Prakruti Kothari is a Software Engineer at Itron, Inc., starting in August 2023. Previously, Prakruti served as a Product Owner at MITRE from January 2023 to May 2023, where responsibilities included developing a system that integrated Data Catalogs with content search technologies and automating data ingestion processes for Snowflake using Apache Airflow DAGs. Additionally, Prakruti worked at George Mason University from January 2022 to May 2023, conducting classes and tracking progress for MasonLife students. Prior experience also includes a role as a Project Intern at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where Prakruti developed a system for classifying discussion forum messages, employing machine learning classifiers and neural networks. Prakruti holds a Master's degree in Data Analytics and Engineering from George Mason University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai.