# Global

## Identity

- Vivek Vellaiyappan Surulimuthu
- AI/ML Engineer & Full Stack Developer
- "Engineer. Dreamer. Empowering humans through tech."

## Navigation

- Home: https://vivekvells.com/
- Resume: https://vivekvells.com/resume
- Projects: https://vivekvells.com/projects
- Speaking: https://vivekvells.com/speaking
- Publications: https://vivekvells.com/publications
- Insights: https://vivekvells.com/insights

## Social Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/vivekVells
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vivekvellaiyappans
- X: https://x.com/VivekVells
- Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N8-JhKcAAAAJ&hl=en
- Medium: https://medium.com/@vivekvells
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UClZOc7ylq8ay9tnkuaa1f0A

# Home (/)

## Hero

- Vivek Vellaiyappan Surulimuthu
- AI/ML Engineer & Full Stack Developer
- "Engineer. Dreamer. Empowering humans through tech."

Engineer spanning AI, Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience, driven by using technology to solve real-world problems and empower human lives. I build solutions that bridge innovation with measurable business impact from enterprise AI agents contributing to $98M opportunities to open-source tools with 470+ GitHub stars.

## What I Do

### 🤖 AI & Intelligent Systems

- Skills: AI Agents, RAG, LangGraph, LLM Integration, AI Evals, Prompt Engineering, MCP
- Highlight: Built AI agent: 10min → 30sec incident resolution

### 💻 Full Stack Development

- Skills: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, REST APIs
- Highlight: Reusable chatbot component for enterprise design systems

### 🔧 Platform Engineering & DevEx

- Skills: E2E Testing, Playwright, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Docker, Infrastructure
- Highlight: Framework adopted by 120+ devs, 30+ teams

### 🎤 Thought Leadership

- Skills: Conference Speaking, Research, Open Source, Technical Mentorship
- Highlight: AI Summit NYC 2025 panelist · arXiv published

## Career Journey

### Current

- Company: [Expedia Group](https://www.expediagroup.com)
- Role: AI/ML & Full Stack Engineer
- Period: 2021 - Present

- $98M AI opportunity (KAI chatbot)
- $8-40M projected savings (FBI Engine)
- AI Agent Incident Analyzer: 10min → 30sec, CTO demo
- 740+ weekly users (browser extension)
- 120+ developers, 30+ teams (E2E framework)
- 2× MVP Awards (Q4'24, Q1'25)
- $273K+ proven savings
- AI Hackathon Winner (87 teams)

### Previous

- Company: [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/about)
- Role: Full Stack Developer Intern
- Period: 2019

- $1.2M/year savings via quality automation system

- Company: [athenahealth](https://www.athenahealth.com)
- Role: Member of Technical Staff
- Period: 2019 - 2021

- Healthcare scheduling platform

- Company: [Marist College](https://www.marist.edu)
- Role: MS Computer Science
- Period: 2017 - 2019

- Student Developer at Digital Education Dept

## Featured Insights

- [How MCP Standardizes Agent Workflows (mcp-pandoc example)](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/how-mcp-standardizes-agent-workflows-a-practical-example-with-mcp-pandoc-server-0294dd84f092) (Medium • Article • AI Agents & MCP • Aug 2025) — A practical MCP breakdown using mcp-pandoc to show tools, memory, and repeatable agent workflows.
- [Expose Any MCP Server as a Web API](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/expose-any-mcp-server-as-a-web-api-acefb2224380) (Medium • Article • AI Agents & MCP • Aug 2025) — Wrap a local MCP server with Express and expose it safely over the internet for remote clients.
- [Text to Action (Part 4): Wake Word Detection → Calendar Events](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/part-4-text-to-action-wake-word-detection-to-calendar-events-building-a-smart-calendar-ai-81883573dbdd) (Medium • Article • AI Tutorials • May 2025) — Build a hands-free assistant that turns “Hey Calendar” voice commands into Google Calendar events.
- [mcp-pandoc v1: Document Format Conversion for Claude (MCP server)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN3VOb0rygM) (YouTube • Video • AI Agents & MCP • Dec 2024) — Demo of using an MCP server for seamless document conversion workflows.
- [Text to Action (Part 4): Wake Word → Calendar Events (Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99eck-j7AxI) (YouTube • Video • AI Tutorials • May 2025) — Wake word detection + continuous listening to schedule calendar events with voice commands.
- [Guardian Sight: Privacy Simplified (Gemini Nano)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX8E6qNcy8) (YouTube • Video • Browser AI • Dec 2024) — A browser-focused AI build using Chrome’s built-in Gemini Nano capabilities.

