Rishal is currently fulfilling the role of a solutions architect at Entelect. He is involved in ideating, designing and developing solutions for various national and international blue chip clients whilst actively growing thought​ leadership capabilities within the company and tech community. He has a passion for software engineering, digital architecture, mobile development, design thinking methodologies, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. Rishal founded Prolific Idea in 2015 where innovation is cultivated through research and technology. Prolific Idea has since released a collaborative productivity platform, Hivemind. Rishal has a keen interest in community involvement and development. He runs the Artificial Intelligence South Africa(AI ZA) monthly meetings and is an active speaker at conferences. Rishal is also an Intel Innovator in the AI space which allows for research and development with cutting edge technology from Intel.
Talks
- Developer Week New York City 2018 - Neural Networks: A Primer
- African Leadership University Guest Lecture - Solution Design, Design Thinking, and Data Science
- GirlCode Workshop Johannesburg 2018 - Introduction to Java and Building an Intelligent Bot
- Developer UG Johannesburg May 2018 - Tower Defence Challenge
- DevDay Johannesburg Autumn 2018 - Neural Networks: A Primer
- DevConf Cape Town 2018 - Neural Networks: A Primer
- DevConf Johannesburg 2018 - Neural Networks: A Primer
- GirlCode Workshop Johannesburg 2018 - Introduction to Machine Learning & Neural Networks
- Developer Week San Francisco 2018 - Neural Networks: A Primer
- UX South Africa 2017 - What the Rise of Augmented Reality Technology Means for Design
- SAMRA 2017 - Introduction to Machine Learning Workshop
- SAMRA Annual Conference 2017 - AI in Perspective
- DevConf South Africa 2017 - AI in Perspective
- Ruby Fu ZA Cape Town 2017 - AI in Perspective
- Java South Africa 2016 - Cloud Platforms and Java Architectures
- JS in SA 2016 - VR Interactions and JavaScript
- Developer UG Johannesburg 2016 - Coding Challenges and AI
- Artificial Intelligence South Africa Meetup 2016 - Machine Learning: Classification vs. Regression
- Artificial Intelligence South Africa Meetup 2016 - Introduction to AI
- UX SA 2016 - Design Thinking and Agile
- DevConf South Africa 2016 - Developer Design Thinking
- Ruby Fu ZA Cape Town 2016 - Developer Design Thinking
- Java South Africa 2015 - Robust REST Architectures
- DevDay Johannesburg 2015 - Robust REST Architectures
- Tech4Africa Johannesburg 2015 - Prototyping for Perspective
- Johannesburg Java UG 2015 - Robust REST Architectures
- Tech4Africa Cape Town 2015 - Prototyping for Perspective
- JS in SA 2015 - Prototyping for Perspective
- Johannesburg Java UG 2015 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Developer UG Johannesburg 2015 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Android UG Johannesburg: May 2015 - UX, Usability, and Material Design
- WIAD 2015 - Prototyping for Perspective
- DevDay 2015 Johannesburg - Prototyping for Perspective
- JS in SA 2014 - 3D Programming with JavaScript
- DevDay Johannesburg 2014 - 3D Programming with JavaScript
- DevDay Johannesburg 2014 - Rapid Prototyping and Unity
- Johannesburg Java UG: June 2013 - Spring for Android
- DevDay Johannesburg 2013 - Java vs .NET
Authored
- Speaking at Dev Conf South Africa 2018
- What I learned after analyzing my life for a year with data
- Talks and Travels in California
- What will the skills base of the future look like?
- To Prototype or not to Prototype
- Tech It Out - Artificial intelligence: The good, the bad and the unknown
- Tech Financials - Artificial intelligence: The good, the bad and the unknown
- Artificial Intelligence in Perspective
- The REST Architectural Style
- Building an HTML5 Space Invaders Visualiser
- 3D Programming with JavaScript
Mentions
- The Nation Online - AI to drive global GDP gains of $15.7tn
- IT Web - AI to drive global GDP gains of $15.7tn
- The Project Management Pitfalls No One Told You About
- Five Reasons to Learn Angular.js Today