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Education

MBA **** IIM Kozhikode Finance, Marketing 2.46/4.33

B.Tech 2005 IIT Kanpur Electrical 6.9/10

Std 12 2001 Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Armapur, Kanpur CBSE 80.2% Std 10 1999 Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Armapur, Kanpur CBSE 79.8% Professional Experience 8 years 5 months

Applift, Bangalore Sr. Data Scientist, Sep 2015 – Till date

Fraud Prediction model using logistic regression (Vowpal wabbit, Python, Spark, Pig)

CTR Prediction for mobile ads using logistic regression model based (Vowpal Wabbit) Fidelity National Financial, Bangalore Technical Architect, Aug 2015 – Sep 2015

Setting up the data science team

Symphony Teleca, Bangalore Manager - Data Scientist, Oct 2014 – Aug 2015

Improved accuracy of Fault Prediction for a premium car brand using over 1000 Diagnostic Trouble Codes and Data Identifiers which are generated through various sensors installed in the car. Implemented Random Forest and Support Vector Machines with features selected using MRMR/ LASSO and achieved better accuracy compared to initially implemented Association Rules.

Documentation for the Self Learning Car feature implemented in Matlab, Simulink and Stateflow. Groupon, Chennai Data Scientist, Apr 2013 – Oct 2014

Awarded as ‘Emerging Leader’ for the excellent performance.

Exponential smoothing based demand forecasting to predict the number of vouchers (monthly) for UK, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden (R, SQL, Excel)

Optimized the category mix for the London, large and small markets in UK and gave recommendations for maximizing the deal value based on Markowitz portfolio theory. Also developed a dashboard in order to track the revenues, bookings and other key metrics for all the markets and categories (R, SQL, Excel)

Predictive modeling to find out the risky merchants based on the refund rates for Poland using Support Vector Machines (R, SQL)

Supported the Customer Services team and did the analysis on First Time Resolution (FTR) metric for the US market. Found the major drivers and gave recommendations to improve it. (Teradata, SQL, Excel)

Extracted top 10 converting deals in every platform and category based on purchase and impression data (Hive) Ford Motor Company, Chennai Senior Analyst, Apr 2012 – Apr 2013

Forecasting the industry shares using Linear Regression for various segments in North America region. Improving forecast accuracy by considering various macro-economic factors and recommendations to management for increasing the capacity against market risks in future. (SAS, Excel)

Time series modeling using ARIMA to generate the forecasts for North America and US at Industry level. (SAS)

Accuracy check for previous year forecasts at Industry, segment and Ford model level. (Excel)

Study of consumer behavior and purchase trends and segment shifts. (Mtab, Excel)

Regular interaction with the US stakeholders and presentations of the analysis. Rishikant Rajan

USA – B1 Visa

Email: *****.****@*****.***

Mob: +91-956******* DoB: 03/Feb/84

LatentView Analytics, Chennai Senior Analyst, June 2011 – Mar 2012

Led a project on demand planning and forecasting for a multinational FMCG company. Improved accuracy of the forecasts using ARIMA modeling and reduced time for various reports and Holt Winter’s model through excel automation. Also, responsible for client interaction and team deliverables. (SAS, Excel, VBA, SQL)

Predictive modeling using Logistic Regression and Decision Tree for measuring the incremental effect of marketing campaigns for a leading manufacturing company of nutrition products in order to target the right customers. (SAS, SQL, Excel)

Data mining and preparation for an online price comparison engine. (SQL)

Analyzed corporate website through Google Analytics and gave recommendation Everonn Skill Dev. Ltd., Chennai Asst. General Manager, Nov 2010 – May 2011 Laid off due to financial reasons

Product Management for Student Management System (MIS) for data entry, monitoring and reporting of various projects i.e. NSDC, MoRD - SGSY, etc. Designed the RDBMS (E-R Diag.) and functionality of the application. Loading of data on server using SQL and Excel.

