Experience

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  TransOrg Analytics

  • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Data Science Vice President

    • Jul 2018 - May 2024
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    • In the BFSI sector, developed and deployed credit scoring models using machine learning techniques to assess customer creditworthiness, significantly reducing default rates.• Designed fraud detection systems leveraging machine learning algorithms and generative AI for an Indian Insurance giant to identify and mitigate fraudulent activities, enhancing security and trust for financial institutions.• Implemented customer segmentation and personalized marketing strategies for a fortune500 Credit Card company, utilizing clustering and deep learning to boost customer engagement and retention.• Successfully led data science initiatives for the hospitality industry, leveraging various machine learning algorithms to optimize business processes and enhance customer experiences.• Spearheaded cloud migration projects, seamlessly transitioning data infrastructure to cloud platforms, resulting in improved scalability, cost efficiency, and data accessibility.• Developed and implemented predictive models utilizing machine learning algorithms such as regression, decision trees, and random forests to optimize revenue management, demand forecasting, and pricing strategies, achieving a cumulative increase in revenue of $4 million.• Led a team of data scientists and analysts in the development and deployment of recommendation systems and personalized marketing campaigns, utilizing collaborative filtering, clustering, and deep learning algorithms, resulting in a 5% increase in cross-selling revenue and exceeding the target of $10 million.• Successfully implemented lead scoring models for a Global Automotive leader using machine learning techniques such as logistic regression, gradient boosting, and neural networks, enabling accurate prediction of lead quality and conversion probabilities, resulting in a 13% increase in lead-to-sale conversion rate

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  Dafuq Solutions Pvt. Ltd

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Senior Data Scientist and Strategy Consultant

    • Oct 2014 - Jul 2018
    • Mumbai Area, India

    • Evaluated five different business streams, Identified “growth enablers” and created a consolidated business entity with its growth charter to reach INR Two Cr. per annum in revenue within a year • Developed a completely automated telemarketing dashboard for BFSI clients using Supervised Machine-Learning modeling techniques which helped them in evaluating the performance of the marketing campaign and increase the sales by around 15% on a quarterly basis.• Developed customized marketing campaign for SMEs based on Logistic Regression/K Nearest Neighbors Classification technique, which resulted in an increase in their sales of around 10% on a monthly basis.• Established a market research arm backed by data analytics aimed at helping our clients in monitoring the efficacy (statistically significant increase in footfalls, CTC, PPC etc) of their PR campaigns and consequently identifying high-value customers using Support Vector Machine. • Managed a team of around 40 members across various streams including Product Development, Business Development, Content Creation and On-ground Marketing

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  Societe Generale

  • Bangalore

  • Manager

    • May 2012 - Sep 2014
    • Bangalore

    • Prepared daily P&L of both Equities and FICC (dealing specially in FX/CDS/Swaps/RMBS/Derivatives trades) US desk for a global portfolio of ~ $5Mn in collaboration with the traders • Analysed and moderated causes of variances/breaks between trader’s estimates and system numbers. Focused on keeping the difference in numbers to a maximum of $20k and justified it with reconciliation• Constantly monitored and analysed new trades booked by traders to minimise any occurrence of speculative trading• Estimated the value of open positions and identified opportunities of hedging them in a discussion with traders• Conducted training sessions for new team-members to debrief them about different trading strategies used by the traders and the drivers of P&Ls for their respective desks

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  Evalueserve

  • Gurgaon, India

  • Project Manager - Sr. Research Analyst

    • Jun 2007 - May 2010
    • Gurgaon, India

    Evalueserve is a 2500+ employee firm, providing Intellectual Property, Business Intelligence, and Market Research services to a diverse client base including several Fortune 500 companies and leading consulting and investment banking firms. As a Manager, the responsibilities included:Project Management: Managing a team of 7-10 team members that worked on Technology Commercialization, IP Landscape Analyses, IP Overlap Analyses, Prior Art searches, Patentability Assessment Studies, Invalidation searches, Freedom-to-Operate Studies• Developed Acquisition roadmap for a leading PE Firm of UK to the tune of $50Mn by conducting due diligence and valuation of IP assets of a subsidiary of a Global Automotive Manufacturer in 2009 • Developed a Classification Tree model for Patent Relevancy analysis which helped in reducing the Employee engagement time by 60%• Started and developed Valuation team with expertise in Discounted Cash Flow and relative valuation techniques in 2008 which grew to eight (8) members team in three (3) months, which led to a monthly revenue increase by ~5% • Conceptualised and created a Technology Dashboard which helped the organisation in quantitative estimation of patent value using Multiple Linear Regression and thereby reduced the manual effort by around 50%.• Responsible for Career Development of five(5) team members