Rakesh Swain
@rakeshswain
AI & GenAI leader scaling agentic and computer-vision products from concept to production across enterprises.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’ve led AI strategy and delivery across startups and enterprise programs, most recently as Director of AI & Software Engg. at Sirpi and as Co-Founder & CTO at YantrAI Labs, where I scaled an AI-first organization around Agentic AI and Computer Vision.
At EY AI-COE, I managed a 15+ engineer team delivering Azure-based GenAI and agentic AI for Audit, Finance, and Compliance, including contract analysis, audit report tracking, meeting intelligence, and SEBI LODR compliance. Earlier, I built ML for smart parking at AIMonk Labs on AWS and NVIDIA Jetson, and I scaled AI products at Dvara E-Dairy Solutions supporting 1M+ cattle registrations and building multilingual voice/text dairy advisory through DairyGPT.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Director of AI & Software Engg.
Sirpi
Jun 2026 - Present (2 months)
Leading enterprise AI strategy, solution architecture, and software engineering to deliver scalable AI products, mentor engineering teams, and drive client innovation.
Co-Founder and CTO
YantrAI Labs
Apr 2025 - May 2026 (1 year 1 month)
Lead company-wide AI strategy, product vision, architecture and engineering execution for enterprise AI solutions. Founded and scaled an AI-first product organization focused on Agentic AI, Computer Vision and enterprise automation.
Machine Learning Technical Manager
EY AI-COE
Mar 2024 - Nov 2024 (8 months)
Led a team of 15+ engineers delivering enterprise GenAI solutions for Audit, Finance and Compliance. Defined architecture patterns and engineering standards for Azure-based LLM and Agentic AI applications.
Senior Lead ML Engineer
AIMonk Labs
Sep 2023 - Jan 2024 (4 months)
Led AI development for smart parking products deployed on AWS and NVIDIA Jetson devices. Managed end-to-end development and deployment of AI solutions for a smart parking management platform.
Senior Machine Learning Architect
Dvara E-Dairy Solutions
Aug 2020 - Aug 2023 (3 years)
Built and scaled the AI and engineering organization to 20+ engineers, leading development of AI products that supported 1M+ cattle registrations and contributed to the company's growth from startup inception to Pre-Series A stage.
Senior Data Scientist
Caterpillar Inc.
Aug 2015 - Aug 2020 (5 years)
Led development of an internal engineering analytics platform used for data analysis and visualization of sensor data from machines across test engineering teams. Applied machine learning techniques for predictive maintenance and process automation.
Solution Integrator
Ericsson
Dec 2013 - Aug 2015 (1 year 8 months)
Managed large-scale telecom data integration and ETL workflows for North America Telecom Operators.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Great Lakes, Chennai, India
Post Graduate Program, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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