IEEE Senior Member · Project Manager · Researcher

Building AI that shortens the distance between an idea and the people it helps.

I lead AI-driven digital transformation for manufacturers and B2B commerce, and spend my weekends on independent research in health care AI and assistive technology.

Education

  • MBA — Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering — College of Engineering, Pune (COEP Technological University)

Experience

  1. 2025 — Present

    Project Manager · B2B E-commerce

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Leading AI-driven digital transformation for manufacturers and B2B clients, including an AI agent that guides customers through setting up large e-commerce product catalogs.

  2. 2023 — 2025

    Senior Project Manager · Gainwell Technologies

    Madison, Wisconsin

    Managed core IT systems used by state health departments for Medicaid benefits, provider enrollment and member eligibility.

  3. 2022

    Project Manager · Mars IT Solutions

    Madison, Wisconsin

    Delivered software projects for clients across the US.

  4. 2009 — 2022

    Software Engineering & Project Management

    Leading IT companies, India

    About thirteen years growing from engineer to project manager, delivering enterprise software for global clients.

  5. 2008 — 2009

    Graduate Engineering Trainee · Honeywell Automation

    Pune, India

    Preceded by a six-month internship at Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC), Pune.

Research & Patents

Alongside my full-time work, I run independent research focused on AI for health care, data governance and assistive technology, collaborating with researchers around the world.

AI diagnostic tools

Research into AI-enabled diagnostics, including co-inventing an AI-based breast cancer detection tool (UK patent).

Wearable health monitoring

Co-inventor of an AI-powered, cloud-connected wearable device for continuous health monitoring (UK patent).

Brain–computer interfaces

Part of a team building a BCI that lets paralysed and non-verbal patients control everyday devices such as fans and televisions.

Health data governance

Work on data governance and compliance for health care systems, informed by years of managing Medicaid IT.

40+ peer-reviewed papers and 6 granted patents in the United Kingdom and India.

Selected Projects

E-commerce · AI agent

Product-catalog onboarding agent

An AI chatbot that walks manufacturers through setting up large B2B product catalogs — aiming to cut setup from two or three months to about two weeks.

Productivity · Automation

Weekly status-report agent

An agent that reads my week's email and drafts a written status report every Monday, running a workflow of a dozen-plus steps automatically.

Recognition & Service

  • Global Excellence Award — International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence, 2025
  • IEEE Senior Member — member since 2022
  • British Computer Society — member
  • Conference session chair and keynote speaker
  • Technical program committee member and peer reviewer

Let's connect

Open to research collaborations, speaking invitations, peer review and conversations about applying AI in commerce and health care.