Sai Shashank Kudkuli

Data & AI Systems Professional

Designing scalable analytics platforms and human-centered AI solutions for business impact.

Education

University of Maryland

Master of Science, Information Systems

Aug 2024 – Dec 2025 College Park, MD, USA

PES University

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication

Aug 2017 – Dec 2021 Bengaluru, KA, India

Skills Snapshot

Core Data & Analytics

Python, SQL, R, Polars, Spark, Snowflake, HiveQL, Tableau, Power BI, Excel

AI & ML

LLM Evaluation, Prompt Engineering, RAG, Neo4j, N8N, HuggingFace Transformers, LoRA Fine-tuning (Gemma), Streamlit

Cloud & Infra

AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, HDFS, Git, CI/CD, CRON

Business

Microsoft Project, Feasibility Analysis, Functional Modeling, Process Documentation

Experience

Research Assistant

R.H. Smith School of Business · University of Maryland

Nov 2024 – Present
  • Optimized Snowflake SQL workflows and engineered Polars batch pipelines, reducing end-to-end processing for 100M+ job market records from 2 hours to 15 minutes.
  • Curated and transformed domain-specific datasets for LLM fine-tuning, improving downstream model performance and context relevance.
  • Designed and implemented LLM evaluation pipelines benchmarking GPT-4, Claude, Llama-3, and Qwen across 10K+ job postings; insights informed academic research and CNN/WSJ-featured reports.
  • Built ETL systems integrating five disparate data sources to support the AI Jobs Dashboard for labor market research.
UMD-LinkUp AI Maps Project

System Engineer

Oracle Cerner · Bengaluru

Sep 2022 – Dec 2023
  • Resolved critical Linux application and Sybase database issues for hospital systems, reducing incident tickets from 20 to 5 per week while maintaining 24/7 availability.
  • Collaborated with client IT teams to troubleshoot server incidents, achieving a 75% improvement in mean resolution time.

SAP Consultant

Accenture · Bengaluru

Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
  • Analyzed and resolved 500+ SAP issues, maintaining 95% SLA compliance for supply chain operations.
  • Created Standard Operating Procedures during a ServiceNow migration, reducing process violations by 80%.

Projects

Graph Search MCP

AI-ready knowledge graph platform

Jun 2025
  • Built an AI-ready knowledge graph platform by integrating Neo4j with LLMs via the Model Context Protocol (MCP); containerized with Docker for consistency and portability.
  • Fine-tuned Gemma 3n using LoRA optimization on relationship data, improving relation extraction accuracy.
  • Developed hybrid graph + LLM retrieval systems that combined symbolic traversal with neural reasoning, achieving a 73% lift over vector-only baselines.
View on GitHub

Asha IT Recruitment Platform

AI-driven hiring workflows for small businesses

Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Architected an AI recruitment platform using AWS Amplify, Lambda, and DynamoDB, integrating Firebase Authentication for secure user management.
  • Implemented agentic AI pipelines that matched candidates to roles with LLM-based skill extraction, resume–JD reasoning, and multi-agent ranking.
  • Optimized Lambda-based inference latency by 42% through asynchronous invocation patterns and caching layers.
Visit go.umd.edu/ashait

Dynamic Surge Pricing

Predictive parking demand with PySpark

May 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Built a PySpark regression model on Seattle parking data to predict availability and apply surge pricing rules for 2023 live streams.
  • Containerized the pipeline with Docker, deployed on Vertex AI, and automated ingestion via Pub/Sub with results in BigQuery.
  • Visualized surge pricing outputs on Streamlit and monitored reliability through Cloud Logging.

Leadership & Recognition

Smith Master's IS Association · VP Finance

Jan 2025 – Present · Developed a mentorship program connecting 100+ students and alumni; featured for AI-driven engagement.

University Article

AI in Business Case Competition Winner

Nov 2024 · Designed an AI integration strategy enabling small businesses to automate operations and customer insights.