Hi, I’m Rishi, an AI/ML engineer who blends data engineering, analytics, and predictive models to ship trustworthy systems.
I build RAG assistants, predictive models, and decision-ready dashboards backed by dependable pipelines—turning messy data into insights teams can act on. Currently pursuing an M.S. in Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics at USF, with projects spanning agentic optimization, analytics platforms, and production-minded RAG tooling.
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University of South Florida
M.S. Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics | GPA: 4.0/4.0 | Aug 2024 - May 2026
Experience
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University of South Florida — Graduate Research Assistant | Jan 2025 – Present- ● Built a Django + Azure Canvas LMS app; streamlined instructor outreach and student tracking.
- ● Delivered lectures on computers in business, MS Office, and Tableau/business analytics.
- ● Built an AI-powered nutrition-aligned food-as-medicine recipe recommendation app.
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Infosys / Virgin Media — Senior Systems Engineer (Data Engineer) | Jan 2021 – May 2024- ● Designed Ab Initio pipelines ingesting 40M+ records; cut reporting time by 60%.
- ● Led GDPR programs (~$13M) that drove ~$45M savings and stronger compliance.
- ● Migrated 50M+ records to Oracle/Netezza with minimal downtime; tuned models for faster retrieval.
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USF Campus Concierge (Multi-Agent RAG)
Built a Streamlit concierge that answers onboarding questions with citations, drafts emails, and books meetings through MCP‑mediated Gmail/Calendar tools.
- Problem: Manual onboarding requests were slow and inconsistent.
- Approach: RAG over Supabase pgvector + Azure OpenAI Phi‑4 with MCP tool orchestration.
- Result: Reliable, auditable workflows for email and calendar actions with grounded responses.
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Open to AI/ML and data-focused roles, and happy to discuss opportunities or collaborations, plus share project walkthroughs, technical deep dives, and outcomes that map to your team’s goals.