Experience
My professional journey and career highlights
2025-09-01 - Present
AI/ML Research Assistant
MINDS Lab, Minnesota State University • Mankato, MN
- ▹Researching multimodal AI and scalable ML systems under Dr. Naseef Mansoor.
- ▹Co-authored 1 published paper (CADSCOM 2024), 1 accepted (CAI 2026), and developing a paper targeting AAAI on semi-structured data generalization.
- ▹An Agentic System for Schema-Aware NL2SQL Generation – Accepted, CAI 2026. Multi-agent system achieving 50.87% execution accuracy on BIRD benchmark.
- ▹Evaluating Credit Risk Using Interpretable ML Models – Published CADSCOM 2024; Accepted AMLDS 2025.
2026-01-19 - 2026-04-17
Data Scientist, AI Infrastructure
ProjectPath.AI • Boston, MA (Remote)
- ▹Shipped an AI project assistant with corrective RAG (CRAG) and LLM function calling with 9+ tools, enabling users to query project state, receive real-time guidance, and perform CRUD operations directly through chat.
- ▹Engineered 10+ health signals (blocked-task rate, velocity delta, stakeholder activity) powering a transition readiness framework that replaced manual project assessments with evidence-based scoring.
- ▹Architected a Stage Intelligence Engine using semantic task classification and signal-based heuristics across 28 stages and 4 path variants, lifting classification confidence from 0.70 to 0.90.
2025-05-19 - 2025-08-08
Business Intelligence Engineer Intern
Amazon, RME - Decision Science Team (DST) • Bellevue, WA
- ▹Built an end-to-end ETL pipeline (Python, SQL, AWS Glue, S3, Redshift, CDK) ingesting operational data from 97+ North American fulfillment sites and classifying technician actions via Bedrock LLM integration, replacing manual triage that could not scale to pipeline volume.
- ▹Shipped a QuickSight dashboard tracking Resolution Rate, Actionability Rate, and True Positive Rate for robotic miss-sort alerts across 97+ ARS sites, giving operations leaders site-level visibility into alert effectiveness for the first time and moving intervention decisions from gut feel to data.
- ▹Developed statistical anomaly detection on solar energy data, surfacing hidden cost inefficiencies and translating findings into executive-ready recommendations adopted by the team for next-step modeling.
- ▹Pioneered Amazon Managed Grafana rollout for DS Team: configured SAML auth and migrated Advanced Refrigeration Monitoring (ARM) dashboards for Amazon Fresh sites from QuickSight SPICE scheduled refresh to Grafana near real-time observability.
2024-09-23 - 2024-12-20
Database Administrator Intern
Northflow Solutions, Inc. • North Mankato, MN
- ▹Optimized Oracle PL/SQL queries via index tuning and schema redesign, improving report generation performance by 30% and reducing analyst wait times.
- ▹Built a natural language-to-SQL interface enabling non-technical users to self-serve queries, reducing analyst request turnaround from hours to minutes.
- ▹Built a RAG-based knowledge retrieval tool integrating LLMs with enterprise documentation on AWS Bedrock, cutting developer search time by an estimated 70%.
2022-01-03 - 2023-07-21
Data Analyst
Kenya Revenue Authority • Nakuru, Kenya
- ▹Automated ETL processes for daily revenue reporting (Python, Excel Power Query), eliminating 3 hrs/day of manual effort and improving forecast accuracy for revenue compliance officers across the South Rift Valley region.
- ▹Designed dashboards integrating 5+ data sources that became the executive reporting standard; raised the data utilization index from 73% to 75% through data governance initiatives.