Sushant Karki

Sushant Karki is a Data Science Build Fellow at Open Avenues Foundation, where he works with students leading projects in AI-powered data science and autonomous agent development.
Sushant is a Machine Learning Engineer at Citizen Codex LLC, focusing on developing AI solutions that make government data and processes more accessible—such as the Govskills.io job search platform, and researching practical applications of agentic AI for public-sector workflows.

He brings over nine years of experience spanning full-stack web development, cloud infrastructure, and applied machine learning in both the United States and Japan, with a focus on translating research advances into reliable production systems.
Sushant holds a Master of Professional Studies in Machine Learning from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a B.S. in Computer Information Science and Mathematics from Missouri Southern State University.

A fun fact about Sushant, his inner monologue cycles between Nepali, Hindi, English, and Japanese, depending on which one he’s been immersed in recently.