Shikhar Srivastava is a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Rippling since June 2022, with prior experience in various engineering and coaching roles. Shikhar served as a Debate Coach at Dougherty Valley High School from August 2018 to December 2021, guiding students through tournament strategies and providing support to other schools. Internships include roles at American Express, where improvements were made to the Global Financial Transactions API, and at VisualizeROI, where personalized web applications were developed for clients. Contributions as a Data Science Intern at adELA involved constructing a Graph Database for the digital advertisement market. Earlier internships at Concord Servicing Corporation included optimizing sorting processes and analyzing large datasets for service recommendations. Shikhar holds a Bachelor of Arts in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and has also studied at Charles University from 2019 to 2020.