Krishna Aswani
**** ***, *** **, ***************, VA, 22903 434-***-**** *****@********.*** www.linkedin.com/in/krishnaaswani
E DUCATION
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA May 2015
Master of Science: Data Science – Cumulative GPA 3.92
Related Coursework- Machine Learning, Applied Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Linear Models, Statistical
Computing & Visualization, Ethics of Big Data, Applied Time Series, Capstone Project
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – (BHU), Varanasi, India May 2012
Bachelor of Technology: Mechanical Engineering, 2nd rank out of 72
S KILLS
Programs: Python (proficient), R (proficient), MongoDB (familiar), SAS, SQL, Hadoop(familiar), Hive(familiar), Pig,
Tableau, Excel
Techniques: Text Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics
R ELEVANT E XPER IENCE
Business Analyst, Hansa Cequity, Mumbai, India March - June 2014
Increased mobile banking penetration by 9% for an Indian private bank compared to industrial average of 4%, by
identifying key features using business insights and implementing a model to target relevant customers
Developed a self-updating Customer Relationship Management dashboard to track contactibility, inquiries, referrals
and conversions, reducing work load of 28 employees by 14%
Assistant Manager, Tata Motors Ltd, Lucknow, India August 2012 - March 2014
Assisted in maintaining productivity on a stagnant value by analyzing slowdown in demand using Tableau and R, by
varying temporary work force and by initiating periodic block closures
Saved $1.17 million by implementing a 5 day working model (first location to implement across Tata Motors India)
Managed assets worth $5 million, resulting in best employee performance rating
Sponsored Researcher, University of Oxford-Mathematical Institute, Oxford, UK May - July 2013
Worked with Sir Roger Penrose to explore information travelling pattern inside microtubule using deterministic models
Research Intern, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan May - July 2011 & Dec - Jan. 2012
Developed a user interface system in LabVIEW, to forecast information travelling pattern inside nano devices. Also,
built drivers for Keithley-6487 voltmeter to work along with LabVIEW
A NALYT ICS P ROJ ECTS A T U NIVERS ITY O F V IR GIN IA
Visual Analytics in Healthcare Jan. – Mar. 2015
Map reduce frameworks in hadoop, mongodb along with multiprocessing using pandas dataframes in python was
used to process huge datasets efficiently.
Output of total referral per doctor for each county was displayed graphically on an interactive map using javascript.
Capitol Bike Share Usage Analysis Aug. – Dec. 2014
Bike share data of past two years was used to forecast demand. Heat map gave the most insight among visualizaions.
Regression model and time series model were tried and compared due to seasonality in data
Crime Pattern vs Population of Denver July – Aug. 2014
Identified prominent patterns between crime rate for the past 5 years and different population attributes in Denver
city based on 2010 census data
Tools and techniques used as exploratory data analysis, sql, python and web scrapping
P UBLIC AT IONS, R ECO GN IT ION & A C TIV ITIES
Design of a brain like computer: a new class of frequency-fractal computing: Information Journal (Ref: info5010028)
Vice-President of Graduate Engineer Trainee Club Tata Motors Ltd 2013-2014
Achieved 3825 rank in prestigious IIT-JEE Exam and was placed among top 1% of 400,000 students 2008