From Transplant Survivor to AI Builder Transforming Healthcare
I design data systems, agentic AI workflows, and real-world applications that turn complex data into meaningful impact.
Under the Hood — Founder Story & AI Build Journey
Applications of Analytics II · Moscone South-213
Where Data Meets Purpose
For over a decade, I've been building the invisible architecture that powers decisions at scale — data pipelines, warehouses, and analytics systems at companies like GiftHealth (currently), Google, Intuit, and Wayfair.
Then life interrupted. A kidney transplant changed everything — not just my health, but my entire perspective on what technology should do. I experienced firsthand the confusion, fear, and information overload that patients face. I realized the same skills I used to optimize business metrics could be redirected to save and improve lives.
That's when I founded the MediMate Foundation — building AI-powered tools that give patients and caregivers the clarity they deserve. Today, I work at the intersection of data engineering, agentic AI, and healthcare innovation — creating systems that don't just process data, but create real-world impact.
15+ Years
Data Engineering at Google, Intuit, Wayfair
Transplant Survivor
Kidney transplant journey → healthcare focus
AI Builder
Agentic AI, RAG, multi-agent systems
Founder
MediMate Foundation for patient support
The Full Stack of Impact
From data infrastructure to patient-facing AI — a unique blend of deep technical skill and human-centered design.
Data Engineering
Architecting robust data pipelines and real-time systems at enterprise scale.
Agentic AI Engineering
Building autonomous multi-agent systems that reason, plan, and execute — including AI SalesCopilot (Lovable + Fullenrich), voice agents, and RAG pipelines.
AI Product Development
Shipping end-to-end AI applications from concept to production.
Healthcare AI Innovation
Patient support systems, clinical decision tools, and explainable AI.
Technical Depth at a Glance
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Data Engineering
Agentic AI
Cloud Infrastructure
AI Product Dev
Building at the Intersection of Data & Impact
Real-world AI and data systems — built solo and with incredible collaborators.
MediMate
AI-powered patient and caregiver support system with medication tracking, escalation workflows, and an intelligent AI assistant born from personal transplant experience.
Patient Navigator Hub
A MediMate Foundation resource — a curated support directory connecting kidney patients with 256+ organizations across 16+ support categories (donor matching, financial assistance, transplant education, dialysis support, counseling, advocacy, and more), plus events & programs and advocacy pathways.
Hospital BI Platform
Business intelligence platform built from lived experience — translating complex hospital data into clear, actionable insights for patients and care teams.
Blood Donation Decision Support
Predictive modeling system for blood donation organizations to optimize donor outreach and inventory management.
NephroCompass
Born from a kidney transplant journey — NephroCompass is an open-source clinical decision support tool that detects CKD risk early using XGBoost, SHAP explainability, and LLM-powered guidance. Featured by Neon as a story of personal mission meeting data engineering.
NurtureBridge
Every mother deserves care that feels like home. Matched with caregivers who speak your language, honour your traditions, and nurture you with empathy — like family would.
Hackathon CoPilot
A multimodal AI system acting as a 24/7 mentor — enabling real-time code debugging via screen/video, voice mentorship with sub-second latency, automated pitch feedback, and AI-generated founder avatars. Turns organizers into scalable digital mentors.
ToastMasters AI
AI-assisted public speaking coach and feedback system, leveraging speech analysis and NLP to help speakers improve.
OnceUponMe
Make your child the hero of their own adventure — AI-powered personalized storybook creator that generates magical, customized stories with your child as the main character.
GraftWatch
Clinical trials intelligence dashboard focused on kidney transplant graft longevity research. Pulls trials from ClinicalTrials.gov and scores each on a Profile Score (0–10) blending research relevance, timeline, India accessibility, and clinical impact — helping researchers find trials likely to reach Indian patients instead of getting lost in typical 15–20 year lags.
PartyVisionBuddy
AI-powered party planning that turns a photo of your venue into reality. Snap a photo of your space, visualize 3 decorated versions (subtle, signature, bold), and get a budget-conscious shopping list targeting 50–75% of your budget plus a step-by-step setup timeline.
The Playground
Cutting-edge experiments at the frontier of agentic AI, containerized pipelines, and distributed systems.
Multi-Model AI
Orchestrating frontier models — Gemini 3, Amazon Nova, MiniMax, and Sonic — choosing the right model for each task in real-time pipelines.
Multi-Agent Orchestration
Autonomous agent swarms using LangChain, CrewAI, Rilo & Toolhouse for complex reasoning and task decomposition.
Voice AI Stack
Real-time voice agents powered by Deepgram (STT) + ElevenLabs (TTS) — sub-second latency for immersive conversational experiences.
Video Automation
AI-driven video generation pipelines — automated storytelling, avatar synthesis, and multi-modal content creation at scale.
API Orchestration
Multi-service coordination with Tiny Fish API, Rtrver, and custom middleware for real-time healthcare data aggregation.
No-Code AI Builders
Shipping production apps with Lovable and Base44 — combining visual development with agentic AI backends.
