Product-minded builder working across AI, data, cybersecurity, and decision systems.
Seattle, WA · MS Information Management, University of Washington
I build products where the hard part is not only the code — it is understanding the user, the workflow, the risk, and the decision that needs to get better.
My path has been non-linear: civil engineering in India, a construction labor marketplace, enterprise insurance platforms at Cognizant/John Hancock, and now applied AI/data products. That mix shaped how I work: start with the real problem, talk to users, map the system, measure what matters, and ship something that people can actually use.
Right now I am focused on AI search readiness, product analytics, decision intelligence, cybersecurity workflows, and practical AI systems for messy real-world domains.
- Product first: What user pain is this solving, and why does it matter now?
- Systems second: What data, workflow, constraints, and failure points sit underneath it?
- Execution always: Can we prototype it, test it, measure it, and improve it quickly?
- Responsible by default: Especially when the domain touches privacy, compliance, security, or public trust.
I like projects that sit at the intersection of product judgment and technical execution — dashboards that guide decisions, AI tools that explain their reasoning, workflows that reduce friction, and prototypes that can turn into real products.
I am especially interested in:
- AI Search / AEO / GEO: helping teams understand how answer engines read, cite, and recommend content.
- Product Analytics: building measurement loops that connect user behavior to business outcomes.
- Applied ML: using models for forecasting, prioritization, risk detection, and operational decision-making.
- Cybersecurity + Threat Intelligence: turning noisy security signals into structured, explainable intelligence.
- Civic and Social Impact Tech: building accessible tools for public understanding and participation.
| Project | What it does | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| AEO Pre-Publish Scorer | Scores whether a webpage is ready for AI/answer-engine discovery using page extraction, rule-based checks, and LLM judgment. | Moves content teams from “publish and wait” to pre-launch decision-making. |
| Crest.ai | A deeper AEO/GEO product direction for diagnosing how AI systems understand, cite, and compare business content. | Explores the shift from traditional SEO to AI-mediated discovery and agent readiness. |
| HarvestIQ | County-level corn and soybean yield forecasting using NOAA weather data, USDA yield data, PySpark, XGBoost quantile regression, Delta tables, and MLflow. | Turns weather volatility into early-warning agricultural risk signals. |
| DoorDash Table Mode | Product prototype for dine-in group ordering, QR-based table joining, receipt upload, split allocation, retries, and edge states. | Shows how a consumer workflow can be mapped from user friction to product states. |
| FinOps Checkout Analytics | Privacy-first checkout analytics using PostHog, Stripe webhooks, experiments, session replay, and Vercel deployment. | Connects product instrumentation to conversion, payment truth, and experimentation. |
| Washington State PCO Guide | Accessible civic education site for young Washington voters learning about Precinct Committee Officers. | Makes local civic participation easier to understand for first-time and younger voters. |
| Churn Navigator | Churn prediction and engagement system using MongoDB, Spark, Airflow, FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, and n8n automation. | Demonstrates an end-to-end data-to-action retention workflow. |
| EcoPulse | Carbon footprint tracking app for employees with goals, recommendations, charts, and progress tracking. | Applies product design and data visibility to sustainability behavior change. |
| Threat Feed Aggregator | Threat intelligence feed aggregator using public IOC sources and cybersecurity workflow thinking. | Turns scattered threat data into a more usable analyst workflow. |
Enterprise product delivery
At Cognizant, I worked on John Hancock insurance platforms across testing, automation, stakeholder coordination, release readiness, API validation, SQL checks, dashboards, and production-quality delivery. That experience made me comfortable with regulated workflows, messy systems, and the discipline needed to ship without breaking trust.
Product + founder mindset
I have worked on early product ideas from field research to prototype, including construction labor matching, civic engagement, sustainability tracking, and AI search readiness. I care about whether the product survives contact with real users — not just whether the demo looks good.
Data + AI execution
I work across Python, SQL, Power BI/Tableau, Snowflake concepts, Spark, FastAPI, Flask, React, Vite, Node/Express, PostHog, Stripe, MLflow, Docker, and GitHub workflows. I use tools as means to build clearer products, not as the headline by themselves.
Product / Delivery: PRDs, user research, requirements mapping, acceptance criteria, release planning, stakeholder communication, UAT, go/no-go readiness, roadmap thinking
Data / Analytics: SQL, Python, pandas, Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake, PostHog, data modeling, funnel analysis, experimentation
AI / ML: XGBoost, scikit-learn, Spark, MLflow, LLM evaluation, prompt workflows, AI search/AEO analysis
Engineering: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vite, Next.js, Node/Express, Flask, FastAPI, Docker, Git/GitHub, Selenium/WebDriver, TestNG, REST APIs
Security: threat intelligence, public IOC feeds, MITRE ATT&CK thinking, logging/monitoring mindset, privacy-aware product design
I am aiming for roles where I can sit close to both the customer problem and the technical system behind it:
- Product Manager / Technical Product Manager
- Forward Deployed Engineer / Solutions Architect
- Program Manager for technical, data, AI, or platform teams
- Business/Data Analyst roles with strong product and systems ownership
The through-line is simple: I like taking ambiguous problems, making them concrete, and building the first useful version.
- 🎉 Merged PR #2 in BUVKAUSHIK/BUVKAUSHIK
- 💪 Opened PR #2 in BUVKAUSHIK/BUVKAUSHIK