Pankaj Rastogi

About Pankaj Rastogi

Spearheaded the widespread adoption of Generative AI to develop AI-enabled products.• Designed and implemented solutions to enhance Language Model capabilities usingRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) approach.• Established security and legal protocols for LLM request/response monitoring.• Championed a culture of innovation and customer-centric solutions through processimprovements.• Contributed to the intellectual property portfolio through patent submissions with patentgranted for \"Real-time Fault Tolerant Stateful Featurization\" and patent filed for \"Batchto Stream Processing in a Feature Management Platform\".• Engineered scalable platforms tailored to accommodate the demands of Big Data andAI/ML applications.• Crafted comprehensive multi-year product roadmaps for AI model monitoring andmanagement.• Orchestrated cross-organizational initiatives to enhance Operational and EngineeringExcellence.• Showcased AI expertise by presenting at prestigious industry events, including the Data +AI Summit 2021 and Hadoop conference 2018.• Shared insights and knowledge through impactful blogs, dynamic conferencepresentations, and valuable open-source contributions.• Demonstrated proficiency in building Cloud-based SaaS, and PaaS solutions.• Extensive experience in successfully leading projects from inception to deployment witha keen understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies.• Proven ability to leverage strong analytical and problem-solving skills to overcomecomplex challenges.• Effectively managed and directed both onshore and offshore teams, fosteringcollaboration and productivity.• Excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills, facilitating effective teamdynamics and stakeholder engagement.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   Intuit

   Feb 2018 — Present

   Developed Embeddings Paved Path using the RAG approach, improving LLM responses.• Built development platform for rapid prototyping with various LLMs • Created a unified platform for Generative AI access, including text generation,summarization, sentiment analysis, and image generation.• Conducted several workshops across different orgs to increase Generative AI adoption.• Managed the development and deployment of a user-friendly no-code solution forclassification, regression and time-series ML model creation.• Awarded Intuit’s ambassador badge for presentations and blogs.• Built a real-time Feature Engineering Platform.• Led a cross-org initiative to monitor and manage AI models.• Designed performance testing capabilities and cost optimization efforts.• Provided mentorship and guidance to team members.

Education

• Punjab Engineering College

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Apache Kafka
• Hadoop
• Agile Project Management
• Soa
• Business Intelligence
• Software Project Management
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Analysis
• Hibernate
• Sdlc
• Cassandra
• Solution Architecture
• Pl/Sql
• Web Services
• Weblogic
• Agile Methodologies
• Requirements Analysis
• Java
• Xml
• Apache Spark
• Integration
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Architecture