July 2026
Anton Intelligence Software Engineer
Joined Anton Intelligence as a Software Engineer, Data & Analytics. Focused on designing scalable system solutions, contributing to the architecture and modernization of data and analytics platforms.
Vishal Lakshmi Narayanan
AI System Solutions Architect.
I design and deploy scalable, event-driven data pipelines and microservice architectures on Azure. My focus is on building robust, modular systems and streamlining AI agent development with tools like Claude Code, Herdr, and WSL to deliver efficient, high-availability solutions.
About
My Background and Focus Areas.
I specialize in architecting and building AI-driven systems and scalable data solutions on Azure. My work focuses on designing event-driven data pipelines, robust microservice architectures, and managing the cloud infrastructure that powers modern analytics.
I bridge the gap between high-level system design and hands-on implementation, using tools like Claude Code, Herdr, and WSL to streamline agent development and accelerate feature delivery. My goal is to build systems that are not only technically sound but also efficient, scalable, and directly aligned with business objectives.
AI System Architecture
I design scalable, resilient system architectures on Azure, ensuring clean integration across microservices and supporting core analytics with robust relational database management.
Event-Driven Data Pipelines
I architect and deploy automated, event-driven data pipelines using Azure Event Grid, Functions, and Blob Storage to orchestrate reliable, real-time data delivery.
Efficient Agent Management
I streamline complex engineering workflows by leveraging tools like Claude Code for AI agent management, alongside WSL and Herdr for rapid and efficient feature development.
Scalable Cloud Solutions
I configure and maintain Azure App Services to ensure high availability and efficient compute usage, taking ideas from a raw concept to a fully deployed, production-ready product.
Experience
Where I've worked.
Jul 2026 to Present
Software Engineer-Data and Analytics
Anton Intelligence LLC
Tempe, AZ
- Architected and deployed automated, event-driven data pipelines using Azure Event Grid, Azure Functions, and Azure Blob Storage to orchestrate reliable file delivery into SharePoint.
- Design scalable system architectures and manage relational databases on Azure SQL to support core analytics and downstream reporting.
- Streamline engineering workflows using WSL and Herdr while leveraging Claude Code for agent management and rapid feature development.
- Configure and maintain Azure App Services to ensure high availability, efficient compute usage, and clean integration across microservices.
Jan 2026 to May 2026
Project Manager
The AI Society at ASU
Tempe, AZ
- Directing eight teams through a 12-week build cycle focused on computer vision, recommendation engines, and autonomous agent applications.
- Reviewing GitHub activity and Notion updates each week to keep engineering progress, documentation quality, and milestone delivery on track.
- Working with mentors and industry collaborators to keep project scope aligned with practical product expectations and technical feasibility.
Jan 2026 to Mar 2026
Data Science Project Contributor
The Unit of Data Science & Analytics Lab ASU
Tempe, AZ
- Built a transcript ingestion workflow that pulled raw YouTube speech data into a cleaned dataset for immigration narrative analysis.
- Used LDA topic modeling to trace how themes in political messaging shifted across the speech corpus.
- Fine-tuned a DistilBERT-based sentiment pipeline to classify audience response patterns across multiple media contexts.
- Connected FRED economic indicators with sentiment outputs and surfaced a 143% rise in the Migration Fear Index versus its long-run baseline.
Oct 2025 to Feb 2026
Data Engineer
Devlabs
Tempe, AZ
- Built a RAG ingestion pipeline that parsed 670+ resumes and converted unstructured candidate data into dense vector representations.
- Designed a MongoDB Atlas vector store to persist embedded profiles and support scalable retrieval.
- Implemented cosine similarity ranking to return the ten strongest candidate matches in under five seconds.
- Reduced embedding overhead by processing only newly added resumes, which cut repeated compute and API spend.
- Adjusted ranking behavior from founder feedback to make search results more relevant for recruiter decision-making.
May 2023 to Jul 2023
Data Analyst Intern
Amrutanjan HealthCare Ltd.
Chennai, India
- Replaced a manual monthly reporting workflow with Python automation, cutting turnaround time from five hours to roughly forty-five minutes.
- Mapped outlet performance with GeoPandas across 32 retail locations and highlighted seven regions that needed distribution attention.
- Tracked SKU movement trends to expose stock imbalances and support faster coordination with sales and operations teams.
- Presented regional performance patterns to sales leadership to guide territory-level distribution decisions.
- Cleaned and validated raw sales records so downstream reporting stayed consistent and reliable for management review.
Dec 2022 to Jun 2023
Research & Development Intern
Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, India
- Partnered on a healthcare innovation initiative with Global Health Research and Innovations in Canada, exploring edge computing and AR/VR for equitable care delivery.
- Assessed whether bandwidth-intensive immersive systems could realistically operate within constrained medical environments.
- Contributed to a published paper in the Dovepress Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare on deployment strategies for edge-enabled medical platforms.
Projects
Explore My Featured work.
Project writeups are now grouped by domain. The section opens on Data Analytics and shows one category at a time so each body of work reads as a focused collection instead of a wall of cards.
Active category
AI Applications
LLM-driven products focused on planning, education, healthcare, and simulation.
Industrial Digital TwinAI Applications
NPA Digital Twin
High-fidelity remote monitoring dashboard for industrial operations
An industrial digital twin platform combining real-time telemetry, 3D spatial context, and collaborative AI to turn complex plant data into actionable maintenance intelligence.
