Harish Parwani, CTO, Crossing: AI immigration tool for lawyers & employers

🎙 On episode 140 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with Harish Parwani, an immigrant, tech leader, and co-founder and CTO of Crossing, an AI immigration platform for lawyers and employers.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Harish came to the U.S. nearly 25 years ago from India for grad school at NYU. He started on an F-1 visa, worked through OPT in New York and Boston, then got an H-1B, green card, and eventually U.S. citizenship. The full immigrant journey.His career focused on DevOps and platform engineering, eventually leading data science and AI teams, where he saw firsthand how AI was transforming workflows. He also sponsored others for visas over the years, and his wife is an immigration lawyer, so he’s seen immigration from all sides.With that experience, and feeling that no one was solving immigration holistically, Harish left his job to start Crossing, an AI-first, full-service immigration platform for lawyers and employers.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Harish’s early life, education abroad and immigration journey to NYU as an F-1 student.🔹 Harish’s experience working, navigating US immigration himself and hiring H-1B workers 🔹 How these experiences, alongside his immigration attorney wife, led to building Crossing🔹 What Crossing does today, who Harish’s ideal clients are, and thoughts on the future of legal AISo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Crossing here: https://crossinglegal.ai/Follow Harish on LinkedIn here:   / harishparwani  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/