Dockerized AI Pipelines
Containerized ML pipelines for reproducible, scalable AI deployments across cloud environments.
Distributed Systems
Exploring distributed architectures for resilient, decentralized health data infrastructure.
From Enterprise Data to Healthcare Impact
A decade of building, breaking, healing, and creating — in data, AI, and life.
MediMate Foundation · Founded 🚀
Launched MediMate Foundation — an AI-powered patient and caregiver support system born from lived experience. Making healthcare less overwhelming, one patient at a time.
Community & Research Contributions
Active speaker at INFORMS Analytics, Women in Big Data, and Women Applying AI. Mentoring engineers and publishing research on agentic AI in healthcare.
Women in Big Data — Volunteer & Contributor
Active volunteer and contributor with Women in Big Data — sharing insights on data engineering, analytics leadership, and AI innovation within this global community of women in data.
GiftHealth · Senior Data Engineer
Joined GiftHealth, applying deep data expertise to transform pharmacy and healthcare data infrastructure with real patient impact.
Building the Hospital BI Tool
Channeled the transplant experience into action — began coding a Hospital BI tool to bring clarity and data-driven insights to patient care.
Kidney Transplant 🫀
Received a kidney transplant — a second chance at life. This experience deepened my resolve to use AI and data to support patients navigating the same journey.
Intuit — Senior Data Engineer
Continued professional work at Intuit, even while navigating a personal health journey. Built data systems that served millions of users.
Kidney Failure Diagnosis
A life-altering diagnosis that shifted everything — and planted the seed for what would become MediMate Foundation.
Hanna Andersson
Senior Data Engineer role building data infrastructure and analytics solutions for retail operations.
Google · First Tech FCU · Wayfair
Four impactful years architecting large-scale data platforms, Kafka pipelines, dbt transformations, and Snowflake warehouses across three industry-leading companies.
American Honda
Applied data engineering and analytics in the automotive industry — building reporting infrastructure and business intelligence pipelines.
MS in Business Analytics & Information Management
Pursued a Master's degree in Business Analytics and Information Management — sharpening data science, analytics, and decision systems expertise.
Accenture & HSBC — India
Began career in data and technology, building foundational skills in enterprise systems, analytics, and business intelligence across two major global organizations.
Sharing Knowledge, Building Community
From conference stages to hackathon floors — advocating for AI that serves humanity.
Women Applying AI
Active speaker and contributor empowering women to build and apply AI in real-world settings.
Women in Data
Speaker and community member across global Women in Data chapters — Parsippany, Los Angeles, and London — sharing insights on AI, data engineering, and impact.
AI-Powered Women Academy
Tooling Tuesday speaker — teaching women how to build real-world apps with AI tools like Replit, from idea to deployment.
Women in Big Data
Volunteer and active contributor — sharing insights on data engineering, analytics leadership, and AI innovation within this global community of women in data.
INFORMS Analytics
Presenting research and projects at INFORMS analytics conferences — bridging operations research and real-world AI.
Break the Win
Featured speaker and participant — celebrating women breaking barriers in tech, data, and entrepreneurship.
Toastmasters Club
🏆 1st Prize — Tall Tales Competition. Active Toastmasters member honing the craft of storytelling and public speaking.
Kidney Stories Toastmasters
Member of Kidney Stories Toastmasters Club — sharing powerful personal narratives about kidney disease and transplant to inspire others.
Hackathons & Buildathons
Active competitor and mentor at AI/healthcare hackathons, turning ideas into working prototypes.
Community Leadership
Mentoring emerging engineers and fostering open-source contributions in healthcare AI.
Break Through Tech
Mentor (2025) and Challenge Advisor (2026) — empowering women and underrepresented students in tech through real-world AI and data challenges.
On Stage, On Screen, In the Room
From conference keynotes to podcasts, university firesides to community workshops — a full record of where Deepti has spoken and shared her story.
40+
Total Engagements
8+
Countries / Cities
10+
Conferences
4+
Podcasts
Upcoming & Confirmed
Session 00 — AI, Career & Impact: Building Your Future in Tech
hackFrontIndia — Innovation League (with Neo4j, Arduino, Sarvam, CCoE Hyderabad)
Validate Before You Build: Spin Up a PMF Research Agent in 30 Minutes
Tooling Tuesday — AI-Powered Women Academy
Scale With AI Business Summit — AI & Healthcare Technology Speaker
Scale With AI Business Summit
Toastmasters AI Coach Demo — Practice Public Speaking with AI Feedback
Toastmasters AI Coach (Skool)
Breaking into Data Engineering after a Medical Break
Women in Data — Livestream
From Analyst to Agent: Hands-On Analytics with Claude (Part 1)
Women in Data — Los Angeles Chapter
From Analyst to Agent: Hands-On Analytics with Claude (Part 2)
Women in Data — Los Angeles Chapter
Under the Hood — Founder Story & AI Build Journey
Women Applying AI
Challenge Advisor — 2026 Cohort
Break Through Tech
International Panel — Women in Data
Women in Data — London
Featured Speaker
Grace Hopper Conference
Analytics & AI Research Presentation
INFORMS Analytics Conference
INFORMS Analytics Society — Applications of Analytics II
2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting · Moscone South-213 (Level 2)
Featured Speaker
AI in Motion
Featured Speaker
Girls Tech HQ: Women AI Summit
Community Speaker — Data & AI for Good
Women in Data — Parsippany
Community Speaker — Data & AI for Good
Women in Data — Los Angeles
Wellness, Kidney Health & Healing Through Story
The Wellness Journeys — Shoba & RJ Sudha
Past Engagements
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Available for conferences, panels, podcasts, workshops, and corporate sessions.
