Selvaraaju Murugesan
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Credentials
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MapR Certified Data Analyst 1.9 - MCDA
MapR TechnologiesOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
IBM Certified DB2 Professional
IBMAug, 2006- Nov, 2024 -
MapR Certified Professional (Cluster Administration)
MapR Technologies
Experience
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Kovai.co
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Head of Data Science
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Data Strategist
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Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
Product analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Operational Analytics, Product documentation, Growth hacking
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GovHack
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Australia
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Nov 2019 - Jul 2021
Strategic initiatives, advise on open data policy and coordinating GovHack event Strategic initiatives, advise on open data policy and coordinating GovHack event
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ACT Government
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Director, Innovation and Data Analytics
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Dec 2017 - Jan 2021
Responsible for Data and Analytics function in Transport Canberra and City Services DirectorateData Strategy, Change Management, Data Science, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, Modern Data Applications, Data Architect, Data Modelling, Data Literacy, Open Data, BI and Analytics toolsProject Director of Journey Planner project
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Data Analyst
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Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
Agile data practices, data analytics, data modelling, data quality management, data governance, big data, enterprise data management, data linking, data science, automated test scripting, data lake architecture, system design, star schema modelling, dimensional modelling, spatial scrum, agile, project management, SaFe, PMBoK, DMBoKSoftware skills: MapR, MapR DB, MapR Streams, Apache Drill, Hue, Pig, Hive, Oozie, Spark, PySpark, Python, Streamsets, Kafka, Waterline Data, R, Octave, Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft TFS, Jira, Dremio, Shell scripting, Linux, AWS, Azure, kubernetes, Snowflake, Matillion, Talend, ArcGIS, Spatial, AddInsights, SCATS
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La Trobe University
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Australia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Sessional Lecturer
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Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Undertaking teaching roles including lecturing, tutoring, lab demonstrations, assignment and examination marking in the areas of computational mathematics, data analysis and system engineering Undertaking teaching roles including lecturing, tutoring, lab demonstrations, assignment and examination marking in the areas of computational mathematics, data analysis and system engineering
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Technology Manager
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Dec 2014 - Jun 2016
1. Managed a team to help startups build a Minimum Viable Product by applying agile methodology 2. Developed Innovation Accelerator program to accelerate startups to iterate their products faster to generate repeatable revenue with low cost business model 3. Built new business models to generate recurring revenue based on service oriented economy enabled by Internet of Things Technology and improved revenue generation by 50% for the client 4. Implemented new optimal algorithms for anomaly detection and pattern recognition in sensor data analytics domain using Python, R & MATLAB to maximize the customer experience 5. Managed all the stakeholders involved in business such as technology providers, customers, manufacturers and so on to grow the business 6. Mentored portfolio companies to strategize their business sales and marketing 7. Implemented new optimal algorithms on structured and unstructured data to mine business intelligence to provide new business insights 8. Built new software tools to aggregate data from various sources and analyzed them using statistical techniques to better understand both product and business performance 9. Prepared and presented various technical and business reports that involves data visualization, data modelling and data analysis Software Expertise: Mercurial, VBA, Tableau, Lavastorm, SQL Server, MATLAB, Optimization, Regression, Neural Network, HTML/CSS, Python
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Spatial Partners Pty Ltd
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Australia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Analyst
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Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
1. Built new Python libraries to structure the GML files (NBN Co & Telstra data) to import into Lavastorm package 2. Built new algorithms for error and standard checking of the GML files to get approval from NBN which reduced the rejection rate of client by almost 99% 3. Implemented new algorithms in Lavastorm to check the integrity of the Fibre Network (before and after design) as per NBN compliance requirements 4. Built new VBA macros and tools to extract data from GML file for report generation which increased the productivity of the client and reduced reporting errors Software Expertise: Mercurial, Lavastorm, SQL Server, MapInfo, ArcGIS
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La Trobe University
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Australia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Sessional Lecturer
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Mar 2010 - Sep 2014
1. Developed and delivered new subjects in electronic engineering (embedded system, communication system, telecommunication system design, broadband digital communication) 2. Mentored local and international students through “Connect Mentor” program to help the university reduce the student attrition rate 3. Developed and implemented new strategies in conjunction with LaTrobe International to enhance the student learning and local social experience 4. Liaised with faculty to frame new strategies to attract more local and international students 5. Undertook various teaching roles including lecturing, tutoring, lab demonstrations, assignment and examination marking. Teaching areas: signal processing, applied mathematics, image processing, embedded design, communication system
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Intelligent Energy Systems (IES)
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Australia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Analyst
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Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
1. Analyzed National Energy Market (NEM) data for load modelling, demand forecasting and market transactions to mine new business intelligence 2. Developed new algorithm for forecasting of supply curve using NEM data 3. Built new software product (Proof of Concept) to demonstrate the business value proposition to energy clients such as Origin Energy, AGL and so on 4. New Excel software plugin was developed using MATLAB, SQL Server and VBA to implement complex algorithm on Excel data 5. Implemented machine learning algorithm to efficiently forecast the maintenance planning operations of the market players respective to different energy regions 6. Automated report generation for day-to-day NEM data which is submitted to the CEO 7. Used regression analysis, multivariate analysis, neural networks (classification and clustering), optimization and linear programming Software Expertise: Mercurial, VBA, SQL Server, MATLAB, Optimization, Regression, Neural Network
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Biarri
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Australia
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Analyst
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Jun 2012 - Oct 2012
1. Modeled the next generation Telecommunication Network and developed new software for positioning base station subjected to economic, engineering and market constraints (Whole problem was constructed as an optimization problem while linear constraints and solved using Gurobi & Python ) 2. Developed an R&D plan for their business to venture into Telecommunications domain 3. Developed and executed a new methodology to forecast the customer/data demand to optimize the new infrastructure provisioning for Telecom providers using R, SQL and MATLAB Software Expertise: Mercurial, Python, MATLAB, Gurobi, Linear Programming, MapInfo, ArcGIS
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Cognizant
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Programmer Analyst
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Aug 2006 - Jan 2008
1. Developed an insurance billing system for a healthcare client in compliance with US health standards 2. Implemented "Coding Standard" checking tool using REXX for the client to automate the standards checking protocols 3. Developed strong expertise in programming languages such as COBOL, JCL, DB2, REXX 4. Developed a printing application for US Healthcare client using COBOL, DB2 and Oracle Software Expertise: COBOL, JCL, REXX, DB2, Oracle 1. Developed an insurance billing system for a healthcare client in compliance with US health standards 2. Implemented "Coding Standard" checking tool using REXX for the client to automate the standards checking protocols 3. Developed strong expertise in programming languages such as COBOL, JCL, DB2, REXX 4. Developed a printing application for US Healthcare client using COBOL, DB2 and Oracle Software Expertise: COBOL, JCL, REXX, DB2, Oracle
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Education
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La Trobe University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational and Applied Mathematics, Signal and Image processing -
La Trobe University
Master of Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -
Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechatronics