Work History

Professional Experience

Building AI-powered products at scale - from enterprise security to Y Combinator-backed startups.

Head of AI Security

Current

Symosis Security

Feb 2026 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
  • ›Building Security, ML, and GenAI workflows for security analytics, evidence-based risk scoring, and audit-ready reporting.
  • ›Engineering reliable SaaS API ingestion pipelines with strong operational hygiene: retries, rate limiting, pagination, and schema evolution handling.
  • ›Shipping production systems that accelerate security reviews and reduce manual compliance effort across enterprise and public sector programs.

Machine Learning Consultant

Current

LinkedIn

Dec 2024 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
  • ›Leading LinkedIn InfoSec's Custom SSPM initiative on Azure Databricks, spanning 21+ applications across 50+ environments.
  • ›Designed and implemented a Python-based AI agent using LangChain to automate Jira-based InfoSec ticket triage - achieving 90% accuracy vs. a 70% target, delivering 2 quarters of time savings.
  • ›Developed 3 custom tools with dynamic workflows, deployed on Azure with Azure Key Vault and LangSmith for observability.

Co-Founder & CTO

Referrio.io

Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
San Francisco Bay Area
  • ›Architected and delivered an AI-powered dual-platform MVP in 2 months - 66% ahead of the planned 6-month timeline.
  • ›Built with Next.js, Node.js, Python, Prisma, Docker, GCP; deployed via Nginx and Cloudflare (WAF, CDN, SSL).
  • ›Integrated AI-driven candidate scoring, real-time notification systems, and Stripe for automated referral payouts.

Head of Engineering

BreatheIT

Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
United States
  • ›Led full-stack and ML team building a GenAI recommendation platform across iOS, Android, and Web using React Native and React.
  • ›Scaled a 15+ member engineering team; drove a 60% increase in user satisfaction and 50% boost in engagement.
  • ›Designed AI-guided journaling, goal tracking, and wellness challenges with HIPAA/GDPR compliance.

Founding Engineer

BreatheIT

Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
United States
  • ›Architected mobile (React Native) and web (React) applications with a Node.js + PostgreSQL backend on GCP microservices.
  • ›Implemented real-time notifications, Stripe reward systems, and AI-powered journaling features that drove a 60% increase in user satisfaction.

AI Consultant

Syndicate Bio

Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
Chicago, IL
  • ›Independently built 4 mission-critical platforms: Site Registration, Hospital Portal, Admin Dashboard, and Sponsor Portal.
  • ›Delivered 70+ secure, production-grade workflows with microservices, RBAC, JWT authentication, and full CI/CD automation.
  • ›Designed a HIPAA/GDPR-compliant Trusted Research Environment using AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, KMS, Athena, SageMaker, and DynamoDB for hospitals across Africa.

Founding Engineer

Flair Labs (YC F24)

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024
United States
  • ›Single-handedly built a full-stack GenAI-powered real estate platform using Flask and React with natural language property search.
  • ›Engineered a GenAI workflow that extracts property traits from natural language queries, dynamically generates SQL, and fetches matching listings from Redfin/Zillow-scraped datasets.
  • ›Integrated RCS/SMS-based messaging for real-time property insights and direct agent interaction.

AI/ML Data Scientist

LinkedIn

Mar 2024 - May 2024
Sunnyvale, CA
  • ›Built a RAG chatbot using Azure OpenAI that reduced document processing time by 83%, saving millions for the company.
  • ›Achieved a 40% increase in user engagement through AI solutions for InfoSec analysis of ISO and SOC2 reports.
  • ›Leveraged Azure AI Search, LangChain, Azure Functions, Key Vault, and Blob Storage.

Data Scientist

CREWASIS.AI

Aug 2024 - Oct 2024
United States
  • ›Developed a GenAI-based solution analyzing text and video data to extract key market insights for Fortune 500 clients.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Illinois Institute of Technology

Sep 2023 - May 2024
Chicago, IL
  • ›Assisted in teaching Advanced Database Organization and Computer Networks courses.
  • ›Supported students on machine learning projects and mentored on database and networking concepts.

Analyst

Deloitte India

Nov 2020 - Jul 2022
Bengaluru, India
  • ›Led credit card fraud detection system development - achieved 25% reduction in false positives using XGBoost, Apache Kafka, and Airflow.
  • ›Built healthcare PDF data extraction pipeline with CNN, PyTesseract, and spaCy - 75% increase in processing efficiency.
  • ›Delivered real-time analytics solutions for Fortune 500 financial and healthcare clients.
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