Summary
Vikas Prasad is a Principal Data Scientist based in Pune with over a decade building production-grade AI systems, currently leading AIOps initiatives at BMC Software. He specializes in GenAI architectures—LangChain/LangGraph/LLamaStack—RAG/RAFT pipelines, multi-agent reasoning, and adapter-based fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT) for scalable LLM deployment. A pragmatic engineer with five patent filings in LLM optimization, attention pruning, and agentic designs, he focuses on explainability and measurable business impact. His background spans enterprise AI, RPA, and solution architecture across HSBC and Fiserv, combining hands-on model work with systems and ops-level deployment. Trained originally as a mechanical engineer, he brings a systems-thinking mindset to ML engineering and a persistent, growth-oriented attitude summed up by his GitHub motto: “A black belt is a white belt who never gave up.”
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, B.E. Mechanical, Bachelor's degree, B.E. Mechanical at PES University