Abhishek Kaul is an Associate Partner at IBM Consulting with 19+ years in technology consulting, focused on turning complex business problems into data-driven, AI solutions that deliver measurable impact. His expertise spans GenAI and advanced analytics, cloud data engineering, and digital transformation across manufacturing, retail, supply chain and commodities. He has led initiatives such as digital twins for energy & chemicals, trading and vessel-chartering analytics, and enterprise data lakes powering forecasting and reporting. Abhishek holds two granted U.S. patents and publishes on AI, ethics and sustainability. He is currently pursuing a DBA with research on the strategic impact of GenAI in technology consulting. He mentors teams on applied GenAI (RAG/agents), MLOps, experiment design, and translating business value into deployable analytics.