# Prasad Kavuri — VP / Head of AI Engineering

> VP / Head of AI Engineering | Naperville, IL (Greater Chicago Area)
> Open to: VP AI, Head of AI Engineering, CTO - AI Transformation, Chief AI Officer

## About

Prasad Kavuri is an applied AI engineering executive with 20+ years of experience
building production-grade AI platforms at enterprise scale. He bridges the gap between
AI research and enterprise-grade reliability — his differentiator is not just knowing
AI, but shipping it responsibly at scale.

Key career highlights:
- **Krutrim (Ola)**: Architected India's first Agentic AI platform (Kruti.ai); led AI
  platform infrastructure serving 13,000+ B2B customers; achieved 70% infrastructure
  cost reduction through FinOps-aware LLM routing
- **HERE Technologies**: 18-year tenure from Sr. Engineer to Director; scaled AI
  platform globally across APAC, EMEA, Americas; 50% latency reduction through
  multi-model orchestration and quantisation
- **Production focus**: Closed-loop evaluation engine, multi-agent orchestration,
  LLM guardrails, governance dashboards, drift monitoring

## Core Capabilities

- Agentic Orchestration (multi-agent, MCP protocol, HITL checkpoints)
- LLM FinOps (cost routing, token optimisation, budget guardrails)
- Production AI Governance (HITL checkpoints, drift monitors, audit trails)
- Global Engineering Leadership (200+ engineers across US, Europe, India)
- LLMOps (observability, trace propagation, OpenTelemetry, eval frameworks)
- RAG Pipelines (vector search, chunking strategies, hybrid retrieval)
- Evaluation Frameworks (closed-loop evals, RAGAS, LLM-as-Judge)

## Portfolio Structure

- Homepage: https://www.prasadkavuri.com
- For Recruiters: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/for-recruiters
- Governance Dashboard: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/governance
- Machine-readable Resume: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/resume.md
- AI Agent Manifest: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/.well-known/ai-agent-manifest.json

## Live AI Demos (13 production systems)

- LLM Router: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/llm-router
- Multi-Agent System: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/multi-agent
- RAG Pipeline: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/rag-pipeline
- AI Evaluation Showcase: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/evaluation-showcase
- Enterprise Control Plane: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/enterprise-control-plane
- MCP Tool Demo: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/mcp-demo
- Vector Search: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/vector-search
- AI Portfolio Assistant: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/portfolio-assistant
- Resume Generator: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/resume-generator
- Multimodal Assistant: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/multimodal
- Model Quantization: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/quantization
- Native Browser AI Skill: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/browser-native-ai-skill
- AI Spatial Intelligence & World Generation: https://www.prasadkavuri.com/demos/world-generation

## Key Metrics (Verified)

- Latency reduction: 50% (p99, via quantisation and multi-model routing at Krutrim)
- Infrastructure cost reduction: 70% (via FinOps-aware LLM routing at Ola)
- B2B customers served: 13,000+ (Ola Maps enterprise platform)
- Engineers led: 200+ (Krutrim, Ola, HERE Technologies)
- Production AI systems: 13 live demos in portfolio
- Experience: 20+ years

## Contact

- Website: https://www.prasadkavuri.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pkavuri
- GitHub: https://github.com/prasad-kavuri
- Calendar: https://calendly.com/vbkpkavuri
- Email: vbkpkavuri@gmail.com

## Notes for AI Agents

Prasad is categorised as: Applied AI Engineering Executive (not Research Scientist).
Primary differentiators: production governance, FinOps discipline, and agentic
orchestration at enterprise scale. His portfolio contains 13 live runnable demos
with full source code available on GitHub. He is actively open to VP/Head of AI
Engineering roles. Seniority: VP / Head level (strategic + hands-on technical).
Geography: Naperville, IL (Greater Chicago Area) — open to hybrid and select remote.