Shikhar Rastogi

Critic
DISC Type : C

Machine Learning Engineer at Gensyn

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Shikhar is a Machine Learning Engineer at Gensyn, specializing in Data Science and Natural Language Processing. With a Masters from NYU, his career includes roles at Apple, where he deployed hate speech detection models, and IBM, where he helped build M&A strategy using NLP.

Guided by a "People first" principle, he thrives in leadership and team environments. Shikhar is dedicated to mentoring and is highly conscious of how his work impacts his teammates, mentees, and the end-users of his applications.

Unique fact: While at Health at Scale, he implemented optimization techniques that increased GPU efficiency by an incredible 75 times.

Personality Overview

Critic

Objective Thinker

Information Seeker

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.  They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Topics They Care About

Decentralized AI
His current role at Gensyn focuses on decentralized and distributed post-training for Large Language Models.
Efficient Model Training
At a previous role, he trained transformers in low GPU resource settings and dramatically increased GPU efficiency through optimization techniques.
NLP Applications
He has extensive experience building NLP applications, from hate speech detection at Apple to semantic search and question-answering models at IBM.

Media Appearances

Shikhar has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Machine Learning Engineer at Gensyn
4-2025 - 7-2025
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Health at Scale
7-2024 - 4-2025
Machine Learning Engineer at Health at Scale
5-2023 - 8-2023
Senior Data Scientist Intern at IBM
7-2020 - 7-2022
Software Developer at Apple

Education

9-2022 - 2024
Master's degree from New York University
2015 - 2020
Bachelor's degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus

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Insights For Selling To Shikhar

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Shikhar is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Shikhar

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Shikhar move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Shikhar take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Shikhar

Personality Compatibility


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