# Tushar Badhwar

> Forward Deployed AI Engineer | Applied AI/ML Strategy | Expert @ Primary VC | Columbia Engineering

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tusharbadhwar

Slinging AI globally, like mixtapes in ’06

## Work Experience
### Forward Deployed AI Engineer @ Treasure Data
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States
First AI-FDE at Treasure Data, building bespoke RAG/Graph RAG AI Agents for fortune 500 companies.

### Expert @ Primary Venture Partners
Jan 2025 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
As an Expert, I provide strategic advice and guidance to the investment team and founders within the Primary portfolio and broader network. Experts enjoy access to early-stage businesses, emerging trends and technology, and an expanded network of exceptional leaders and resources through a top-tier seed-stage firm.

Primary is New York City’s premier early-stage venture firm working alongside founders to build unicorns like Alloy, Alma, Chief, Dandy Electric, Latch, K Health, Stellar Health, Slice, and many more.

### Entrepreneur @ William V. Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Accepted into Columbia University’s highly selective (4%) startup incubation program for impactful ventures, gaining access to coaching led by seasoned VCs, Unicorn Founders and $200K worth of cloud infrastructure support and an office space in downtown New York City.

### Chief Technology Officer @ Tech4Good Community
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States
Hired and led a team of 5 software engineers to design, configure and deploy open source solutions for 1,000+ social enterprises and nonprofits across India. Up-streamed several additions to a popular python based open-source ERP framework: Frappe.

Standalone ERP systems: Designed and built a suite of open-source ERP systems - vendor point of sale (POS), human resource management (HRM) and program management systems, for Small Businesses and Social Enterprises.

### AI Researcher @ L'Oréal
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States
Built and tested RAG based recommendation systems for L'Oreal North America.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Columbia Engineering
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States
Teaching Assistant to Professor Andrei Simion's class IEOR E4573 - Natural Language Processing/Deep Learning at the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

### Global Analytics Lead @ Purpose
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
Led ML projects with United Nations to fight online misinformation about Covid-19.

### Senior Specialist, Data Science @ Change.org
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Nigeria and Brazil
Led analytics and data science for Change.org' user base in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

### Analytics Consultant @ Government of Delhi
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | India
• Designed and maintained analytical infrastructure for critical projects impact 1M+ people.
• Product Manager for Digital Public Goods used by millions of Indians

### Mentor @ Tech4Good Community
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | India
• Trained professionals from recognized Non-Profits in advanced data analytics and product management at Tech4Good Community in India.
• Led capacity building programs for multiple non-profits, focusing on enhancing data and tech skills for social impact.

### Senior Associate, Data Analytics @ INDUS ACTION
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
• Led public private partnerships with the Govt of Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan.
• Advocated for inclusive Technology for Children with Special Needs.
• Shipped Technology for Social Good

### Junior Associate Consultant @ I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Hyderabad Area, India
• Applied Queuing theory models on polling booth queues to determine the number of INC workers for national and state elections
• Conducted Constituency-level Social media Sentiment analysis to segment electorate and outline Political Performance Indicators.
• Led Ethnographic electorate Research by conducting In-Depth Interviews and Focused Group Discussions with INC leaders in 7 Districts of UP.


## Education
### Master's degree in Data Science
Columbia Engineering

### Computational and Applied Mathematics
Delhi College of Engineering

### AISSCE (Grade 12) in Science
Army Public School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tushar-badhwar
- Portfolio: https://tech4goodcommunity.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13