Available for new engagements

Hi, I'm Vikas Budde
Data & AI Consultant

I help organizations turn raw data into intelligent, production-grade systems — from data pipelines and analytics to machine learning and AI-powered applications.

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About

Turning data into decisions

I'm a Data & AI Consultant with over a decade of experience helping companies build smarter systems. I bridge the gap between data engineering, analytics, and applied AI — designing pipelines, models, and applications that deliver real business value.

My work spans data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, machine learning, LLM-powered applications, and real-time analytics. I've helped startups and enterprises move from proof-of-concept to production.

I believe great AI starts with great data. I focus on clean architecture, reproducible workflows, and systems that teams can actually maintain and scale.

10+
Years in data & AI
40+
Projects delivered
15+
Industries served
Curiosity for data
Skills

What I work with

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LLM & GenAI

RAG systems, fine-tuning, agentic workflows, and production AI applications.

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Data Engineering

ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, lakehouse architecture, and orchestration.

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Machine Learning

Predictive modeling, MLOps, model deployment, and monitoring at scale.

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Analytics & BI

Dashboards, KPI frameworks, self-serve analytics, and data storytelling.

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Cloud Platforms

AWS, GCP, Azure — serverless data stacks, infrastructure as code, and cost optimization.

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Python & SQL

Production Python, dbt, Spark, Airflow, and modern data tooling.

Projects

Selected work

GenAI

Enterprise RAG Assistant

Built a retrieval-augmented chat assistant for a financial services firm, grounding LLM responses in 50K+ internal documents with citation tracking and guardrails.

LangChainOpenAIPineconeFastAPI
Data Eng

Real-Time Streaming Pipeline

Designed a Kafka-based streaming platform processing 2M+ events/day for an e-commerce company, powering live inventory and recommendation systems.

KafkaSparkSnowflakeAirflow
MLOps

Churn Prediction Platform

Deployed an end-to-end churn prediction system for a SaaS company — from feature engineering to automated retraining, reducing churn by 23% in six months.

XGBoostMLflowKubernetesdbt
Analytics

Self-Serve Analytics Hub

Built a centralized metrics layer and dashboard suite for a healthcare startup, enabling non-technical teams to explore data without engineering support.

dbtLookerBigQueryPython
Computer Vision

Defect Detection System

Developed a computer vision model for a manufacturing client that detects product defects on the assembly line in real time with 98.6% accuracy.

PyTorchYOLOv8TritonGCP
LLM Ops

Multi-Agent Workflow Engine

Created an orchestration framework for multi-agent LLM workflows — enabling automated research, code review, and report generation pipelines.

CrewAIOpenAIRedisDocker

Let's turn your data into decisions

Whether you need a data pipeline, an AI application, or a full analytics strategy — I'm ready to help. Let's talk about your project.