Varun Rao

*** ****** ***** ***** *** K, Charlotte, NC-28262

Phone: 704-***-**** ● Email: ac6n2o@r.postjobfree.com

GitHub: https://github.com/VarunRaosr

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunraosr/

SKILLS

Languages – Python, Java, R, Scala,PL/SQL

Databases - SQL, MongoDB

Machine Learning – pandas, numpy, scikit, NLTK

Web technologies – Bootstrap, Django, JavaScript, Jquery, HTML, CSS

Deep Learning – Tensorflow, Keras

Data visualization – Tableau, seaborn, matplotlib

Big Data – Spark (MLlib,Spark streaming, Sparksql), Hadoop

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Masters in Computer Science (GPA 3.7/4.0) May 2018 Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bachelor of Engineering, Instrumentation Technology (GPA 3.8/4.0) Jun 2014 ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Text analysis of Restaurant Reviews : Implemented Naïve Bayes classifier of Ratings and compared performance of n-gram models . Improved performance by using parts of speech tagging analyses. Implemented using Python and NLTK. Analysis of Climate Change: Time series analysis of temperature data over the years. Developed dashboard in Tableau to analyze the results. Implemented using R and Tableau. Financial data analyses to Identify Loan defaulters : Implemented Naïve Bayes, K nearest neighbors, Logistic Regression from scratch in cluster using Spark and Python.

Predict Telecom company’s customer churn rate : Predict whether the customer would leave the Telecom company. Implemented a binary classifer using Logistic Regression in Python. Built neural network using Tensorflow and observed improved performance. Identified the best hyperparameters for the model. Image classification of cats and dogs using Deep Learning libraries: Built a Convolution Neural Network for classification of Cats and Dogs. Implemented using Keras library. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nichi-In, Web Developer, Bangalore, India Feb 2016 - May 2016

Designed and Implemented task tracking application for the team using Bootstrap, Java.

Designed UI and developed web pages for client application. Accenture, SQL Developer, Bangalore, India Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

Provided application support for Post trade processing applications of Societe Generale

Actively participated in discussion with Business Analysts and Clients to gather requirements, analyze the changes and implement them.

Effectively developed and automated report generation using SQL, Unix an Dollar Universe to schedule jobs.

Designed and implemented SQL scripts to fetch financial data for clients

Performed ad-hoc service requests for Business Analysts using Python.

Developed Dashboard and Stories in Tableau

Performed debugging and fixing the errors in application. RESEARCH PROJECT

“Data Distribution Method for Scalable Actionable Pattern Mining” Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

Developed and implemented a rule based system for discovering actionable patterns which are hidden in large dataset using Spark and Scala.