Shikhar S.

About Shikhar S.

I am a Consultant specializing in Data, AI, and Cloud solutions, with hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-ready platforms that bridge business strategy with technical execution.With a background as a Data & AI Tech Consultant, I’ve led workshops, built scalable data pipelines, and delivered AI-powered solutions that help organizations modernize their data estate, unlock insights, and accelerate digital transformation.What I DoEngineer Solutions: Build and deploy end-to-end pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Delta Lake, and real-time streaming for analytics and AI.Enable Intelligence: Design AI agents and GenAI-powered workflows (LangGraph, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI) that integrate seamlessly with enterprise systems.Drive Adoption: Deliver demos, Proof of Concepts, and technical deep-dives to showcase the value of unified data & AI platforms.Secure & Govern: Implement Purview, RLS, and sensitivity labeling to ensure compliance and enterprise-grade governance.Why MeI combine technical expertise (full-stack engineering, data platforms, AI/ML) with solutioning skills (client workshops, pre-sales PoCs, architecture design). This balance allows me to partner with clients, understand their challenges, and deliver solutions that are both practical and impactful.

Experience

1. Ai & Data Consultant

   Royal Cyber Inc.

   Feb 2024 — Present · Naperville, IL, US

   work across AI engineering, solution architecture, and sales engineering, designing multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, Fabric-based analytics, and cloud-native applications on Azure. I lead technical delivery, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support pre-sales through demos, PoCs, and client workshops.Key ProjectsCTF Platform – Real-Time Cybersecurity Competition SystemTechnical Manager | Next.js, Django, Redis, Azure•Led a team building a real-time CTF platform with WebSocket-based submissions and scoreboards, supporting 500+ concurrent users.•Designed scalable architecture using PostgreSQL optimization, Redis caching, and Dockerized Azure deployments.3D Jersey GeneratorAzure OpenAI, Three.js, FastAPI, Angular•Built a generative workflow converting text prompts into interactive 3D jerseys using Azure OpenAI.•Developed GPU-accelerated FastAPI services for rendering and mesh generation, reducing processing time by 75%.•Implemented real-time previews and variant comparison; deployed microservices on Azure using Docker.AI Internal Sales AgentLangGraph, LangChain, Cosmos DB, Pinecone, Angular•Developed a multi-agent system for CRM analysis, pitch generation, and next-best-action recommendations.•Implemented RAG pipelines with Pinecone and Cosmos DB for contextual retrieval and accurate insights.•Built an Angular dashboard with reasoning traces; supported SE teams through demos and PoCs.Fabric AnalyticsMicrosoft Fabric, Delta Lake, Power BI, MLflow•Built end-to-end data and ML pipelines using Data Factory, Delta Lake, and Python for feature engineering.•Designed AI-driven pipelines for model training, evaluation, and inference, with MLflow for experiment tracking and model versioning.•Integrated ML outputs into Power BI Direct Lake datasets with RLS, reducing reporting latency by 40%.•Established MLOps patterns (validation, retraining, monitoring) and delivered reusable architecture documentation, accelerating onboarding by 50%+.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  PG Diploma, Computer Science

• LNCT Group of Colleges

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

  2015 — 2019