Ishan Srivastava is a skilled Applied AI Engineer at Microsoft's Azure Cognitive Search. With a focus on building innovative products in AI and NLP, he specializes in integrating cutting-edge NLP into the search domain. As a former Software Engineer at Google and Amazon, he brings an extensive technical background in designing and managing products. Prior to that, he was a Software Consultant at the University of Pennsylvania and a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in Programming & Data Structures at the International Institute of Information Technology. Ishan completed his B.tech (Honors) from the International Institute of Information Technology and a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His major projects include Synonyms, Autocomplete, and API layer design at Azure Cognitive Search and automated web test and deployment framework for Google Analytics. His educational background and impressive work experience have helped him build expertise in Applied AI, NLP, cloud services, information retrieval, direct customer engagement, and product management.