## Open Source, Research & Speaking

### Open Source

- [mcp-pandoc](https://github.com/vivekVells/mcp-pandoc) — Document Conversion Model Context Protocol Server (470+ stars, 13K+ downloads/month)
- [cag-js](https://github.com/vivekVells/cag-js) — Context expansion for browser-based AI models
- [cag-js-playground](https://github.com/vivekVells/cag-js-playground) — Playground to validate & experiment with cag-js library

### Research

- [CAG: Chunked Augmented Generation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18708) — Novel architecture overcoming Chrome's Gemini Nano context window limitations (arXiv 2024)

### Speaking

- [The AI Summit New York 2025](https://newyork.theaisummit.com/speakers/vivek-vellaiyappan-surulimuthu) — AI That Delivers: Cross-Industry Lessons from Real-World Impact (Panelist • December 10-11, 2025)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vivekvellaiyappans_aisummitnyc-ai-machinelearning-activity-7405092078352896000-IXQd

# Resume (/resume)

## Overview

- $98M+ — Business Impact (/projects)
- $273K+ — Proven Savings (/resume)
- 470+ — GitHub Stars (https://github.com/vivekVells/mcp-pandoc)
- 120+ — Developers Enabled (/projects)
- 13K+/mo — Downloads (https://github.com/vivekVells/mcp-pandoc)
- 2× MVP — Awards (2024-25) (/resume)
- Research — Published (/publications)
- AI Summit — NYC Speaker (/speaking)

## Technologies

### AI/ML

- AI Agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), RAG, LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering, AI Evals, AI Observability, Amazon Bedrock, Databricks, Langfuse, Google A2A, BrowserUse

### Frontend

- React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, SCSS, Micro Frontend, Browser Extensions

### Backend

- Node.js, ExpressJS, Python, Kotlin, GraphQL, REST APIs

### DevOps & Cloud

- Kubernetes, Docker, Helm Charts, Jenkins, Spinnaker, AWS, Azure

### Testing

- Playwright, Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library, E2E Testing Frameworks

### Tools & Practices

- Git, Jira, Splunk, Datadog, Cursor, Kiro, Copilot, Agile, Scrum, Spec Driven Development (SDD)

## Experience

### [Expedia Group](https://www.expediagroup.com)

### AI/ML & Full Stack Engineer

October 2022 - Present

- Leading cross-functional LangGraph agent migration across multiple teams and time zones. Architected first LangGraph-to-platform integration framework enabling seamless agent communication.
- Spearheaded KAI, an AI assistant enabling documentation Q&A, automated actions, and agentic workflows, contributing to a $98M business opportunity.
- Led Partner Feedback Intelligence system targeting 2.5M annual records, completed POC and MVP achieving target accuracy thresholds, designed production roadmap projecting $8-40M operational savings.
- Architected enterprise AI property onboarding solution reducing VRBO listing time from 45-120 min to <10 minutes, positioning 49,000+ abandoned properties for conversion.
- Solo-architected AI Agent reducing critical incident investigation from 10-20 minutes to <30 seconds. Secured CTO demo, scaled to 4 production teams.
- Created EG Console Connect browser extension reaching 740+ weekly active users, ranking as 4th most-used official EG extension within 2 years.
- Built Enterprise E2E Testing Framework adopted by 120+ developers across 30+ teams, standardizing testing practices organization-wide.
- Led Playwright migration initiative (consecutive MVP awards Q4 2024, Q1 2025), identifying ~$150K annual savings opportunity.
- Reduced infrastructure costs by $86K+ annually via strategic Kubernetes pod resource optimizations.
- Won Brainwave AI Hackathon 2025 (87 teams, 390+ participants) transforming guest reviews into actionable ROI insights.
- Served as AI Champion for Austin location and Core AI Group member, evangelizing AI adoption across engineering organization.

### Software Development Engineer II

July 2021 - September 2022

- Developed Enterprise applications and SDK frameworks for Open World platform, creating unified B2B & B2C ecosystem for Expedia Group offerings.
- Enhanced data search & discovery through web dashboard development, improving data ingestion and adoption organization-wide.
- Won first place in EG Hackathon 2022 for creating the 'Travel Widget', a multi-tenant configurable solution for seamless partner integration.

### [athenahealth](https://www.athenahealth.com)

### Member Of Technical Staff

September 2019 - April 2021

- Developed web applications improving medical appointment scheduling UX for hospitals and patients.
- Built reusable component library to increase developer productivity and standardization.

### [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/about)

### Full Stack Developer Intern

January 2019 - May 2019

- Developed real-time web application for Quality Technicians, automating non-conformance issue resolution in Tesla's car assembly lines, delivering projected annual savings of $1.2 Million.

