Independent AI Consultant · Los Angeles, CA

I help businesses solve problems with AI.

I'm Shrivan — a product veteran with nearly 20 years across energy, healthcare, and beyond. I work with a small number of companies at a time, going deep rather than wide.

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6+
Industries Served
$1B+
Impact Delivered
$10M+
ARR Scaled
80%
Time to Value Improvement
10,000+
End Users
1M+
Assets
30%
O&G Market Share
Why this matters

Most AI projects fail before they start.

I've watched this play out across my entire career — from big data to machine learning to AI. The intentions are genuine. The technology is often impressive. The models actually work. But the project still fails because it was never solving the problem anyone actually had.

I've seen this pattern dozens of times since. Companies get excited about AI — rightfully — and skip from “this could be interesting” to “let's build it” without ever pausing at “should we, and how?” The gap between a promising demo and a working product in production is wider than most people expect.

That gap is where I work. Not just building — but figuring out what's worth building, what it should actually do, and how to get it to the people who need it.

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What I do

Three ways I can help

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AI Consulting & Strategy

Figure out where AI actually fits your business — and build a roadmap grounded in your real constraints, not just what's technically possible.

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AI Implementation & Agent Building

I build the thing. Custom AI agents, automated workflows, and integrations — designed to go into production, not sit in a demo environment.

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1:1 AI Training & Coaching

Intensive, personalized sessions for executives and team leads who need to move from curious to genuinely capable — on their own schedule.

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Background

Two decades of turning engineering rigor into products that ship.

I started my career as an engineer at ExxonMobil, moved into product, and spent a decade scaling field operations software across the oil and gas industry. In 2025 I launched Shrivan LLC to focus on AI — bringing that depth of operational experience to a new generation of problems.

20+
Years of experience
6+
Industries served
30%
Of US oil & gas through my platform
2006

ExxonMobil — Environmental Advisor

Advised operations and legal teams while managing compliance across 40+ state and federal regulations. My first lesson in high-stakes systems where getting it wrong has real consequences.

2009

ExxonMobil — Process Engineer

Ran naphtha hydrotreater and reformer operations. Worked with microeconomists to supply Southwestern US markets with high-octane gasoline blends.

2011

ExxonMobil — Product Development & Risk Strategy

Led sub-$4M projects as lead PM and sub-$20M projects as junior PM. Later led a team of engineers and inspectors as Risk Strategy Manager.

2015

Seven Lakes Technologies — BD to Senior PM

Joined the core team that raised $20M in Series A funding. Led the buildout of the only mobile-first core field operations platform in the industry.

2022

W Energy Software — Director of Product Management

After W Energy acquired Seven Lakes, I scaled the platform to where 30% of all US oil and gas passed through it.

2025

Launched Shrivan LLC + AI Group PM at eHealth

Launched my AI consultancy serving oil & gas, mental healthcare, hospitality, logistics, non-profit, and 3D printing. Concurrently serving as AI Group Product Manager at eHealth, reimagining the Medicare sales model with AI.

2026

Skiffra — Founding Technical Product Manager

Joined the core founding team of an industrial AI startup focused on AI orchestration for mining and physical-world operations.

Selected work

Projects I'm proud of

A few examples of the kind of work I do — anonymized where needed, specific where I can be.

Oil & Gas

Field Operations Platform

Built the only mobile-first field ops platform in oil & gas — displacing 30-year-old dominant software at ExxonMobil.

30% of all US oil & gas through one platform
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Oil & Gas · Strategy

Risk Strategy at ExxonMobil

Eight years inside ExxonMobil — from compliance to process engineering to leading risk strategy.

40+ regulations · $20M project portfolio
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Fintech · AI · Consumer SaaS

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AI-powered stock research for people who don't speak Wall Street. Built and shipped solo: web, iOS, and Android with Stripe billing and a live paying user base.

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Is this a fit?

Who I work best with

I keep my practice small by design. Before reaching out, here's an honest look at who tends to get the most out of working with me.

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Small to mid-sized businesses ready to invest

You have the budget, the team, and the urgency — but AI strategy hasn't crystallized yet.

Teams that have tried AI pilots that didn't land

You've run experiments. They looked good in demo. They didn't make it to production. You want to know why — and how to fix it.

Executives who need to actually understand AI

Not just hear about it. You want to make real decisions about it — what to fund, what to skip, what questions to ask your team.

Sales & marketing teams ready to move faster

You see the opportunity in AI tools but don't want to lose the human quality that makes your outreach actually work.

If you're serious about AI,
let's talk.

I work with a small number of clients at a time. If you want to work with someone who's been in the room when AI works — and when it doesn't — I'd like to hear what you're building.

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