I build agentic systems
that give businesses
autonomous intelligence

When I landed in South Dakota, it was a complete cultural shock. It wasn't exactly a well-known destination among Indian families, and there weren't many international students around. I had no choice but to blend in with the locals — and that turned out to be the greatest gift. My closest friends became like family. They showed me the foundations of what America truly is — not from a textbook, but from the back of a dirt bike on a country road, from a tractor seat during harvest season, from an ice fishing hole drilled into a frozen lake, and from early mornings spent pheasant hunting across open fields.

I explored North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Nebraska — states most people never visit — and met people from all walks of life across the American countryside. While my focus may have drifted from my studies, I gained something far more valuable: an understanding of a culture and a way of life that shaped who I am. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology took a young kid from Delhi and showed him what America is really about.

At Emory's Goizueta Business School, I thrived. I served as the social chair of the MSBA program and as a student ambassador, channelling the same energy I once put into skating into building community. With three years of manufacturing experience behind me, I focused my job search exclusively on manufacturing, and by March — before I had even graduated — I received an offer from Georgia-Pacific.

In July 2019, I joined their Sales and Operations Planning team for the corrugated business as a senior analyst. I walked into a brand-new team building the S&OP process from scratch. I spent my first year mapping databases, earning access, and understanding the data landscape. I then built a forecasting model, validated its results, and evolved it into a full web application — a one-of-a-kind platform capable of projecting demand eighteen months out and integrating supply chain planning across the business. I was promoted to manager.

I also returned to Emory as a teaching assistant for Professor Jesse Bockstedt's data visualization course — my way of staying connected to the program that changed my life. And through it all, I navigated COVID-19 alone in Atlanta, while my family weathered the pandemic back in India. Georgia-Pacific shaped me as a professional in ways I cannot fully express.

That period did not break me. It built me. Canada became my second home. I earned my permanent residency, and I will always carry deep gratitude for what that country gave me.

In January 2025, I returned to Atlanta. I serve as a Manager of Integrated Business Planning at Georgia-Pacific, connecting supply chain systems — financial models, demand planning, and operational frameworks — to help the company make smarter decisions. I was recently appointed Chair of Emory's MSBA Alumni Engagement Board — a full-circle moment for someone who once barely made it into the program.

Beyond my corporate role, I have spent the past year immersing myself in the frontier of artificial intelligence — building with agentic AI, multi-agent systems, retrieval augmented generation, vector databases, and cloud-native architectures on Google Cloud. My goal is to leverage everything I have learned — from the manufacturing floor to the cloud — and build my own business. Something that makes a meaningful impact.