### [Express Scripts](https://www.express-scripts.com)

### Software Architect Intern

May 2018 - August 2018

- Built the foundation of Developer Portal platform to help business leaders understand API value and provide resources for developer teams.

### [Marist College](https://www.marist.edu)

### Web Developer (Student Employee)

January 2018 - December 2018

- Spearheaded modernization of Digital Education Department's web platform using Liferay CMS.
- Developed IBM Watson chatbot integration for student support.
- Contributed to open-source Sakai LMS project as QA tester.
- Developed automated email delivery system reducing manual efforts for course instructors.

### [IQZ Systems](https://iqzsystems.com)

### Associate Software Developer

January 2017 - April 2017

- Designed generic framework for web and mobile automation using Selenium with Python.
- Created comprehensive case-study on automation framework selection.

### [athenahealth](https://www.athenahealth.com) (India)

### Software Analyst in Test

July 2015 - July 2016

- Created DB Settings Management Tool and Interface Message Generator Tool, improving team productivity.
- Led production monitoring and issue resolution as ISEWATCH team member for critical workflows.
- Direct Responsible Individual for Claim Workflow and Claim Rule Engine.

## Education

### [Marist College](https://www.marist.edu)

- Master of Science in Computer Science
- 2017 - 2019
- Coursework: Software Design & Development, Software Verification, Database Systems, Security Protocols
- Student Developer at Digital Education Department: Spearheaded modernization of department's web platform using Liferay CMS, IBM Watson chatbot integration for student support. Contributed to open-source Sakai LMS project as QA tester.

## Awards & Recognition

- 2× MVP Awards (Q4 2024 & Q1 2025) — Consecutive organization-level Most Valued Person recognition for eliminating 100% false positive alerts while delivering $37K annual proven cost savings through Selenium to Playwright migration.
- Brainwave AI Hackathon Winner 2025 — Won hackathon (87 teams, 390+ participants) by creating Guest Review Insights, transforming reviews into actionable ROI insights.
- EG Hackathon 2022 Winner — First place for creating 'Travel Widget', a multi-tenant configurable solution for seamless partner app integration.
- "Trailblazer" Recognition — Recognized for driving modern testing framework (Playwright) adoption across organization through close collaboration with platform teams.

# Projects (/projects)

## Featured Impact

### AI Agent Incident Analyzer

Solo-architected AI Agent reducing critical revenue-impacting incident investigation time from 10-20 minutes to <30 seconds, significantly improving MTTR.

Impact: 10min → 30sec, CTO demo, 4 teams in production

Tags: AI Agent, Enterprise, DevOps

### KAI - AI Documentation Assistant

AI-powered assistant enabling documentation Q&A, automated actions, and agentic workflows. Architected 'Chatbot-as-Code' GitHub Actions for streamlined deployment.

Impact: $98M business opportunity

Tags: RAG, LangChain, Enterprise AI

### [mcp-pandoc](https://github.com/vivekVells/mcp-pandoc)

A Model Context Protocol server for document format conversion using pandoc. Officially included in the MCP servers open-source project.

Impact: 470+ GitHub stars, 13K+ monthly downloads

Tags: Open Source, MCP, Document Processing

## AI & Intelligent Systems

### Partner Feedback Intelligence (FBI) Engine

Enterprise AI platform automating feedback classification across partner and traveler domains with self-serve taxonomy configuration.

Impact: $8-40M projected savings, 2.5M records, 90% accuracy

Tags: AI, NLP, Enterprise

### VRBO AI Property Onboarding

AI solution reducing VRBO listing time dramatically, positioning platform to convert abandoned properties.

Impact: 45-120min → <10min, 49K+ properties potential

Tags: AI, Automation, Real Estate

### Guest Review Insights

AI-powered analytics tool transforming guest reviews into actionable ROI insights. Won Brainwave AI Hackathon 2025.

Impact: Hackathon winner (87 teams, 390+ participants)

Tags: AI, Analytics, Hackathon Winner

### Reusable ChatGPT Component

Modern reusable enterprise design system chatbot component for agentic AI conversations, configurable by brand type.

Impact: Adopted by 2 major projects

Tags: React, AI, Design System

## Platform & Developer Experience

### [EG Console Connect](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eg-console-connect/nefcjgapjpifjccjjbdamikmnjcohofc)

Chrome browser extension transforming developer productivity across platform and application development teams.

Impact: 740+ weekly active users, 4th most-used EG extension

Tags: Browser Extension, DevEx, Chrome

### Enterprise E2E Testing Framework

Scalable testing framework enhancing microfrontend app UI reliability while reducing application bottlenecks through automated audits.

