Vaibhav Sharma

My focus areas include

• AI Strategy & Compliance: Guiding agencies through the development of AI strategies, compliance plans, and maturity assessments to meet OMB’s M-25-21 and M-25-22 requirements.
• AI-Driven Cybersecurity: Advising on the selection and deployment of AI tools for threat detection, incident response, and critical infrastructure protection.
• Digital Service Modernization: Designing and implementing AI-powered solutions to enhance citizen services, automate workflows, and improve mission outcomes.
• Data Strategy & Readiness: Assessing data maturity and building robust data governance frameworks that support responsible and scalable AI adoption.
• Cross-Agency & Global Collaboration: Facilitating partnerships to accelerate innovation in AI-quantum integration, cybersecurity, and infrastructure resilience.
• AI Software Development: Supporting agencies in applying AI to software development, code analysis, and operational automation.
• LLM Customization: Fine-tuning open-source models (e.g., Llama 3, Mistral) for agency-specific tasks like FOIA automation, contract analysis, and threat detection.
• Prompt Engineering: Designing context-aware prompts for federal use cases (e.g., acquisition planning, policy analysis) while adhering to OMB’s AI governance guidelines.
• RAG Pipelines: Building retrieval-augmented generation systems to reduce hallucinations in mission-critical chatbots.
• AI Security: Implementing guardrails against prompt injection, data leakage, and adversarial attacks in LLM deployments.

• AI Strategy & Modernization Leader with 20+ years of experience in Advisory, Technology Services, and Platforms across F1000 organizations and federal clients.
• Deep expertise in AI strategy, compliance (OMB M-25-21 & M-25-22), AI-driven cybersecurity, digital service modernization, and data governance for public sector and regulated industries.
• Proven track record guiding agencies and contractors through AI maturity assessments, risk management, and responsible adoption in alignment with the latest federal directives.
• Strong relationships with CXOs/VPs/Directors across Fortune 1000 organizations, with a focus on cross-agency and global AI collaboration.
• Founder of an AI consulting firm delivering tailored solutions in AI software development, LLM customization, prompt engineering, and RAG pipeline design for federal missions.
• Business and Technology strategy enthusiast with experience in SWOT, BCG Matrix, Ansoff, OKR, Blue Ocean, McKinsey 7-S framework etc.
• Active participant in industry forums; recognized for driving AI upskilling, compliance, and innovation.
• Key Certifications: AI Engineering, Python for Data Science and AI, Machine Learning with Python, Overview of AI in Department of Defense.

Masters in Computers Science (2003, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)