Volunteering & Advocacy
Turning lived experience into community impact — advocating for organ donation, kidney health, and patient support.
Break Through Tech
Serving as a Challenge Advisor for Break Through Tech 2026 — mentoring women and underrepresented students in tech through real-world AI and data challenges to accelerate their careers.
Donor Network West
Supporting kidney patients and donor families on the West Coast — sharing lived experience to guide and comfort those navigating the transplant journey.
National Kidney Foundation
Active volunteer with the NKF — participating in awareness campaigns, patient support initiatives, and fundraising events to combat kidney disease.
Organ Donation Advocate
Using my story as a transplant recipient to advocate for organ donation — speaking to communities, sharing on platforms, and encouraging people to register as donors.
Play Like a Girl — AI Leadership Lab
Speaking at the AI Leadership Lab — a free virtual intensive for rising 8th & 9th grade girls. Sharing my career story and day-to-day work in AI/data, then taking live questions. One 15-minute session, no slides required.
Play Like a Girl — AI Leadership Lab
Judging the final showcase where girl teams present their "AI for Good" solutions. Scoring presentations, deliberating with the judge panel, and recognizing teams across categories like Most Innovative Use of AI and Best Responsible AI Design.
Measured in Lives, Not Metrics
MediMate Foundation
Founder
AI-powered patient support nonprofit
Multiple
Hackathon Wins
Awards for healthcare AI prototypes
AI & Health
Publications
Writings on agentic AI in healthcare
Contributor
Open Source
Healthcare AI tools and frameworks
Open Source & Repositories
Building in public — tools, templates, and healthcare AI systems.
MediMate
AI-powered patient support system with medication tracking and intelligent assistant.
NephroCompass
Multi-agent AI for kidney health lab interpretation and clinical reasoning.
Agentic-Workflows
Collection of multi-agent orchestration patterns and RAG pipeline implementations.
Data-Pipeline-Templates
Enterprise-grade dbt + Airflow + Snowflake pipeline templates.
In the Press & On Screen
Stories, features, and talks that capture the intersection of data, AI, and lived human experience.
Press & Features
Patient Story — Deepti Bahel
The Kidney Project
Featured Speaker Profile
WomenTech Network
Family Tragedy Repeats as San Jose Woman Faces Life-Threatening Kidney Disease
KMPH News
Kidney Transplant Survivor Builds MediMate App to Support Patients and Caregivers
Indica News
InnoFest 25 Showcases Agentic AI Innovations
Indica News
Editorial Team's Favorite Stories of 2024
India Currents
YouTube Coverage
AWS Builder Blogs
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Speaker Bios
Deepti Bahel is a Senior Data Engineer, AI Builder, and Founder who transforms complex data into real-world impact. A kidney transplant survivor turned healthcare innovator, she built MediMate — an AI-powered patient support system born from personal experience. With 15+ years in data engineering and agentic AI, Deepti has spoken at 40+ conferences, universities, and podcasts including INFORMS, Grace Hopper, Women in Data, and UC Davis. She is passionate about making AI accessible, trustworthy, and human-centered — especially in healthcare. She mentors through Break Through Tech and leads open-source healthcare AI initiatives.
Deepti Bahel is a Senior Data Engineer at GiftHealth, an AI Builder, and the Founder of MediMate Foundation — an AI-powered platform for kidney transplant patients and caregivers. Her work sits at the intersection of data engineering, agentic AI, and healthcare innovation. A kidney transplant survivor herself, Deepti turned a deeply personal journey into a professional mission: building technology that makes patients feel less alone and clinical decisions more informed. She has architected enterprise data pipelines, led real-time analytics platforms, and created award-winning AI systems including NephroCompass (featured by Neon), SpeakSmart (Amazon Nova Hackathon Winner), and Nourishly (1st Prize Healthcare AI). With 15+ years of experience across data engineering, machine learning, and product development, Deepti is a sought-after speaker who has presented at 40+ engagements — including INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Grace Hopper Conference, Women in Data London, UC Davis, and multiple AI podcasts. She mentors through Break Through Tech and AI-Powered Women Academy, and serves as a Challenge Advisor for the 2026 cohort. Deepti believes AI should serve people — not the other way around — and she builds, speaks, and mentors with that conviction every day.
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