Rahul Rakshit is a Principal Product Engineer on Esri's Location Referencing team, bringing over 25 years of expertise to the geospatial industry. In his role, he leads the conceptualization and design of innovative tools while driving rigorous quality assurance. Rahul's strong academic foundation includes a PhD and an MA in Geography, an MSc in Geology, and a Diploma in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Currently, he is focused on simplifying complex GIS workflows through intuitive UX design and exploring the frontier of generative AI and autonomous agents for advanced GIS data analytics.