Capabilities
Our credentials, certifications, NAICS codes, and representative engagements at a glance.
Overview
Company Snapshot
Capability Statement
Full credentials, past performance, and contact information in one document.
Certifications & Business Status
Small Disadvantaged Business
Self-Certified · Active in SAM.gov
SAM.gov Registered
Active · Expires Jun 12, 2027 · All Awards
Classification
NAICS Codes
Federal Engagement History
Past Performance
Active and completed federal engagements delivered as subcontractor in support of agency technology missions. Performance references available upon request.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Completed- Cloud-native serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, Salesforce)
- Integration across VALERI, WebLGY/LGYHub, and appraisal/valuation systems for a multi-stakeholder ecosystem
- SAFe Agile delivery as the dedicated architect for Construction & Valuation, Eligibility, and Single Person Record
- MISMO v3.3 mortgage-industry data standards adoption
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Completed- BIMO program: legacy MS Access → Appian platform modernization with automated Testing & Validation Framework
- Recurring data reconciliation across Appian, RAPID Data Hub, and legacy reporting systems
- Built an automated E2E reconciliation framework validating 100% of data elements every run, resolving critical data corruption for executive dashboards
- Cross-team accountability mechanism uniting three independently owned systems around a shared, objective data-quality standard
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
OY2 Commencing- Recognized by the FDA program team as Chief Architect for the engagement
- AI-enabled clinical NLP: SNOMED CT adjudication via Amazon Comprehend Medical
- Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) controls: AI advises, human reviewers decide every time
- Weighted confidence scoring with top-5 ranked SNOMED CT candidate recommendations
- Escalated directly with AWS to improve Amazon Comprehend Medical's entity-ranking behavior
U.S. Department of Education
Engaged As-Needed- Authored FSA's AI Center of Excellence operating model through an AI-assisted design process: 7-role team structure and reuse-first governance
- Built a personal RFI evaluation framework and authored AI-specific procurement scope language, incorporated into the governing scope of work
- Structured, two-phase technical evaluation of 4 competing modernization vendor RFI responses
- Responsible AI governance and adoption frameworks designed to support OMB M-24-10 requirements
All engagements performed as subcontractor supporting prime contractor federal programs. Past performance references and points of contact available upon request.
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Why a WOSB Specialist Over a Large Systems Integrator?
Large SIs bring scale. elfOvations brings speed, accountability, and specialized expertise, without the overhead. For engagements requiring additional capacity, we draw on a vetted network of senior subcontractors and teaming partners.
Direct Senior Access
No account managers, no handoffs, no junior team ramp-up. The architect or HR executive who designed the approach is the one delivering it, every engagement, every day.
Faster Delivery
Expert-directed AI pipeline: a small, senior-led team paired with a spec-driven, AI-agent delivery process, compressing timelines relative to a large SI's multi-role team structure, with full documentation and transferability.
Lower Overhead Cost
No bench cost, no overhead layers, no business development markup. You pay for senior expertise and delivery, not infrastructure that does not touch your mission.
WOSB & EDWOSB Set-Aside Credit
Subcontracting through elfOvations contributes directly to your small business and WOSB subcontracting plan goals. Set-aside eligible now under 13 CFR 127.504.
Single-Point Accountability
Sole Member authority means one decision-maker, one point of contact, no escalation chains. Teaming agreements, financial commitments, and technical decisions are made by Shweta Nagpal, Founder & President.
No Vendor Lock-In
Every engagement produces fully documented architecture decisions, transferable pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code. The work is completely yours from day one.
Representative Engagements
VA Loan Guaranty Program Modernization
Federal Technology PartnershipDedicated solution architect for the VA Loan Guaranty (LGY) program's modernization effort, owning Construction & Valuation from day one and later expanding into Eligibility and Single Person Record, across nearly four years inside a large-scale SAFe program.
