.js, React Native, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Prompt Engineering, Python, Android, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Through my venture, I aim to contribute significantly to the AI domain. While the journey has been incredibly rewarding thus far, I look forward to the exciting opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Feb 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Jan 2013 – Nov 2013 · 10 mos · Mountain View, California

Apr 2012 – Dec 2020 · 8 yrs 8 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

• Logistics Service Providers Full integration and automation (Forward and Reverse Logistics)
• Supply Chain Management Automation
• Integration lead for Merger and Acquisition
• Certification - Microsoft professional program for Artificial Intelligence track -( in progress)
• Certification - Machine Learning by Andrew Ng, Coursera (In Progress)
• Robotic Process Automation
• Software Architecture
• Integrations Architect
• Microservices Architecture
• Web API (RESTful) applications
• RMA Automation
• POD Automation (Proof of Delivery)
• Streaming Data Analytics
• Apache Cordoba for creating Universal Mobile Apps (iOS, Android and Windows)
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Logic Apps
• Systems Integration
• Azure Services
• Microsoft Flow
• Azure API Apps
• Azure Logic Apps
• Azure SQL
• Systems Integrations Development
• Universal Mobile App Development
• Design Manager
• Responsive Design
• Content Search
• Customer Portal
• Intranet / Extranet solutions
• Salesforce SFDC integration
• Salesforce Community Builder
• Power BI Pro
• Talend Integration Studio Developer - Kinaxis Data Admin

Aug 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Designed the extranet SharePoint 2010 application with custom claims based authentication to support the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) 10,000 external users which include other state agencies, federal agencies, vendors, business owners, emergency responders and etcetera.
• Also created many documentation, powershell scripts and custom SharePoint solutions which enabled rapid deployments for efficient testing, deployments and maintenance.
• The custom authentication provider combines custom user database, BCS, conditional workflows, externalized lists, custom web parts and XML-driven emails. Mr. Chheda also created custom administration pages to allow site administrators to easily provision and manage user accounts and access.
• Designed the extranet SharePoint architecture to allow for security, easy management and massive scaling as required by DPS’s policies.
• Custom developed Moodle implementation for Arc of Greater Twin Cities eLearning project. The project contains 3 eLearning course ware and a highly sophisticated workflow and integration with Arc’s finance and eCommerce system.
• Developed custom branded pages, quizzes and feedback forms for Arc learners in PHP.
• Also involved in other projects involving managing the offshore project, perform duties of server maintenance, Content migration, restructure portal

Mar 2010 – Sep 2010 · 6 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Assist localization team in software localization and development activities
• Debug and maintain software
• Assist with some amount of software testing
• Microsoft Visual Studio and C++
• Programming in a Windows environment
• Troubleshooting and debugging
• Software localization

Jul 2009 – Jan 2010 · 6 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Started working on J2EE based Web application as software engineer for the company.
• Developed the project using Agile approach and followed Test first approach using JUnit, implemented persistence layer with Hibernate and utilizing Spring Framework.
• Shifted the course of events from J2EE to Groovy & Grails in creating modules like ads placing and Chat module, web modules, registration module and complete project thereafter.
• Use of Web Technologies like Adobe FLEX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AJAX, DOM.
• Use of MySQL as the database.
• Lead the QA team in following scenarios like Test case development, Test plan development
• Had to be involved working on UNIX for the in-house server setting up JIRA(BugBase) and Teamcity/Hudson(Version Control), also setting up Apache and Tomcat servers on Unix.
• Had to deal with War file transfers over the unix system test on the in-house server before releasing onto the production server.
• Used Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Environment: Groovy & Grails, j2sdk for JAVA, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, IntelliJ, Adobe FlexBuilder, MySQL 5.5, Navicat, Cygwin, Apache Tomcat, TortoiseSVN, UNIX, Putty, Hudson, JIRA, TeamCity, Mercury Quality Center

Jun 2008 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr · Greater San Diego Area

• Work closely with the R&D team and internationalize the system software.
• Develop user interface and system software for the embedded system.
• Refactoring the system software.
• Version Control of software builds.
• Tracking the bugs, fixing them and implement unit testing.
• Developing Microsoft SharePoint site for the team.
• Tools Used: 2003, 2005, 2008 Visual Studio Development Environment, Sybase 9.0 Development, Merant Tracker, Perforce, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2008, SAP, Crystal Reports, HTML Help Workshop

Oct 2007 – Apr 2008 · 6 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• CDMA Handset Software Development and Testing
• Call Performance Analysis
• Integration Testing
• .NET , Visual Studio and XML Development
• Analyze and Characterize benefits of Call performance enhancements through analysis of cellular network log data.

Aug 2007 – Oct 2007 · 2 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Working in a team developing web project named “Refurbished” for the Company.
• The website to be developed was in C# using the ASP.net technology.
• Create the database of the web project using SQL Server 2003.
• Languages Used: C#, ASP.net
• Database Used: SQL Server 2003