Aspen Dental Care
IT Systems Administrator · Aspen Dental Care · Dec 2020 – Aug 2026 · Fremont, CA. Ran the practice's systems, software and website for nearly six years.
Carnegie Mellon, M.S. AI & Systems ManagementCMU M.S. AI & Systems Management
Parth Dave
AI engineer
AI engineer building safe, useful systems.
Parth Dave
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About Me
I'm an AI engineer finishing an M.S. in AI & Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon, after a B.S. in Computer Science at CSU East Bay.
I build applied AI, AI security and product systems that are safe by default and useful on day one.
Experience
NEXTLABS
SWE Intern & AI Enforcer Research Lead · Jan – Aug 2026. Led research on AI agents bypassing enterprise data controls. Briefed the CEO.
ESURGI
Software Engineer Intern · Dec 2025 – May 2026. Shipped web and iOS features for a medical-device startup, with the PM and CEO.
HANDSHAKE
AI Model Evaluation Specialist · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026. Scored hundreds of LLM outputs and wrote prompts that surfaced failure modes.
META
Product Specialist · Sep 2025 – Mar 2026 · via BDS. Ran live demos of Meta's AI and mixed-reality products.
Earlier: Senior Lifeguard (Aquatics Manager), Silliman Aquatic Center.
Projects
AI & ML
SimplyWins
Does this job actually need AI? Tests rules, classic ML and LLMs, then recommends the simplest one that clears the bar.
A decision tool that tests rules, classic machine learning and large language models against each other, then recommends the simplest approach that meets the bar.
- Python
- FastAPI
- scikit-learn
- Groq
RaceShift
Forecasts an F1 driver's next lap with a network trained without backpropagation, benchmarked honestly.
Predicts a Formula 1 driver's next lap time, and tests whether a network trained one layer at a time (no backpropagation through the network) can match standard models.
- NumPy
- pandas
- FastAPI
- React
Prism Style
Photograph your clothes and get outfits from your own closet.
Photograph your clothes and get outfit suggestions from your own closet, based on weather, occasion and style.
- SwiftUI
- Flutter
- ConvNeXt
- Supabase
Security
AI Enforcer
Research showing AI coding agents slip past enterprise data controls, plus a prototype driver that blocks them.
Research started and led at NextLabs, showing that AI coding agents and desktop AI apps can read files enterprise security is supposed to protect — and a prototype Windows kernel driver that blocks them.
- C
- Windows minifilter
- PowerShell
- Python
Full-stack products
BlueCore
AI operations platform for pools and swim schools: scheduling, certifications and safety compliance.
All-in-one software for swim schools and pools: staff scheduling, certification tracking, chemical-safety compliance, billing, a parent portal and an AI assistant.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- Postgres RLS
- LLM tools
Plattr
Scan a barcode, see where food came from and how well each claim is backed. Scored A+ to F.
Food product passports. Scan a barcode, see where it came from and how well each claim is backed.
- React
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Open Food Facts
- USDA FSIS
- Postgres schema
- Replit
PawPulse
Vet-clinic platform where AI agents handle intake triage and scheduling.
Practice-management software for vet clinics, with a pet-owner portal and AI triage.
- Next.js 16
- IBM watsonx
- SQLite
Heinz Program Scheduler
Turns a two-week manual job for ~607 incoming Heinz students into a guided, conflict-free schedule build.
Turns a two-week manual scheduling job for about 607 incoming CMU Heinz students into a guided, conflict-free one-click build.
- Python
- Next.js
- Firebase
- Streamlit
Forkcast
Same meal, three apps, one honest total.
Compares the real delivered total across DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub for the same Pittsburgh order.
- React 19
- TypeScript
- Express
- Expo
Vanity Vault
Scan receipts, track stock across locations, get reorder suggestions from your phone.
Lets salon owners scan receipts, track stock across locations and get reorder suggestions from their phone.
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SwiftData
- VisionKit
Hobbies
Snowboarding and skydiving are still on my bucket list. Until then I cook, bake, take on DIY builds and love cars, both building them and watching them race.