Key Highlights
- ▸Identified a legacy correspondence tool falling behind modern needs, evaluated alternatives, and built a working serverless prototype (AWS Lambda, Step Functions, S3, EventBridge)
- ▸The prototype led AFS leadership to designate him the client-facing architect for all major Construction & Valuation decisions
- ▸Owned the Solution Architecture Package process end to end: requirements framing, design, and approval with VA technical and business leads
- ▸Re-architected solutions for Eligibility, Single Person Record, and Construction & Valuation as VA's platform direction shifted between Pega/Appian, AWS, and Salesforce
- ▸Led design, and in the engagement's early phase implementation, of enhancements to the Construction & Valuation module
Business Impact
- Promoted to client-facing architect after a self-built prototype was recognized by AFS leadership
- Owned three modules (Construction & Valuation, Eligibility, Single Person Record) over the engagement
- Navigated three platform strategy pivots (Pega/Appian, then AWS or Salesforce, then the other) without the modernization effort stalling
- Nearly 4 years of continuous program delivery (Aug 2021 – May 2025) inside a large-scale SAFe structure
BIMO Program: Data Integrity & Platform Modernization
Federal Technology PartnershipPersonally designed and helped code the BIMO Framework, the fix for a three-way data-corruption dispute across the FDA Bioresearch Monitoring program's legacy MS Access and Appian systems, while serving as SME IT Project Manager on the task order's data-integrity workstream.
Key Highlights
- ▸Recognized that the real blocker wasn't the known data mismatch, but not knowing where in the pipeline it originated, and designed a framework that treated the source system's data as the single truthful baseline to prove exactly where downstream systems diverged from it
- ▸Personally coded the base framework, then handed it to the implementation team to complete the build
- ▸Framework pinpointed mismatches down to the individual data element, forcing Appian, RAPID Data Hub, and COMPLIS to expose their own inputs and outputs and resolve their own root causes
- ▸Managed cross-functional team spanning Appian development, data engineering, and federal program stakeholders
- ▸Established a recurring accountability mechanism that ended a standoff no policy discussion had resolved
Business Impact
- Led design of the framework and wrote a meaningful share of its code, not just the architecture
- Full-coverage validation of 100% of data elements every run, source to destination, with no sampling
- Broke a three-way accountability deadlock between Appian, RAPID Data Hub, and COMPLIS with objective, individual-data-element evidence
- Validation framework established as a standing operational layer for ongoing BIMO platform operations
AI-Enabled Clinical NLP for Federal Regulatory Review
Federal Technology PartnershipDesigned and delivered an AI-enabled SNOMED CT adjudication application for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, replacing fully manual clinical-text classification with an intelligent NLP workflow that dramatically accelerated regulatory review processes.
Key Highlights
- ▸Amazon Comprehend Medical for clinical entity extraction from unstructured clinical submission forms
- ▸SNOMED CT terminology API integration with weighted confidence scoring and ranked recommendations
- ▸Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) controls ensuring AI functions as an advisory capability with full human oversight
- ▸Evaluated LLMs such as BERT and classical ML (SVC) before selecting a managed medical AI service suited to the regulatory domain
- ▸Escalated directly with AWS to improve Amazon Comprehend Medical's entity-ranking behavior
Business Impact
- Top 5 ranked, confidence-scored SNOMED candidates surfaced per clinical entity
- Standardized, confidence-scored candidates designed to reduce inter-reviewer variability
- Responsible AI architecture: explainable outputs, confidence-based ranking
- Human-in-the-Loop design supporting OMB M-24-10 responsible AI requirements
Data Use Agreement Lifecycle Platform
Internal Product · In DevelopmentBuilt under Shweta Nagpal's direction, with Ashish Nagpal as lead architect: an internal, multi-tenant data governance platform managing the complete lifecycle of Data Use Agreements, designed and built using a spec-driven, AI-agent-assisted engineering pipeline ahead of a prospective FDA opportunity.
