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CHAKRADHAR YEDURUPAKA

Georgetown

Summary

Results-driven Senior Data Scientist with over 10 years of experience specializing in machine learning solutions for list screening (Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media) using NLP and advanced ML algorithms. Demonstrated expertise in developing LLM-based systems for narrative automation and integrating AI models into compliance frameworks. Skilled in building and optimizing entity resolution engines, threshold tuning, and creating performance monitoring tools. Adept at leading cross-functional teams and aligning solutions with business and regulatory objectives.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST – LIST SCREENING & NLP MODELS

Discover Financial Services
03.2022 - Current
  • Designed and deployed machine learning algorithms (XGBoost, Random Forest) for list screening systems covering OFAC, PEP, and adverse media.
  • Developed LLM-powered solutions (BERT, Claude) to automate SAR narrative generation and streamline alert triaging.
  • Built advanced name-matching systems using NLP techniques (cosine similarity, tokenization) to increase match accuracy and reduce false positives by over 30%.
  • Collaborated with compliance and engineering teams to align AI systems with regulatory standards.
  • Led full lifecycle development from ideation to monitoring, ensuring scalable and interpretable solutions.

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST – SANCTIONS AI & LLMs

Discover Financial Services
09.2019 - 03.2022
  • Spearheaded transformer-based NLP models to flag risk entities in adverse media and automate screening insights.
  • Integrated third-party watchlist data (Dow Jones, World-Check) into custom screening frameworks.
  • Built and optimized list scoring models, leveraging domain-specific features to enhance entity resolution accuracy.
  • Piloted ChatGPT-based experimentation for narrative enrichment and alert justification.
  • Delivered explainable ML models aligned with BSA/AML and Fair Lending requirements.

DATA SCIENTIST – FPR RULE CREATION & REPORTING

Discover Financial Services
07.2016 - 09.2019
  • Created false positive reduction (FPR) rules and tuned alert thresholds for sanctions list screening.
  • Developed performance tracking dashboards and reports using Accuity, providing insights into alert volumes and precision.
  • Designed early-stage NLP pipelines for basic entity normalization and watchlist matching.
  • Collaborated with AML stakeholders to iterate on screening logic and reduce manual review workload.

DATA ANALYST

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2012 - 07.2014
  • Built executive dashboards for compliance KPIs and alert review trends.
  • Applied statistical techniques to derive patterns in risk and operations data.
  • Streamlined data extraction and processing for financial risk reporting.

Education

Master’s - Management Information Systems

Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
05.2014 - 05.2016

Bachelor’s - Electronics and Communication Engineering

SASTRA University
Thanjavur, India
05.2025 - 05.2012

Skills

  • ML & AI: XGBoost, Random Forest, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Deep Learning, Transformer Models, LLMs (GPT, BERT, Claude)

  • NLP: SpaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face, Text Classification, Entity Recognition, Similarity Scoring

  • Languages: Python, R, SQL, Scala, Spark

  • Tools: Git, Jupyter, Tableau, Power BI, SAS EG

  • Platforms: AWS, Teradata, PostgreSQL, Oracle

  • Other: Feature Engineering, Threshold Optimization, Performance Tracking, A/B Testing

Certifications Recognition

  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Texas McCombs School of Business
  • 5× President's Award Nominee – Discover Financial Services
  • Microsoft Scholarship for Excellence in AI Research

Publications

"Improving the Efficiency of Fuzzy Matching Algorithms in AI and its Implications in AML"

Timeline

Bachelor’s - Electronics and Communication Engineering

SASTRA University
05.2025 - 05.2012

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST – LIST SCREENING & NLP MODELS

Discover Financial Services
03.2022 - Current

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST – SANCTIONS AI & LLMs

Discover Financial Services
09.2019 - 03.2022

DATA SCIENTIST – FPR RULE CREATION & REPORTING

Discover Financial Services
07.2016 - 09.2019

Master’s - Management Information Systems

Northern Illinois University
05.2014 - 05.2016

DATA ANALYST

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2012 - 07.2014

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