Toronto, ON, Canada· Founder & AI Systems Architect

Shrish
Manglik

The architect of systems that run without him.

The crane isn't the building. AI builds the system; the system runs without AI.

The record · places worked, systems built

TELUS HEALTH, RBC, THE BEER STORE, SENECA COLLEGE, IIIT-BANGALORE, GLS UNIVERSITY, PATHWAY, VEDIC ASTRO STUDIO, PREP AI STUDIO, JOBFLOW, VCOS + MIDAS

The philosophy

Three rules. One signature.

AI for judgment.

The models handle what actually needs a mind: routing, review, taste, the calls where ambiguity lives. Nothing generative sits in the hot path of execution.

Software for execution.

The work itself is deterministic code: workflows, rules, gates, ledgers. Same input, same output, every run. Auditable by design, boring on purpose.

Systems for scale.

Departments, routing rules, and quality gates compound with every verified run. The company gets better through the system, not through longer hours.

Deterministic firstHuman-gated alwaysThe AI is the crane, never the building

The record · the route

Two continents. One line.

Operations, finance, and data, learned across two continents, compounding into systems architecture. Follow the threads.

  • Operations threadOperationsStartup Village · Eswasthya · The Beer Store
  • Finance threadFinanceRBC · Seneca FinTech · TELUS Health
  • Data threadDataMoodcafe · IIIT-Bangalore · Seneca Analytics
  • Systems threadSystemsAll three converge in the studio
ORIGIN · START OF LINE

Ahmedabad, India.

2015-18 · OPERATIONS + MARKETS

BBA at GLS University while working the early jobs that taught operations the honest way: Customer Success at Startup Village, Project Manager at Eswasthya (+25% brand visibility, +20% over revenue target), Market Research Analyst at Moodcafe.

  • GLS UNIVERSITYBBA · 2015-18
  • Operations threadSTARTUP VILLAGECustomer Success
  • Operations threadESWASTHYA+25% / +20%
  • Data threadMOODCAFEMarket Research

Next stop · The analytical turn

TRANSFER · THE ANALYTICAL TURN

Numbers become the language.

2018-19 · DATA SCIENCE + ANALYTICS

Two post-graduate diplomas in one year - Data Science at IIIT-Bangalore, Business Analytics at Gujarat University. The operations instinct gets an analytical engine.

  • Data threadIIIT-BANGALOREData Science
  • Data threadGUJARAT UNIVERSITYBusiness Analytics

Next stop · The Crossing

INTERCHANGE · THE CROSSING

One ocean. One reset.

2019 · AHMEDABAD → TORONTO

Emigrated to Canada. Everything before stays on the map; everything after builds on it.

Next stop · Reconstruction

LINE 2 · RECONSTRUCTION

Toronto, from zero.

2019-25 · THE OPERATIONAL SPINE

Seneca College twice over (Business Analytics, then FinTech). Five years supervising operations at The Beer Store - the steady spine, a team of 10+. Banking at RBC. Then TELUS Health: Senior Benefits Analyst on financially sensitive enterprise portfolios, promoted June 2025.

  • Data threadSENECA ×2Analytics · FinTech
  • Operations threadTHE BEER STOREOps Supervisor · 2020-25
  • Finance threadRBCBanking Advisor
  • Finance threadTELUS HEALTHpromoted June 2025

Next stop · The Studio

LAST STOP · THE STUDIO

The company that runs itself.

DEC 2024-PRESENT · FOUNDER & AI SYSTEMS ARCHITECT

Million Dollar AI Studio: a one-person company operated by a 13-department virtual operating system. AI for judgment, software for execution, a human gate on anything that matters. Six products architected end to end. Operations, finance, and data stop being separate threads here - they become one system.

  • Systems threadVCOS + MIDAS
  • Systems thread13 DEPARTMENTS
  • Systems thread5 PILLARS
  • Systems thread6 PRODUCTS

Four threads. One system. One operator at the gate.

The system

One person. A company run by a system.

Million Dollar AI Studio is a one-person company operated by a 13-department virtual operating system - deterministic software does the work, AI handles judgment, and a human gate governs anything high-risk.

  • BUILD
  • GROW
  • OPERATE
  • LEARN
  • REPLICATE

The work

Built for the role. Linked only when live.

Working AI architecture builds shipped for specific roles - each one a running deployment, not a slide deck.

live demo

Kraken

AI Agents / HR Solutions Architect

A People AI risk-tier router: HR request classifier, data-flow map, approval gate, payroll-calendar awareness, audit log, and maintenance handoff playbook.

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live demo

Vena Solutions

Customer-Experience AI Architect

A CX AI operating cadence board: intake, value scoring, risk tier, build/QA/release status, adoption playbook, and measurable impact dashboard for post-sales workflows.

vena-olive.vercel.app
live demo

Sophos

AI & Automated Solutions Architect

A security-operations knowledge-routing copilot: intake classifier, policy/RAG retrieval, escalation routing, confidence scoring, and human-in-the-loop approval for sensitive actions.

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live demo

AOT Technologies

AI Architect

A public-service intake-to-action agent blueprint: formsflow.ai-style form intake, RAG-backed policy lookup, function-calling task router, audit log, and human approval gates.

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live demo

Apply Digital

Agentic Engineering Solution Architect

An AX Spec Compiler: converts user stories, sitemap/content inputs, component notes, and brand constraints into coding-agent-ready implementation specs, QA checks, and autonomy boundaries.

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Last stop · Connect

I am the gate, not the engine.

Building AI systems in Toronto. If the work above is your kind of work, say hi - a human reads every message.

shrishmanglik@gmail.com