Key Highlights
- ▸Multi-tenant SaaS architecture with full-stack AI-assisted development: 80+ REST API endpoints across 12 routers with 80%+ CI coverage gate
- ▸12+ AWS services: Lambda, RDS PostgreSQL 16, Cognito, S3, SES, SNS, CloudFront, Amplify, ECR, EventBridge, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch
- ▸Multi-tenant architecture with schema-level isolation, row-level security, and immutable audit trail
- ▸HHS DUA Policy (HHS-OCIO-CDO-2023-01-001) compliance mapping: §1.4, §3.1, §4.5, §7.0 fields
- ▸CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions + OIDC (keyless auth, no long-lived AWS credentials)
Business Impact
- A spec-driven, AI-agent-assisted pipeline (six specialized agents: coding, testing, code review, architecture review, security, deployment) with senior architect review at every step
- Designed to replace email/spreadsheet DUA processes with an automated, auditable workflow
- Enterprise-grade security: JWT authentication, RLS, AWS Secrets Manager, VPC 3-tier network isolation
- Unit and Playwright E2E test suites, gated at 80%+ coverage in CI
Workforce & Technology Solutions
Federal + CommercialDelivered workforce and technology support capabilities aligned with enterprise and program delivery needs, placing specialized technology talent across federal agencies and Fortune 500 clients with exceptional speed and precision.
Key Highlights
- ▸Executive search, technical recruiting, and full-cycle talent acquisition
- ▸Specialized technology staffing for federal and commercial programs
- ▸Talent identification and placement for mission-critical initiatives
- ▸Program staffing support at FDA, plus J&J, KPMG, Schlumberger
Business Impact
- 90+ professionals placed at FDA, plus J&J, KPMG and more
- Led a lean, two-person recruitment team
- Served Fortune 500 clients with specialized technology and program talent requirements
AI Strategy & Procurement Language for Federal Student Aid
Federal Technology PartnershipBuilt the operational framework used to evaluate FSA's competing modernization vendors, authored the AI Center of Excellence operating model, and contributed AI-specific procurement scope language that was incorporated into the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid modernization contract.
Key Highlights
- ▸Authored the seven-role AI Center of Excellence team model through an AI-assisted design process grounded in FSA's own use-case notes
- ▸Built a personal operational translation of FSA's official evaluation rubric into a working 6-domain questionnaire, then used it to conduct full technical evaluations of a subset of the four competing vendors
- ▸Negotiated AI-specific procurement scope language through multiple rounds of revision with FSA's own AI subject matter expert before it was locked into the governing contract
- ▸Served as a trusted internal resource for the prime's AI-related questions throughout the engagement
- ▸Governance built around FISMA, Privacy Act, OMB AI guidance, and FedRAMP-authorized services
Business Impact
- AI strategy translated into procurement-ready scope of work, not left as a standalone proposal
- Personal evaluation framework applied to conduct full technical assessments across 6 domains for a subset of four competing federal modernization bids
- Reuse-first governance model designed to prevent redundant, ad hoc AI tool sprawl across programs
- Human review and override built into every AI output by design
Security Posture
Clearance & Security
elfOvations does not currently hold classified clearances or perform classified work. Both principals have extensive suitability adjudication experience from federal engagements at the VA, FDA, and the Department of Education, supporting compliance, responsible AI, and data governance programs in regulated federal environments.
Classified Work
Not applicable at this time
Suitability Experience
VA · FDA · Dept. of Education
Compliance Focus
FISMA · NIST SP 800-53 · HIPAA · FedRAMP-aware
For Prime Contractors
Teaming with elfOvations
We partner with federal prime contractors as a WOSB/SDB subcontractor, bringing AI, technology architecture, and workforce capabilities that strengthen your team and your proposal. Active federal engagements at FDA and the Department of Education; completed VA past performance (2021–2025).
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WOSB SBA Certified
EDWOSB SBA Certified
SDB Self-Certified
Teaming Roles
AI / NLP Subcontract
Solution Architecture
Workforce & Staffing
NAICS Coverage
541512 (Primary)
541511 · 541519
541612 · 561311 · 561312
Agency Experience
FDA · ED (Active)
VA (Completed 2021–2025)
Federal Health Agencies
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