Machine Learning Engineer

Maana Kolagotla

*****.*********@*****.*** (***) *82 - 8041 www.linkedin.com/in/maana-kolagotla https://github.com/MaanaKola U.S. Citizen

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley Expected May 2026 B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, B.S. Business Administration GPA: 3.58 Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Designing Information Devices and Systems I & II, Computer Architecture (Machine Structures) Student Organizations: Cloud at California, Generative AI at Berkeley, ASUC Office of the President (Tech), Computer Science Scholars SKILLS & INTERESTS

SKILLS: Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Scala, MATLAB, SAS, Adobe Creative Suite, Office 365, RStudio, Figma, Web Development INTERESTS: Technological Entrepreneurship, Innovation using Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Product Design, Public Policy PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Manager & Machine Learning Engineer - Rippling January 2025 - Present

● Built an AI-powered tool to automatically restore complex list formatting in legal .docx documents pasted into the Rippling Editor

● Led product scoping, research, coordinated with Rippling engineers, and delivered a working prototype using real legal documents

● Fine-tuned LLMs to accurately detect and reconstruct nested lists, enhancing formatting precision and reducing user manual edits Machine Learning Engineer - Unstructured August 2024 - January 2025

● Engineered ML models to categorize document elements, improving hierarchy by 20% using OCR and Visual Language Models

● Developed advanced techniques to handle nested content and precisely differentiate titles from subtitles, boosting accuracy by 15%

● Led the integration of OCR with Transformer architectures, improving positional encoding and strikingly reducing errors by 25% Software Developer - Cloud at California August 2023 - Present

● Significantly enhanced SkyGeni AI Chatbot with over 20 new metrics, dramatically accelerating insightful business growth analysis

● Processed and optimized complex natural language data using Python, enhancing chatbot accuracy through strong analytical skills

● Effectively utilized Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services to ensure robust chatbot scalability and optimize the performance Associate of Technical Operations - ASUC Office of the President August 2023 - Present

● Spearheading the BerkeleyGPT initiative, creating an LLM resource for 45,000+ Cal students covering courses, clubs, and logistics

● Developing a solution to digitize 30,000+ students' Cal 1 Card into mobile wallets using NFC for entry to 40+ on-campus locations

● Managing 3 student-run websites and leading a 9-person team to build an app for 2000+ student organizations' room reservations Product Manger - Ohana Subleasing Co.January 2024 - August 2024

● Led product management, enhancing features with Bubble.io, Hotjar, and AI, boosting security and scalability using analytical skills

● Increased user traffic by 37% through app optimizations, enhancing engagement, and subleases using previous statistics and data

● Developed marketing tactics, secured 25+ university collaborations, and broadened the network through effective communication LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Vice President of Finance - Kappa Alpha Theta, Omega January 2025 - Present

● Managed a budget over $3,000,000, ensuring financial stability and accurate allocation of resources to meet organizational goals

● Oversaw transactions, including payment plans, invoice processing, staff salaries, and logistics for social and philanthropic events

● Served on the Executive Board of KAO Omega, supervising the operations of multiple committees to drive organizational success Vice President of Finance - Cloud at California August 2023 - Present

● Managed finances for multiple branches, ensuring stability and streamlining payment processes, reducing processing time by 15%

● Partnered with AWS, Accenture, and Grabango, implementing strategies that significantly cut operational expenses by over 20%

● Led research projects, including developing a next-frame prediction model for self-driving cars and a Medical Imaging Research Project for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, driving technological innovation and advancing cutting-edge technologies PROJECTS

Personalized Voice Conversion and Visualization

Skills Used: Python, WavLM, Hi-Fi GANs, Speech2Mel model

● Developed a personalized voice converter, which will shift seamlessly from one voice to another, while preserving linguistic content and disregarding speaker identity content with an emphasis on training self-supervised models using non-parallel data

● GitHub - https://github.com/MaanaKola/voice-change, Presentation/Demo: Presentation

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