Sandhya Rani
***************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhyamuk/
https://github.com/sandhyaraniMukkamala
+1 - 416-***-**** Toronto, ON
SUMMARY
Data Scientist with 3+ years of experience at collecting, analyzing and interpreting large datasets, developing new forecasting models and performing data visualization tasks.
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Programming: Data Gathering/Data Cleaning/Data Mining/ Descriptive Analysis/ Modeling; Python: pandas, numpy, scikit learn, TensorFlow; web scrapping: (python: beautiful soup)
Visulization: Python: matplotlib, seaborn; Power BI
Data Tools: SQL, Excel, Google Analytics, Python(Jupyter, pycharm), RStudio
Modelling: Machine Learning Algorithms: Linear and Logistic Regression, Random Forests, Decision tree
Statistics: Pearson’s correlation test, Chi-squared Test, D’Agostino’s K^2 Test, Analysis of Variance Test
Areas of Interest: Predictive Modelling, Recommendation Systems, Visulization, Fraud Analytics, Statistical algorithms and Deep Learning
Soft Skills: Problem Framing, Leadership, Dependability, Motivation and Teamwork
Others: Testing, Agile methodology, SDLC, STLC
EXPERIENCE
MHS Assessments (Leading developer of innovative scientific assessments) - Toronto, CAN
Data Scientist – Product Analysis and Management 03/19 – Present
Built models to predict customer churn using logistic regression model with accuracy of 85%
Contributed to 10% of company’s strategical growth in performance by analyzing un-utilized old data
Cleaned and analyzed datasets comprising of nearly million rows of data sets (structured and semi-structured) by performing EDA using python packages like pandas, matplotlib, SciPy and seaborn
Performed feature engineering to most accurately represent the underlying structure of the data by decomposing or splitting features, from external data sources, or aggregating or combining features to create new features and therefore create the best model.
Built specialized reports for CS team to reachout to customized clients profiles from across the globe to follow-up with clients and marketing purposes
Created custom visual dashboards of customer views and transactional insights for sales and marketing team with cleaned data from SQL database using PowerBI
Created data flow diagrams and process models using Visio
Created documentation for all the processes
Athena Global Technologies (Software development and consulting services) - India
Data Analyst – Research and Development 08/15 – 11/16
Developed machine learning based logestic regression model to detect the probability of fraud and other security threats for a leading bank
Cleaned customer data by performing exploratory data analysis and feature selection and managed data to reduce any bias in the data
Created data visualizations dashboards for better understanding of data using PowerBI
Coordinated with a team of data scientists on success and failures of the models by comparing the precision and RMSE values of different models and other metrics as ROC curve, confusion matrix and discuss ideas
KMAX IT Professionals (Software development and consulting services) – India
Testing Engineer – Software Engineering 06/12 – 06/15
Work closely with software developers/project owners and BAs to develop and execute thorough test suites in all phases of the software development cycle
Develop Test strategy, test plan/design, execute test cases and defect management for the ETL & BI systems
Analyze and understand the ETL work flows developed
Perform data analytical testing for the BI systems
Validation of data transformations and perform End-to-End data validation for ETL & BI systems
Develop and execute detailed ETL related functional, performance, integration and regression test cases, and documentation
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Technology (2008 – 2012) – Electrical and Electronics Engineering, India
Master’s Degree (2017 – 2018) – Cloud Computing for Big Data, Canada
Certified IBM Data Science Professional – 2018 – Present
Sprigboard Data Science Career Track Certification