Next.js 16Three.jsReact Three FiberSupabaseGroqVapi
Decision SimulationAI Applications
The Shadow Committee
Adversarial AI boardroom simulation for decision resilience
A high-pressure simulation platform that generates skeptical AI personas from uploaded material and stress-tests business logic, composure, and stakeholder readiness.
Next.jsTypeScriptGroqElevenLabsFramer Motion
Health AIAI Applications
AGNOS AI
Advanced 3D anatomical symptom mapping and AI guidance
An interactive diagnostic visualization platform where users map symptoms onto a 3D body model to improve clarity, anatomical precision, and AI-assisted medical guidance.
ReactThree.jsReact Three FiberClaudeWeb Speech API
Marketplace PlatformAI Applications
Culture Bites
A culture-first social dining marketplace connecting guests, hosts, and cooks
A three-sided full-stack platform for cultural dining experiences with AI recommendations, event collaboration, and real-time seat management.
Next.jsReactTypeScriptSupabaseGroq
Immersive DiscoveryAI Applications
CELESTIA
An AI-powered interactive 3D globe for exploring the world
A WebGL-based exploration platform combining a 3D Earth, AI-generated facts, contextual media, and flight-path animations into a futuristic discovery experience.
Next.jsTypeScriptThree.jsGroqPexels
Travel PlanningAI Applications
AI Travel Itinerary Planner
LLM-powered trip planning with live weather and route optimization
A Streamlit travel planning system that generates personalized itineraries, estimates costs, and builds route-ready travel plans from a single conversation.
PythonStreamlitGroqGoogle MapsWeather APIs
Skills
Data, AI, and Product Engineering.
Languages & Tools
PythonSQLJavaScriptTypeScriptGitGitHubJupyterExcelPostmanREST APIsFastAPIWSLClaude CodeHerdr
AI & ML
Machine LearningPredictive ModelingFeature EngineeringModel EvaluationXGBoostscikit-learnEmbeddingsVector Search ConceptsLLM Prompt EngineeringRAG ConceptsLLM EvaluationAI Agents
Frameworks
PandasNumPyStreamlitNext.jsReactFramer MotionLangChainGeoPandasPlotlyTableauPower BIReact Three Fiber
Data
BigQueryMongoDBPostgreSQLMySQLSupabaseData ModelingETL PipelinesData WarehousingDashboardingKPI DesignAzure SQLMongoDB AtlasVector Databases
Cloud & DevOps
Google Cloud PlatformVercelDockerGitHub ActionsCI/CD ConceptsEnvironment ManagementAPI IntegrationOAuthn8nWorkflow AutomationAzure (Functions, Event Grid, App Services, Blob)
Analytics & Decisioning
Exploratory Data AnalysisFunnel AnalysisA/B TestingHypothesis TestingRisk AnalysisForecasting ConceptsBusiness IntelligenceStakeholder CommunicationExperiment DesignInsight Storytelling
Gallery
Notable Moments.
A visual walkthrough of hackathon victories, community workshops, and leadership moments that shaped my technical journey.
2026
May 2026
Masters Graduation
Walked across the stage at ASU to receive my Master's degree in Data Science, the culmination of two years of research, hackathons, and building.
May 2026
Cognite Presentation
Presented our NPA Digital Twin solution at the Cognite office during the Arizona Nerd Network (AZNN) May meet.
April 2026
Kiro Spark Impact Track Winner
My 8th Hackathon Victory. Won the Impact Track at the Kiro Spark Challenge by building Inference Network, a project focused on making AI more accessible and sustainable.
April 2026
SpaceHack Global Winner
Global Winner and Overall Champion of SpaceHack for Sustainability 2026, competing alongside universities and participants from Paris, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Bulgaria.
April 2026
HackAZona Cognite Track Winner
My 7th Hackathon Victory. Team Tokyo won the HackAZona Cognite Track by building the NPA Digital Twin platform, transforming industrial time-series sensor data into an interactive 3D monitoring environment.
April 2026
Arizona Space Congress
Attended the Space Rising conference at Arizona Space Congress to explore Arizona's growing role in the global space economy and ecosystem.
April 2026
Capstone Presentation
Presented my final capstone project on Predicting Equity-Based Disaster Response and Resource Optimization.
March 2026
DevHacks Change the World
My 4th Hackathon Victory! Built AI Personas that provides reasoning and justification, that purely judges you in a high stake meeting based environment. Gamified experience to stress test human reasoning.
March 2026
HackASU x Claude Builders Club
Participated in the HackASU hackathon with the Claude Builders Club and won the Go Viral, Win Big track sponsored by TamaGrow.
March 2026
Unit of Data Science & Analytics Lab
The closing presentation from my 8-week work with the Unit of Data Science and Analytics Lab, presenting findings from an NLP analysis on topic shifts and public sentiment around the 2026 State of the Union.
February 2026
AI Summit 2026
The largest-scale AI event organized by the ASU AI Society, where I successfully led the information desk management.
2025
November 2025
Tech Mentorship
Helped 5 teams architect their hackathon ideas, assisting closely with the technical implementations of LLM-based frameworks.
October 2025
Hacks for Humanity
A hacker event focused entirely on social good—building tools for the community using AI and ensuring its use remains humane.
October 2025
Workshop Lead
Led an intensive technical workshop teaching engineering students how to build and deploy their own personal portfolio websites.
September 2025
DevHacks S2
My 3rd Hackathon Victory! Built an AI video-based educating platform and won 1st place out of 175 participating teams as a solo developer.
March 2025
Hackazona v0.1
Built an agentic framework-based trip planner and won the People's Choice Award. The event was partnered with Microsoft Azure.
