Abhijeet Shrivastava

Urban Designer & Architect

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JFK
Living Breakwaters
LA River
Miracle Mile
Climate Resilience
Urban Design
Transit-Oriented Development
Waterfront Infrastructure
Sustainability Planning
Career Journey

Architecture → Engineering → Climate Tech → AI Strategy

2012–2015
Columbia GSAPP & Local Office
Architect & Urban Designer
  • Urban Planning
  • LEED Design
  • GIS Analysis
  • BIM & VR

Earned MS in Architecture & Urban Design at Columbia University. Designed sustainable public spaces, green streetscapes, and LEED-integrated infrastructure across New York City.

2021–2022
WSP USA, New York
Senior Consultant, Climate & Infrastructure
  • Climate Risk
  • Resilient Infra
  • Data Centers
  • LEED Platinum

Led climate resilience strategy for JFK Airport, recognized by VP Harris. Delivered ESG frameworks, climate risk assessments, and adaptive capacity planning for public and private sector clients. Managed sustainability programs for hyperscale data center design.

2022–2024
KPMG LLP, New York
Senior Consultant, Sustainability Data & Tech
  • Solution Architecture
  • Azure & Fabric
  • ESG Analytics
  • Carbon Accounting

Built end-to-end data and technology solutions for sustainability, carbon accounting, and ESG analytics on Azure. Developed climate risk frameworks and solution architectures enabling organizations to achieve operational, financial, and climate resilience objectives.

NOW
Microsoft
Strategy & Program Manager, AI Infrastructure
  • AI Strategy
  • Data Center Portfolio
  • CO+I Team
  • Sustainability

Land Development Program Manager on the Global Datacenter Land Strategy Team. Leads end-to-end land strategy including permitting readiness, acceleration, and cross-regional coordination across AMERs, EMEA, and APAC. Drives risk mitigation frameworks for data center infrastructure and stakeholder alignment with local governments globally.

Architecture & Urban Design + Climate Risk & Resilience + Data & Solution Architecture + AI Infrastructure Strategy = 10+ Years Shaping the Built & Digital World

Selected Works

Research & Writing

Publications &
Authored Work

Authored

8 Works
Flood Resilience Handbook for Public Access Sites Along the Hudson RiverYoungerman, Shrivastava, Curran · NYS DEC & NEIWPCC · 2021
A Tale of Our Cities: 2018 WSP Global Cities Index, New York ChapterShrivastava and contributors · WSP Global · 2019
Resilient Approach to East Parcel RedevelopmentShrivastava · ISOCARP Review Vol. 15 pp. 266-273 · 2019
Final Environmental Impact Statement: East Parcel Redevelopment, Sleepy Hollow, NYContributor: Abhijeet Shrivastava
Atlantic County Coastal Region: Regional Resilience and Adaptation Action PlanContributor: Abhijeet Shrivastava
Rochester Transit-Supportive Corridors Study: Final ReportShrivastava et al. · WSP for City of Rochester, NY
Atlantic County Climate Resiliency and Sustainable Communities Visioning ReportContributor: Abhijeet Shrivastava
Dynamic and Adaptable Street Design for a Sustainable FutureAuthor: Abhijeet Shrivastava
Creative Practice

The
Carbon
Art

Alongside professional urban design practice, Abhijeet explores the intersection of sustainability, data, and visual storytelling through carbon art. This practice translates invisible forces shaping our environment into tangible, hand-drawn visual form.

Visit The Carbon Art ↗

An independent creative practice

thecarbonart.com

Explore the work ↗

Climate art & sustainability storytelling

Career Journey

Architecture → Engineering → Climate Tech → AI Strategy

2012–2015
Columbia GSAPP & Local Office
Architect & Urban Designer
  • Urban Planning
  • LEED Design
  • GIS Analysis
  • BIM & VR

Earned MS in Architecture & Urban Design at Columbia University. Designed sustainable public spaces, green streetscapes, and LEED-integrated infrastructure across New York City.

2021–2022
WSP USA, New York
Senior Consultant, Climate & Infrastructure
  • Climate Risk
  • Resilient Infra
  • Data Centers
  • LEED Platinum

Led climate resilience strategy for JFK Airport, recognized by VP Harris. Delivered ESG frameworks, climate risk assessments, and adaptive capacity planning for public and private sector clients. Managed sustainability programs for hyperscale data center design.

2022–2024
KPMG LLP, New York
Senior Consultant, Sustainability Data & Tech
  • Solution Architecture
  • Azure & Fabric
  • ESG Analytics
  • Carbon Accounting

Built end-to-end data and technology solutions for sustainability, carbon accounting, and ESG analytics on Azure. Developed climate risk frameworks and solution architectures enabling organizations to achieve operational, financial, and climate resilience objectives.

Now
Microsoft
Strategy & Program Manager, AI Infrastructure
  • AI Strategy
  • Data Center Portfolio
  • CO+I Team
  • Sustainability

Land Development Program Manager on the Global Datacenter Land Strategy Team. Leads end-to-end land strategy including permitting readiness, acceleration, and cross-regional coordination across AMERs, EMEA, and APAC. Drives risk mitigation frameworks for data center infrastructure and stakeholder alignment with local governments globally.

Architecture & Urban Design + Climate Risk & Resilience + Data & Solution Architecture + AI Infrastructure Strategy = 10+ Years Shaping the Built & Digital World