Aatif Usmani

- Markham, Ontario, Canada - aatifu101@gmail.com AI Dev & Ops at Tasteport (VC-Backed) | Data Science, ML: Python, TypeScript, R, Bash, AWS, Docker • Generative AI & LLMs certified associate [nVIDIA, 2025] I am one of the first 10 early members, focusing on training AI foundational models.

Aatif Usmani
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My Projects

Tasteport Production AI Chat Assistant using RAG Architecture

BETA version for Tasteport to fulfill customer needs. Includes vector search - 25+ FAQ and customer support documents for RAG and OpenAI gpt-4o used for generation. Tech stack includes Langchain, Pinecone, OpenAI API keys, FastAPI, Docker, git. Deployed with AWS ECS and EC2 for load balancing for Wix. HTML + CSS for frontend

AI/RAG

Tasteport Production AI Chat Assistant using RAG Architecture

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Next.js Portfolio Website(This site)

Built with React, NextJS, ThreeJS, TailwindCSS, Git and TypeScript. Deployed with Vercel

Web Development

Next.js Portfolio Website(This site)

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Portfolio AI Chat Assistant(On this site)

Integrated into this website! (bottom right) Tech stack includes Langchain, Pinecone, OpenAI, FastAPI, and Appwrite. Deployed with AWS Lambda

AI/RAG

Portfolio AI Chat Assistant(On this site)

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My Journey

2020

Joined Tasteport

Started position at Tasteport focusing on E-Commerce.

Worked with E-Commerce catalog information at grocery store clients. This includes scanning products and organizing database information. Collaborated with ECom Marketing professionals to shoot images, manage SKUs, and organize different product groups. Handled price synchronization and special product categorization.

2021

Business Operations

Handling day to day operations.

Managed live B2B relations with million-dollar business owners and managers. Handled onboarding for inventory tools and operations fulfillment using Java-based tools at grocer client sites. Responsibilities included B2B operations communications with managers, fleet, and fulfillment staff.

2022

Started University at Wilfrid Laurier

Business degree but switched into life sciences in 2023.

Transferred to York University in 2024, now in the BSc. Biochemistry program with plans of pursuing bioinformatics with a focus on genetics

2023

Data Science

Started taking data science courses and working on projects.

Python - Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, sklearn R - tidyverse

2024

Creating AI Models

Working on AI models for grocery product grouping.

Trained and fine-tuned foundational AI model for thousands of SKUs for grocery product grouping. Saves tens-hundreds of hours of manual grouping. Assisted in developing knowledge base databases for RAG applications. Systems include AI-powered CX, CRM, chat, and SEO capabilities.

2025

Certification

Generative AI and LLMs NVIDIA certification

Focused on increasing my knowledge and application skills in AI and machine learning. I am also working on more personal projects on kaggle to solidify my understanding of these concepts.

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