Nikhil Sachdeva
Sr Principal TPM - AI Research And Partnerships at Microsoft
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNikhil Sachdeva is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience shipping AI and enterprise software and over 19 years at Microsoft, where he bridges research and product to accelerate time-to-production for emerging technologies. As Head of Technical Program Management for Microsoft Research Americas, he oversees cross-lab portfolios and builds strategic partnerships that translate MSR innovations like GraphRAG, Aurora, and AgentInstruct into production systems for regulated industries. He led the technical delivery for the $3.5B Microsoft–LSEG partnership, driving executive relationships, multi-team coordination, and the partnership’s first AI product into production. Hands-on and technically fluent, he architects multi-agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and MCP-based tooling while staying current with OpenAI and Anthropic models—a practitioner who has worked with LLMs since BERT and GPT-2. He combines deep engineering chops with product and customer-facing experience, and shares learnings via AppliedContext.ai and open-source agent patterns. Notably, he codified delivery patterns into reusable engineering playbooks adopted across dozens of engagements, helping customers move from experimentation to ethical, production-grade AI.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Engineering Management (Computer Science), Master's degree Engineering Management (Computer Science) at The University of Texas at AustinTechnology and Innovation Executive Program Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Innovation Executive Program Artificial Intelligence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hindi, Punjabi, English
Github Skills (46)
spec10
github-copilot10
azure-iothub10
drift10
prompt-engineering10
sdk10
ai10
copilot10
lorawan9
microsoft-azure9
azure-sdk-for-go9
rest9
azure-deployment9
agile-development9
agile9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
niksacdev/samples.iot.simulator
Mar 2017 - Aug 2019
.NET Core Sample to perform operations on Azure IoT Hub
Contributions:35 commits, 11 pushes in 2 years 5 months
azure-iothubdotnet
niksacdev/samples.microservice
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:29 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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