live@rising teamSEA · 47.6° N · May 20, 2026

I'm Shivam — Senior Engineer at Rising Team. I built aRTi AI Roleplay, the Mini Kit Framework, and the realtime layer that killed the 3-second polling tax across the platform.

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customer retention lift
up to 0%
eNPS gain across customers
60–200%
aRTi adoption growth
+0%
Mini Kit build time
1 hr → 3 min
granted USPTO patents
2

Managers at these companies use what I ship.

Adobe · Meta · Google Cloud · Microsoft · LinkedIn · Disney

Cisco · Visa · Bank of Hawaii · Yahoo · DXC · Hershey's · Aramark · Indeed

Across customer cohorts: up to 33% retention lift, 60–200% eNPS gain, and 9-out-of-10 likelihood-to-recommend. At Bank of Hawaii alone: 400+ sessions, 1,950 employees across 40 branches, 88% retention lift over 18 months.

Read the aRTi case study

Six things I shipped that have receipts.

01
Rising Team · 2024 – presentaRTi AI Roleplay
+8% AI feature usage in 24h · +29% adoption since launch
  • LangChain
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
An LLM-powered practice tool that lets managers rehearse difficult leadership conversations. Powered by OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini, with Pinecone retrieval and ElevenLabs voice.02
Rising Team · 2024 – presentaRTi AI Leadership Trainer
Up to 33% retention lift · 60–200% eNPS gain across customers
  • LangChain
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
The umbrella AI product I helped build: personalized leadership growth plans, AI Roleplay practice, AI Coaching, and team-building sessions for managers.03
Rising Team · 2024Mini Kit Framework
~95% reduction in kit-build time · 60+ kits launched · thousands of sessions
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Django
A config-driven build system for 10–20 minute interactive team activities. Cut kit creation from ~1 hour to 3–5 minutes.04
Rising Team · 2024Realtime Framework
Eliminated poll-driven latency · lower server load · richer interactive sessions
  • WebSockets
  • Django
  • React
Replaced 3-second polling across the platform with a realtime data-sync framework. Unlocked interactive session formats that polling couldn't carry.05
Western Digital · SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD · 2019 – 2021 (granted 2022)Patent
+50 MBps throughput at 85–95 °C · USPTO US11508416B2
  • Embedded C++
  • Python
  • NVMe
Designed and implemented the thermal/resource-manager framework on the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD line. Improved high-temperature throughput by 50 MBps.06
Western Digital · 2019 – 2021 (granted)Patent
Recoverable SSDs after brick events · USPTO US11487439B1
  • Embedded C++
  • NVMe
  • HMB
Stores critical RPMB and FFU data in a secure Host Memory Buffer so the host can drive recovery even when the SSD itself is unresponsive.
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