Headline

Data & AI @ EY | ex-SDE @ Ericsson | 2x Startup founder | building aerocraft

About

Over the past five years, I've bootstrapped three startups, have written code and copy, managed engineering and creative, and have owned products that were scaled to thousands of users, with focus on innovation and value-addition. Computer Science grad with a specialisation in AI (GenAI, NLP, Computer Vision and Predictive Modelling) and having keen interest in aviation and transportation technologies. Machine Learning and AI | Full Stack | Product Development and Management

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

hugging face

langchain

ollama

openai

Work experience

Founder at Aerocraft, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led the technical product development, engineering and business operations. Gathered 17k users in first year. Recurring 1.5k MAUs Developed and led ownership of 5 software solutions for Passenger Experience, MRO, Airport Ops and Airline Ops. Managed a cross-functional team of 8 in technology, operations and marketing. Pitched the solutions to various incubators, seed/VC funds, family offices as part of fundraising and investment outreach. Conducted business development and presented solutions to CXOs/senior leadership within Indian Airlines, Airport Companies and Government Agencies.

Consultant at EY, Sep 2025 - Jun 2026 · 10 mos

Associate Consultant at EY, Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Analyst at EY, Jul 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Data & Analytics vertical: Data Science / MLOps

Software Developer at Ericsson, Jan 2023 - Jul 2023 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Enterprise Application Developer: Worked on developing, planning and design of an internal release manager tool to automate releases and enhance SDLC process for the DevOps team.

Research Assistant Intern at Xfinito Biodesigns, Jun 2022 - Nov 2022 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Deployed ML models, created RBAC, authorization and authentication modules for web applications, created Medical FAQ chatbot (pre-LLM era, using similarity index), and trained models to analyze data for proprietary insole sensors

Founder at Bytepod, Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when podcasts were on their peak, developed an application to house micro-podcasts (<5 mins). worked with content creators, marketers and influencers. reached 1k MAUs and soft investment commitment before shutting down due to the podcasting dip.

Education

Master of Business Administration, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

AISSE, Delhi Public School - India