AI Specialist / Data Consultant
Building AI & Data Solutions That Solve Real Business Problems
Data Engineer and AI Specialist with 10+ years delivering Azure, Databricks, and cloud-native data platforms, plus founder-built AI products for real-world operations.
Founder, Akira AI
Enterprise data systems, AI workflows, and delivery that reaches production.
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Microsoft Azure
Databricks
Power BI
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Azure Synapse
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Microsoft Purview
QIC
Queensland Health
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Monitor Deloitte
Nu-Pure
Schnitz
Services
How I Help
From strategy to implementation, I build AI and data systems that teams can actually use.
AI Strategy & Roadmap
Identify high-value use cases, align business goals, and design a realistic path from idea to production.
Data Platform Modernization
Modernize Azure, Synapse, Databricks, and medallion pipelines with scalable patterns for analytics and operations.
Workflow Automation
Design agentic AI and business process automation with privacy-aware delivery for teams that need measurable throughput gains.
BI, Reporting & Insights
Build semantic models, DAX-powered reporting, and Gold-layer datasets that leaders can trust and teams can reuse.
Case Studies
Selected Outcomes
Recent delivery across finance, healthcare, and enterprise transformation programs.
Queensland Investment Corporation
Legacy reports and source systems needed a structured migration into a modern SQL-backed reporting platform.
Designed Azure Data Factory pipelines across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, then rebuilt Power BI and paginated reporting against curated outputs.
Reusable, environment-agnostic migration patterns with validated Gold-layer reporting.
Queensland Health
Clinical and operational teams needed trusted data from complex HL7 and Cerner-based source systems.
Built Synapse and HL7 pipelines, Power BI reporting, and an AI-powered data catalogue agent to improve discoverability and onboarding.
Better reporting quality, faster onboarding, and practical AI governance in a sensitive domain.
Monitor Deloitte / Enterprise Clients
Clients needed both platform strategy and delivery support for analytics modernization.
Led Databricks, Power BI, and Azure design decisions, built reporting assets, and enabled teams through workshops and training.
Stronger self-service analytics and better alignment between platform design and stakeholder outcomes.
Products
Products I've Built
Founder-led AI products designed for practical business and consumer use.
Consulting
Akira AI
Australian AI consultancy delivering agentic workflow automation, Privacy Act-aware systems, and AI strategy for mid-market businesses.
Consumer AIPosha
AI-powered nutrition tracking app where users snap meals for instant calorie and nutrition analysis.
Workflow AutomationAkira Books
Bookkeeping-focused AI product built to reduce manual admin and accelerate finance workflows.
Industry ToolsAkira Tax / Akira Clinic
AI products for tax and patient administration workflows, designed around practical operational handoff.
Experience Snapshot
Built Across Enterprise and Delivery Teams
Recent experience condensed into the business problems, systems, and capabilities that matter most.
QIC
Migration and BI modernization
Moved legacy reporting into a structured Azure Data Factory and SQL Server flow with cleaner Gold-layer outputs.
Queensland Health
Clinical data and AI governance
Delivered HL7 and Synapse pipelines, clinical reporting, and internal AI governance guidance for sensitive data use.
Nu-Pure
Governed Azure data products
Built Synapse and Spark pipelines, managed Power BI environments, and strengthened metadata, quality, and deployment practices.
Monitor Deloitte
Stakeholder strategy and training
Translated enterprise requirements into architecture, DAX-driven reporting, and analytics enablement that teams could adopt quickly.
Certifications
Credentials That Back the Work
Microsoft-certified across architecture, data, AI, analytics, and training.
Expert
Architecture leadership
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Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
Associate
Engineering and analytics delivery
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Azure Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft
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Azure Data Analyst Associate
Microsoft
Fundamentals
Broad Microsoft platform fluency
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Azure AI FundamentalsMicrosoft
Azure Data FundamentalsMicrosoft
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Azure FundamentalsMicrosoft
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Microsoft Certified TrainerMicrosoft
Additional
Analytics and process excellence
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Tableau Desktop SpecialistTableau
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Lean Six Sigma Green BeltProcess Improvement
About Rahul
Engineer, consultant, and founder focused on AI that creates measurable value.
Results-driven Data Engineer and AI Specialist with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise data platforms across Azure, Databricks, and modern cloud-native architectures.
I build end-to-end medallion pipelines, architect scalable analytics platforms, and ship AI products that solve practical business problems. Through Akira Data Consulting, I work on agentic workflow automation, privacy-aware systems, and delivery models that get ideas into production quickly.
- 10+ years across enterprise data platforms
- Founder of Akira Data Consulting
- Delivered Azure, Databricks, Synapse, Power BI, and AI systems
- 9 certifications including Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Contact
Let's Design the Next AI or Data System Your Team Can Trust
Available for consulting, data platform modernization, AI workflow automation, and senior delivery roles.