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Ajay Kini

Ajay Kini

Pune

Summary

Accomplished Technical Lead with over 9 years of experience in designing and implementing data pipelines on the AWS cloud. Proven expertise in providing analytics solutions that deliver measurable business value, reduce operating costs, increase storage capabilities, and improve system performance. Skilled in managing data-driven projects to increase efficiency, accuracy, and utility of internal data processing. Proficient in creating AI/ML models, using predictive modeling, data processing, and analyzing data mining algorithms to deliver insights, and implement action-oriented solutions to complex business problems.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consultant

Deloitte USI
Pune
01.2022 - Current
  • Involved in all phases of project planning and delivery, including discovery, requirement gathering, building technical solution design, development, and testing.
  • Designed 50+ crucial data ingestion workflows for major clients, and optimized the flow for all IOPS-owned pipelines.
  • Devised, developed, and implemented highly fault-tolerant systems using AWS services like AWS S3, Lambda, Glue, SNS, SQS, IAM, EMR, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Step Functions, Athena, Redshift, and EventBridge.
  • Implemented a machine learning model using AWS SageMaker and gained better insights into the Taiwan and Korean stock exchange datasets to accurately predict which securities will be flagged the next day at the close of trading on the current day, improving operations by being able to move money or securities around 12 hours in advance.
  • Implemented comprehensive time series forecasting solutions using Databricks to predict various KPIs, and deliver valuable insights to customers. Developed dashboards and generated actionable items, leveraging LLMs with human-in-the-loop feedback, and integrating GenAI technologies to enhance forecasting accuracy and decision-making.

Senior Engineer

Ford Motors Company
Pune
12.2019 - 01.2022
  • Involved in powertrain component/system-level validation and analysis of the reports generated from the simulation results, and creating visualization reports for the end customer based on CSV, Excel, and XML reports.
  • Developed a predictive model for estimating the range of electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles with an exceptional accuracy of 92%, and provided an optimized solution to reduce range anxiety among users.
  • Increased accessibility and usability of simulation results data by designing data visualization reports, influencing the decrease in the ECR compared to the factory-defined rate, thereby improving efficiency by 80%.
  • Developed end-to-end machine learning prototypes, and scaled them to run in production environments. Increased efficiency by 47%.

Data Engineer

Amdocs
Pune
11.2018 - 12.2019
  • Conducted extensive data conversions, transforming raw, unstructured data into standardized formats for efficient datalake integration.
  • Implemented a complete solution that improved data management by 40% while ensuring GDPR compliance.
  • Created and executed workflows for ETL processes to cleanse raw data and extract key information.
  • Increased operational efficiency by more than 50% through optimized loading onto Hadoop ecosystem.

Education

Post Graduation Program - Data Science & Machine Learning

The University of Texas At Austin & Great Lakes Institute of Management
07-2021

B.E - Electronics & Communication

Visvesvaraya Technological University
Belgaum, Karnataka
07-2015

Skills

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Python
  • PySpark
  • AI/ML
  • Generative AI
  • Databricks
  • Data visualization techniques
  • Predictive modeling
  • Statistical analysis and probability
  • SQL
  • Analytical thinking
  • GIT version control
  • Project management skills
  • Stakeholder management
  • Effective communication

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • AWS Generative AI Business Essentials
  • Big Data Analytics Specialization

Accomplishments

  • Outstanding Award ( Deloitte USI)
  • One Ford: Best Performance in Financial Year 2021 (Ford Motor Company)
  • Star of the Month (Ford Motor Company)

Languages

English
First Language
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Proficient (C2)
C2
German
Beginner (A1)
A1

Timeline

Consultant

Deloitte USI
01.2022 - Current

Senior Engineer

Ford Motors Company
12.2019 - 01.2022

Data Engineer

Amdocs
11.2018 - 12.2019

Post Graduation Program - Data Science & Machine Learning

The University of Texas At Austin & Great Lakes Institute of Management

B.E - Electronics & Communication

Visvesvaraya Technological University
Ajay Kini