Impact: 120+ developers, 30+ teams adopted

Tags: Testing, E2E, Framework

### Playwright Migration Initiative

Led enterprise testing framework modernization, eliminating 100% false positive alerts and reducing maintenance overhead.

Impact: ~$150K annual savings, 2× MVP awards

Tags: Playwright, Testing, Cost Savings

### Infrastructure Optimization

Strategic Kubernetes pod resource and deployment configuration optimizations.

Impact: $86K+ annual savings

Tags: Kubernetes, DevOps, Cost Optimization

## Open Source & Research

### [mcp-pandoc](https://github.com/vivekVells/mcp-pandoc)

Model Context Protocol server for document format conversion. Enables seamless document transformation between Markdown, PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more. Featured in PulseMCP Weekly Newsletter (Dec 2024).

Impact: 470+ GitHub stars, 13K+ monthly downloads

Tags: MCP, Pandoc, Document Conversion

### [cag-js](https://github.com/vivekVells/cag-js)

TypeScript library to overcome context window limitations in browser-based AI models like Chrome's Gemini Nano. Implements sophisticated chunking strategies.

Tags: TypeScript, AI, Browser

## Side Projects

### [Task Process Monitor](https://github.com/vivekVells/TaskProcessManager)

Comprehensive task manager implementing metrics collection, database storage, and user interface. Notable for complete SDLC implementation.

Tags: Full Stack, SDLC

### [Scheduled Information Deliverer](https://github.com/vivekVells/InformationScheduledDeliverer)

Progressive web application built with Django, Celery, and Redis for scheduled information delivery via email or text.

Tags: Django, Celery, PWA

### [Salary Manager](https://github.com/vivekVells/Salary-Manager-Java-MySql-Project)

CLI-based application for tracking and managing personal income and expense transactions.

Tags: Java, MySQL, CLI

# Speaking (/speaking)

## Upcoming

No upcoming events at the moment. Check back soon or reach out if you'd like me to speak at your event!

## Past Engagements

### [The AI Summit New York 2025](https://newyork.theaisummit.com)

- Date: December 10-11, 2025
- Type: Panelist Speaker
- Panel: Panel: AI That Delivers: Cross-Industry Lessons from Real-World Impact

First official public speaking panel completed successfully at The AI Summit NYC 2025 (5,000+ attendees, 350+ speakers). Panel discussion featuring C-level to engineering perspectives on enterprise AI implementation strategies, covering technical excellence, adoption challenges, evaluation frameworks, and real-world production AI lessons.

Panelists: Anne-Claire Baschet, Chief Data & AI Officer (Mirakl); Seetaram Rayarao, VP, Senior Lead Engineer (JP Morgan Chase); Jens Trotzky, Head of Artificial Intelligence Technologies (SAP)

Moderator: Kshitij (KK) Kumar, Chief AI Officer and CEO (Data-Hat AI)

### Key Takeaways

- AI hype settling toward solving real user problems
- Technical excellence + adoption strategy = success
- Five pillars: evaluation, observability, guardrails, context engineering, ROI management
- Great AI disappears into workflow
- Trends: agentic commerce, GEO, AI cybersecurity, evaluation tooling

### Links

- Speaker profile: https://newyork.theaisummit.com/speakers/vivek-vellaiyappan-surulimuthu
- Panel details: https://newyork.theaisummit.com/2025-agenda/panel-ai-delivers-cross-industry-lessons-real-world-impact
- LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vivekvellaiyappans_aisummitnyc-ai-machinelearning-activity-7405092078352896000-IXQd

### [MLOps World | GenAI Summit 2025](https://mlopsworld.com)

- Type: Attendee

Attended premier conference on MLOps and Generative AI, engaging with industry leaders and exploring cutting-edge approaches to AI operations and deployment at scale. Topics included production-ready agent systems, evaluation frameworks, observability strategies, and practical approaches to RAG, synthetic data, and context engineering.

### Links

- View post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vivekvellaiyappans_mlopsworld-genaisummit-aiagents-activity-7382512745159634944-aKv1

## Available For Speaking

I'm available for conference panels, keynotes, and workshops on:

- Enterprise AI implementation strategies
- AI Agents & RAG systems in production
- Developer Experience & Platform Engineering
- Open source development & community building
- Testing frameworks & quality engineering

# Publications (/publications)

## Research

### CAG: Chunked Augmented Generation for Google Chrome's Built-in Gemini Nano

- Venue: arXiv
- Year: 2024

Presented a novel architecture to overcome context window limitations in Chrome's Gemini Nano model through intelligent input chunking and processing strategies. Implementation enables efficient handling of extensive content while maintaining model performance within browser constraints.

- Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18708
- PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.18708

Implementation (cag-js): https://github.com/vivekVells/cag-js

## Books

### A View Over All India Radio - A Short Reference Book

- Year: 2013

Authored a comprehensive reference guide on AIR's broadcasting technologies and principles based on in-depth research and hands-on experience from In Plant Training at AIR, Ramanathapuram. The book covers fundamental broadcasting principles and technical implementations in radio communication.

- PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By7sRjzDcksBWWYxb21zejYtLWc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-KK9ZT2yvbdLM85tNaaUTnA

Note: Written during undergraduate studies based on handwritten notes from industry tour.

## Press & Features

### [PulseMCP Weekly Newsletter](https://www.pulsemcp.com/posts/newsletter-audio-codebase-context-hubspot)

- Date: December 2024

Featured for developing mcp-pandoc, a widely-used document conversion server.

# Insights (/insights)

Selected writing and tutorials across Medium and YouTube.

## AI Agents & MCP

- [How MCP Standardizes Agent Workflows (mcp-pandoc example)](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/how-mcp-standardizes-agent-workflows-a-practical-example-with-mcp-pandoc-server-0294dd84f092) (Medium • Article • Aug 2025) — A practical MCP breakdown using mcp-pandoc to show tools, memory, and repeatable agent workflows.
- [Expose Any MCP Server as a Web API](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/expose-any-mcp-server-as-a-web-api-acefb2224380) (Medium • Article • Aug 2025) — Wrap a local MCP server with Express and expose it safely over the internet for remote clients.
- [mcp-pandoc v1: Document Format Conversion for Claude (MCP server)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN3VOb0rygM) (YouTube • Video • Dec 2024) — Demo of using an MCP server for seamless document conversion workflows.

## AI Tutorials

- [Text to Action (Part 1): API Foundation — Google OAuth + Calendar API](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/build-a-google-calendar-api-with-express-js-7f9955caeb88) (Medium • Article • Mar 2025) — Build the API foundation with Express and Google OAuth2 to create calendar events.
- [Text to Action (Part 2): Words → Calendar Events](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/part-2-text-to-action-words-to-calendar-events-building-a-smart-calendar-ai-assistant-3ca928705442) (Medium • Article • Mar 2025) — Turn natural language into structured event details and schedule them automatically.
- [Text to Action (Part 3): Speech → Calendar Events](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/part-3-text-to-action-adding-voice-commands-to-your-calendar-assistant-078776ccde4e) (Medium • Article • May 2025) — Add voice input with the Web Speech API and route it through your existing NLP pipeline.
- [Text to Action (Part 4): Wake Word Detection → Calendar Events](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/part-4-text-to-action-wake-word-detection-to-calendar-events-building-a-smart-calendar-ai-81883573dbdd) (Medium • Article • May 2025) — Build a hands-free assistant that turns “Hey Calendar” voice commands into Google Calendar events.
- [Text to Action (Part 1): API (ExpressJS + Google OAuth2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3i7E0hzEk) (YouTube • Video • Mar 2025) — Build an Express + Google OAuth2 foundation for creating calendar events.
- [Text to Action (Part 2): Words → Calendar Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspgMZ0Ehvo) (YouTube • Video • Mar 2025) — Convert text to structured calendar events using an AI-backed pipeline.
- [Text to Action (Part 3): Speech → Calendar Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasQx5vLL6M) (YouTube • Video • May 2025) — Add speech input and schedule events via voice commands.
- [Text to Action (Part 4): Wake Word → Calendar Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99eck-j7AxI) (YouTube • Video • May 2025) — Hands-free wake word detection and continuous recognition for event scheduling.

## Browser AI

- [Guardian Sight: Privacy Simplified (Gemini Nano)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX8E6qNcy8) (YouTube • Video • Dec 2024) — A browser-focused AI build using Chrome’s built-in Gemini Nano capabilities.

## Performance & Systems

- [Rust vs JavaScript: Performance Benchmarking (Mandelbrot)](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/rust-vs-javascript-performance-benchmarking-with-the-mandelbrot-set-4dbd00ab6bb9) (Medium • Article • Jan 2025) — A practical comparison of Rust and JavaScript performance using the Mandelbrot set.
- [Understanding the Mandelbrot Set: A Beautiful Benchmark](https://medium.com/@vivekvells/understanding-the-mandelbrot-set-a-beautiful-benchmark-for-computing-power-015dcd79f3a4) (Medium • Article • Jan 2025) — Why this fractal is a surprisingly good benchmark for compute and parallelism.