Senior AI Forward Deployed Engineer · Abacus.AI · IIT Bombay

Abhishek
Parbhakar

I deploy production-grade GenAI and ML systems for enterprise customers — RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, LLM-powered analytics. From problem scoping to production rollout, I make AI real.

IIT Bombay · 3+ Years as FDE · Abacus.AI 2022 – Present · Wharton Executive Education
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About

Turning enterprise AI from pilot into production

I'm a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Abacus.AI — a San Francisco–based Series C AI company — working directly with enterprise customers to design and ship production-grade ML and Generative AI systems. My work sits at the intersection of engineering, product thinking, and business impact.

I own the full arc: problem scoping, solution design, deployment, and adoption. I've led cross-functional initiatives aligning engineering, product, sales, and executive stakeholders across 20+ customer deployments spanning nine industries and three continents.

My edge is not just technical depth — it's the ability to translate complex AI capabilities into systems that customers actually use and trust.

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Customer Deployments
9+
Industries
3+
Years as FDE
F500
Customers Served
Core Technologies
Python LLM / RAG LangChain Agentic AI AWS Bedrock GCP Vertex AI PyTorch Scikit-Learn SQL Azure DevOps
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Customers Served

Across 20+ customer deployments, I've taken AI systems into production across a wide range of industries — from Fortune 500 energy companies and global financial institutions to consumer brands, logistics networks, and professional services organizations.

These weren't POCs or models handed over in a file. Every deployment was live, active, and integrated into the customer's production environment — driving real business decisions and measurable outcomes.

Energy & Resources

Production AI deployments for a Fortune 500 oil & gas major, a leading tire manufacturer operating across India and Europe, and a solar energy company.

Demand Forecasting · Supply Chain
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Financial Services & Insurance

Credit risk models deployed for a major European bank, AI systems for a multi-billion dollar US insurance company, and payment analytics for one of the world's largest card manufacturers.

Risk Modeling · Payment Analytics
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Consumer Goods & Retail

AI deployed for a leading Indian FMCG brand used by millions daily, and customer intelligence systems for a major US food retail chain.

Customer Analytics · Personalization
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Logistics & Fleet Management

ML systems deployed for multiple logistics and fleet management companies, optimizing operations, routing, and supply chain decisions at scale.

Optimization · Operational AI
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Automotive & Sports

GenAI deployment for an iconic American automotive and lifestyle brand, and an active AI implementation for a National Football League franchise.

GenAI · Agentic Workflows
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Media & Telecommunications

AI systems deployed for a leading US advertising and media network, and a GenAI implementation for a major US telecommunications provider.

LLM Deployment · Content AI
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Professional Certification

Lead scoring and ML propensity models deployed in production for the world's largest professional diving certification organization, serving millions of members globally.

Lead Scoring · Propensity Modeling
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Healthcare & Life Sciences

AI deployed for a leading US biomedical company, advancing data-driven decisions in health and wellness at scale.

Healthcare AI · Data Pipelines
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Non-Profit & Social Sector

AI systems deployed for an animal welfare organization — bringing production-grade ML to mission-driven work with the same rigor as any enterprise customer.

Analytics · Operational AI
9+
Industries
20+
Customer Deployments
F500
Customers Served
100%
Production Grade
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Experience

Abacus.AI
Dec 2022 – Present
Remote · San Francisco
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Led end-to-end design and production deployment of AI and GenAI systems for enterprise customers — spanning LLM architectures (RAG, agentic workflows) and scalable ML pipelines. Owned 20+ customer deployments from problem scoping to production rollout across 9+ industries.

↑ 15–20% Forecasting Accuracy ↑ 28% Lead Conversion ↑ 40% Classification Accuracy
RAGAgentic AILLMAWS BedrockLangChainGCP Vertex AI
Thales Group
Dec 2021 – Dec 2022
Gurugram, India
Senior Data Scientist

Led a team of 5 to architect and deploy a multi-stage ML system for supply chain lead-time prediction, achieving 55% reduction in RMSE. Designed ensemble-based forecasting pipelines addressing data scarcity and asymmetry — contributing to a patent application.

↓ 55% RMSE Reduction Patent Contribution
Supply Chain MLForecastingTeam LeadEnsemble Models
Fractal Analytics
Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Mumbai, India
Data Scientist

Developed an ML-based credit risk model for a European financial services client, reducing bad applications by 31.3% at a fixed approval rate. Led global internal AI training for 100+ employees across India and the US.

↓ 31% Bad Applications 100+ Employees Trained
Credit RiskStatistical ModelingScikit-Learn
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Education

2012 – 2017
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
B.Tech — Electrical Engineering
2012 – 2017
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
M.Tech — Communication & Signal Processing
Apr 2026
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Executive Education — Product Management & Strategy
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Contact

Let's build
something
that ships.

Open to conversations about enterprise AI, GenAI strategy, forward deployment engineering, and AI adoption.