Machine Learning Data Scientist

Yaswanth Reddy Yarrabandla

Chicago, IL/ Ready to Relocate

Phone: 872-***-**** Email: *************@*****.***

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SUMMARY

Multifaceted Data Scientist with cross-functional capabilities in Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Data Engineering. Experienced in building and deploying AI solutions using Python, SQL, LLMs, and cloud tools such as AWS and Azure. Proven success delivering high-impact models for fraud detection, recommender systems, and real-time analytics. Adept in data wrangling, statistical analysis, NLP, and ML model optimization. Passionate about leveraging scalable data systems and innovative AI to solve business challenges across domains.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages & Analysis: Python, SQL, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn

Machine Learning & AI: Regression, Classification, Clustering, XGBoost, Random Forest, CNNs, LSTM, Gradient Boosting, SMOTE, Model Tuning, Evaluation Metrics

Deep Learning & NLP: TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, LLMs, NLP, BERT, Streamlit, Prompt Engineering

Data Engineering: AWS (S3, EC2, RDS), SQL Server, ETL Pipelines, Data Preprocessing

Visualization & BI: Power BI, Tableau, Streamlit

Cloud & Deployment: AWS (Lambda, SageMaker), Git, GitHub

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data Scientist Intern Mar 2025 - Current

Chicago Education Advocacy Cooperative Chicago, IL

Developed ML-based advocacy tools to identify educational inequities, contributing to policy insights.

Built predictive analytics models to analyze student performance and optimize resource distribution.

Engineered AI-driven collaboration platforms improving access to learning resources for students and educators.

Data Analytics & ML Jan 2025 – Current

ElevateMe Columbus, OH

Analyzed 300K+ property records for price prediction using EDA, feature engineering, and visualization.

Conducted HR attrition analysis on 15K+ employees using advanced SQL and Python pipelines.

Directed financial analytics initiative, revealing operational expenses accounted for 61% of total cost.

Teaching Assistant - Data Science & ML Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

DePaul University Chicago, IL

Guided 75+ students in NLP, classification models, and data preprocessing, boosting course outcomes by 40%.

Designed course content and held workshops to simplify complex ML topics for broader understanding.

Conducted weekly review sessions and interactive office hours with 90%+ attendance, fostering a supportive learning environment.

Data Science Engineer Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

PortalOne Team Hyderabad, India

Built recommendation engines using K-Means & DBSCAN, raising user satisfaction by 25%.

Reduced user churn by 18% using Logistic Regression and Random Forest on engagement data.

Optimized AWS-based ETL pipelines, cutting data processing time by 40%.

Created real-time dashboards (Tableau, Power BI) for engagement and conversion metrics.

EDUCATION

DePaul University Jan 2023 – Nov 2024

M.S. in Data Science, GPA:3.83

CERTIFICATIONS

Data Analytics & Machine Learning – ElevateMe Bootcamp (2025)

HackerRank Gold Badge – Python

Coursework includes ML, Tableau, Python, SQL, Deep Learning, and EDA

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