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AI ENGINEERING & LEADERSHIP

Building AI that
works in the
real world.

I’m Charu Makhijani. I build enterprise AI platforms and lead the teams that turn complex ideas into meaningful business outcomes.

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Charu MakhijaniSenior AI Engineering Leader
Strategy. Systems. People.
18+Years in technology
8+Years in engineering leadership
10+Years in financial services

Experience across
Brookfield · Capital One · UBS
State Street · JPMorgan Chase

WHERE I FOCUS

From Architecture
to Organizational Impact.

Technology works best when sound engineering, clear strategy, and strong teams move together.

01

Enterprise AI

LLM applications, agentic workflows, RAG, and the engineering discipline to take AI into production.

02

Data Foundations

Modern platforms with governance, quality, lineage, and observability built into the architecture.

03

Engineering Leadership

Team building, technical strategy, and delivery roadmaps that connect engineering to business outcomes.

SELECTED IMPACT

Engineering with Purpose.

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CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE

A unified view.
Smarter personalization.

Connected customer data through AI-powered entity resolution, creating a unified foundation for analytics and personalization.

Built reusable machine learning services that help product teams deliver more relevant experiences and improve customer targeting.

PERSONALIZATION

Relevant insights.
Faster delivery.

Designed scalable machine learning pipelines for Next Best Action, personalized content, and financial advisor recommendations.

Combined reusable frameworks with model feedback loops to support timely insights and continuous improvement.

DATA PLATFORMS

Trusted data.
Timely decisions.

Built scalable data ingestion and real-time streaming pipelines to centralize enterprise data and support governed analytics.

Standardized incremental loads and automated workflows to improve data freshness, reliability, and access for business decisions.

IDEAS & PERSPECTIVES

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