Made the proposal for V-SAT enabled Expert Lectures, Soft Skills and Train the Trainer programs for different scenarios of 25, 42 and 404 Maharashtra Polytechnics. Also made the costing and pricing model of the project. CAP Foundation, Hyderabad

Senior Manager – IT Soln, April 2009 –Sep 2010

Laid off due to financial reasons

Project Management for CAP website, Job Portal and Social Networking portal

SPOC for the vendor and responsible for deliverables and payments

Explained functionality requirements, modifications and gaps to vendor

Coordinated with payment and SMS gateways for purchase and integration to Portals

Presented the portals to funding partner, board members, top management and project management team

MIS Management

Presented the MIS for MoRD’s (Ministry of Rural Development) SGSY project at NIRD.

Generated Ad-hoc reports to management using SQL queries and Excel from all the MIS

Loaded the Student and Placement data on database and ETL using Excel and SQL commands

Conducted training for MIS managers, Center Coordinators, ITES facilitators on features and functionalities for NIRD and NABCONS (NABARD Consultancy) MIS.

Vendor management for e-Learning development

Coordinated the technical and commercial bidding process for e-learning project.

Follow up on the deliverables of vendors and CAP’s internal reviews

Made project status sheet and updated top management on weekly basis Juno Online, Hyderabad Member Technical, July 2005 - June 2007

Worked in the Billing-Development and Server-Development Teams

Led a team of developers for developing new billing transactions during merger with Classmates.

Developed new opcodes and Billing System Interface transactions, for the launch of new broadband deals (C++)

Modified Event Viewer transaction and made it error free and introduced many configurations to make it more robust, it is being used in extracting the events related to any account for a given period of time (C++)

Developed an Email-Search GUI for the CRM team. The tool is used to search emails for Photosite customers for a given period of time and also searching the e-mail ids for any keyword. (Java Swing, SQL) PGDM Summer Internship

IBM, Gurgaon SAP-CRM, Apr 2008 – Jun 2008

Report on CRM implementation of one of the IBM’s client, Arla Foods, why they advanced it from old ERP system, MOVEX to SAP and what are its building blocks.

Research of the potential services, which IBM can offer to the Telecom Sector. What are the services in which IBM can advance other than its current services of networking, protection and security? In this I looked upon various alternatives like revenue assurance, service assurance, electronic billing and payments, etc. Projects

Analysis of merger of HDFC & CBoP as part of Merger Acquisition and Corporate Restructuring course (2008)

Project on ratio analysis for NTPC as a part of Financial Reporting and Analysis course (2008)

Developed case studies on Odessey as part of Retail Management course(2008)

Created an Enhanced Index as a part of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management course (2008)

Analysis and synthesis of Instrumental sound signals using Fourier spectra as a part of B.Tech project in IIT Kanpur. Evolved a methodology for composing ring tones for Nokia handsets (2004-05) Extra Curricular Activities

Co-coordinator for the event Cosmos, Techkriti, IIT Kanpur

Secretary in Nirmaan, Antaragni, IIT Kanpur

Volunteer in the event The Mall, Antaragni, IIT Kanpur

Participation in solo and group dance competitions, IIT Kanpur

Participation in solo and group dance competitions, IIM Kozhikode Awards & Achievements

Statement of Accomplishment for ‘Statistical Learning’ course from Stanford.

NCFM Certification in Derivatives Market (Dealer) Module, 2008

Received ‘Excellent’ grade in “Data Structures and Algorithms” at IIT Kanpur, 2002

3rd rank in 3D animation contest at IIT Kanpur, 2003

Rewarded for distinctive performance in 2nd National Science Olympiad in school, 2000 Other Information

Skills: Machine Learning, R, SAS, SQL, RDBMS, Hive, Pig, MS-Excel, VBA, PPT

Key Electives: Financial Derivatives, Mergers Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Strategic Financial Management, Consumer Behavior, Retail Management, Channel Management

Hobbies: Interested in learning about the universe and its theories, solving mathematical puzzles. Also, like listening music, bike riding, cricket and table tennis.

Languages: English, Hindi

Native Place: Kanpur, UP

Address: B-101, Keerthi Signature Apartments, Hoodi ITPL Road, Rajpalaya, Bangalore - 560048.

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