Pragati Chopade

Product Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over 9 years of experience in AI and data science.
Patented innovator in smart building solutions.
Mentor for aspiring AI professionals.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science Lead specializing in Generative AI and Smart Building Solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Generative AiAi Model DevelopmentMachine LearningDeep LearningVideo Processing

Other Skills

AI InnovationAWS LambdaAgentic AIAlgorithmsAmazon EC2Amazon Web Services (AWS)Anomaly DetectionArtificial Intelligence (AI)Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)Azure Blob storageAzure DatabricksAzure TaskweaverBig DataCC++

About

As a Data Science Lead and Generative AI practitioner, I am currently building intelligent systems that optimize workplaces, enhance operational efficiency, and power smart building solutions. With over 9+ years of experience, I’ve led the design and development of advanced AI models leveraging LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and time-series forecasting to deliver actionable insights, automation, and scalable edge AI deployments. I’m deeply passionate about the intersection of AI, data science, and real-world applications—how innovation combined with technical excellence can solve complex challenges. Whether it’s architecting AI-driven solutions, leading teams to build scalable platforms, or developing cutting-edge prototypes, I thrive at translating data into meaningful outcomes. As a patented innovator, Mentor and Speaker, I am committed to guiding the next generation of AI and data science professionals. Recognized for high accountability, self-motivation, and problem-solving, I aim to create tangible impact through innovation and collaboration. Hold a Masters in Computational & Data Sciences from IISc Bangalore. Reach out to me on pragatiatwork@gmail.com You can follow me at - https://medium.com/@pragati.aidaily for latest in AI.

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs

Current Experience

Katalyst india

Student Mentor

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Mentoring distinguished girls from under-privileged background to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Working with the students during the span of their 4 years of Engineering degree from the following aspects.
Socio-emotional Support
Personality Development
Career guidance

Johnson controls

Principal Data Scientist

Jun 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Pune · On-site

Leading Generative AI, Workplace Scenario Planning (Time-series Forecasting) and Smart Building Solutions at Johnson Controls
Driving AI innovation across Generative AI, Workplace Space Planning and Smart Buildings (OpenBlue, Workplace Insights).
Leading Agentic AI based Chatbots for intelligent automation for OpenBlue
Led OpenBlue Fault Analytics for generating Observations & Recommendations, reducing customer efforts.
Leading Workplace Insights for smarter space utilization.
Created an OpenBlue GenAI prototype for actionable building insights via LLMs.
Led and delivered Edge AI & Worker Safety models, enabling industrial edgification. (model optimizations for Edge)
Additional Expertise:
LLM & SLM Optimization for domain-specific AI.
Executable Rule Generation from natural language for OpenBlue.
RAG systems for dynamic data retrieval and automation.
Model benchmarking & inference acceleration across Intel, NVIDIA, ARM.
Edge computer vision with CNN models for real-time analytics.
Patented Innovator contributing to JCI’s AI and smart building IP portfolio.

Generative AITime-series ForecastingAgentic AIOpenBlueEdge AIAI Model Development

Medcords

Senior Data Scientist

Mar 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Designed and deployed advanced ML and deep learning models to solve complex statistical problems and enable data-driven business decisions.
Analyzed end-to-end healthcare workflows to identify high-impact opportunities for applying machine learning solutions.
Built and optimized industrial-scale NLP systems to address complex text understanding and automation challenges.
Applied state-of-the-art deep learning models for document image processing, including handwritten text detection and extraction.
Digitized medical reports using OCR pipelines (Google Vision) to extract structured information from scanned and printed documents.
Implemented closed-loop feedback and retraining mechanisms by leveraging production misclassifications to continuously improve model performance.
Developed and deployed intelligent conversational AI chatbots using Dialogflow to handle customer queries at scale.
Owned and maintained production ML/DL pipelines, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving runtime issues.
Built fraud detection models for medicine orders and identified authentic customer cohorts to improve engagement and downstream workflows.

Machine LearningDeep LearningNLPOCRData Analysis

Nvidia

System Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Worked with IBM PowerAI deep learning framework, developing test applications using OpenCV and Keras to validate video-based use cases.
Enhanced deep learning and video processing capabilities on IBM PowerPC architecture by porting and optimizing the video encode/decode stack.
Designed and implemented GPU video decode features and drivers across multiple Linux architectures.
Built and deployed automation frameworks and scripts to validate video decode functionality across diverse operating systems and hardware platforms.
Owned the end-to-end design, development, and unit testing of video decode features, ensuring performance and reliability.

OpenCVKerasDeep LearningVideo Processing