Sandeep (Sandip) Kulkarni is a Principal Applied AI Engineer at Microsoft, where he builds LLM- and RL-powered solutions across Azure Data and Microsoft Fabric. His work spans real-time control, simulators, and LLMOps, with deployments from heavy equipment to chemical processing. Previously at Bonsai and Western Digital, he led simulation and control initiatives. He holds a PhD in Control Engineering (University of Utah) and an MS in Dynamical Systems & Control (UC Davis).