Hi, my name is Ishika!

I help leaders make confident, data-driven decisions by translating complex business challenges into actionable, human-centered solutions.

My career has been a journey in maximizing impact, often under tight constraints. Here are a few highlights:

• At Deloitte, I led a civic tech project that transformed a complex, 21-screen government UI into a single, intuitive dashboard, simplifying a critical public service for Colorado residents.

• At the University of Washington, my research into demographic data quality helped secure a $280,000 NSF grant to improve survey methods for Census data, academic research, and labor statistics.

• As a teacher, working with both underserved girls in rural India and university undergraduates, I learned how to ask the questions that uncover the root of a problem, even when users cannot articulate what is amiss.

This background has sharpened my ability to distill convoluted information into clear, compelling narratives. My experience navigating unfamiliar work cultures has made me a keen assessor of team dynamics; I ask the detailed questions needed to understand my users, my coworkers, and my role within an ecosystem. It’s how I deliver the rigorous, data-driven evidence needed to align teams, garner stakeholder buy-in, and push projects over the finish line.