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Nripendra Vikram Singh

New Delhi

Summary

WITH 4 AND HALF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I'VE DELIVERED DATA SCIENCE AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS ACROSS DIVERSE DOMAINS LIKE FMCG, CPG AUTOMOBILE, AND RETAIL. PROFICIENT IN CUSTOMER AND MARKETING ANALYTICS –
FROM INFERENTIAL ANALYSIS TO PREDICTIVE MODELING, DEMAND FORECASTING, AND AI. SKILLED IN STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, DATA MINING, AND ML INCLUDING LINEAR REGRESSION, LOGISTIC REGRESSION, ARIMA, CLUSTER ANALYSIS, XGBOOST, SARIMAX, AND MORE. WELL-VERSED IN PYTHON, R, SAS, SPSS, STATA, MINITAB, AND EXPERIENCED WITH AWS, ATHENA, GLUE STUDIO, AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Group Head (Data Scientist)

Dentsu X
Gurugram
03.2021 - Current

Marketing Mixed Modelling

  • Developed an optimization tool for campaign planning, leading to more efficient and effective marketing strategies.
  • Delivered actionable insights on saturation curves, identifying diminishing returns.
  • Assisted clients in campaign planning to meet their target KPIs.
  • Techniques used: MLR, SLSQP

Supply Chain Optimization

  • Optimized supply chain networks, focusing on cost reduction and profitability.
  • Employed a two-pronged approach to identify profitability factors and minimize network costs.
  • Quantifiable Impact: Reduced supply chain costs by 18% and increased overall profitability.
    Techniques used: Xgboost, SLSQP

Video Creative Analytics

  • Used generative AI to extract and analyze data from video creatives.
  • Identified features impacting engagement rates, aiding the media team in creating higher-engagement content.
  • Quantifiable Impact: Enhanced video engagement rates by 30%.

Price Elasticity and Incentive Steering

  • Devised strategies for optimizing discount allocations based on consumer utilization patterns.
  • Employed multilevel modeling and the Pyomo framework for precise optimization.

New Car Demand Forecasting

  • Aided clients in accurate demand forecasting using advanced methodologies (XGBoost, SARIMAX, UCM, fbprophet).
  • Implemented model stacking to reduce prediction errors.
  • Deployed models on AWS for scalable solutions.
  • Quantifiable Impact: Increased forecasting accuracy by 25%, leading to better inventory management.

CI/CD Pipeline Development

  • Built and optimized the CI/CD pipeline for data science model deployment.

Online Statistics Tutor

Chegg
New Delhi
09.2020 - 02.2021
  • Collaborated with hundreds of students to boost homework completion and address weaknesses, achieving 60% improvement
  • Instructed 30 students per week remotely via video chat, maintaining 90% attendance and on-time delivery
  • Utilized technology for efficient information access, reducing learning time by 40%.

Consultant Analyst

MERITUS ANALYTICS/GAIN THEORY/KANTAR
Bengaluru
05.2013 - 05.2014
  • Executed FMCG marketing analytics initiatives, crafting potent statistical models via market mix modeling. Leveraged SAS for precise multiple linear regression, yielding optimal ROI and valuable insights, encompassing elasticity and competitor-driven marketing recommendations.
  • Employed Bayesian model averaging in R to discern the impact of diverse marketing promotions on brand volume
  • Used ARIMA models for category forecasting in R
  • Contributed to business development by employing a Kalman filter approach in R to analyze advertisement effectiveness, copy and repetitive wear-out, as well as the half-life of advertisements

Education

M.Sc - Statistics

IIT Kanpur

B.Sc -

University of Lucknow

Skills

  • Programming Languages: Python, R, SQL, SAS
  • Machine Learning algorithms - Xgboost, Random Forest , Adaboost
  • Client handling and Solutioning
  • Multilevel modeling, Market mixed modeling and time series forecasting
  • Predictive Modelling and Optimization
  • AWS, ETL, Data Pipeline
  • End to End model development and deployment
  • Data Visualilzation, Power BI
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): NLTK, BERT, GPT-3
  • Statistics, Mathematics Probability
  • A/B Testing, ANOVA, Bayesian Inference
  • Linear and Non-linear Programming, Mixed-Integer Programming, Pyomo
  • APIs & Web Scraping
  • Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub

Accomplishments

  • Enhanced Marketing ROI: Engineered an optimized discounting system for a leading Indian automobile company, resulting in a substantial 2.2% increase in vehicle sales volume. Leveraged a fusion of demand forecasting and price elasticity modeling techniques to achieve this growth
  • Cost-Effective Campaigns: Devised an AI-powered recommendation system that optimized ad campaign budgets, yielding a 25% reduction in advertising costs while maintaining engagement levels for a retail client
  • Real-time Data Processing: Implemented an AWS-based data pipeline that enabled real-time processing of streaming data, improving decision-making speed by 50%

Affiliations

  • Cooking, Hiking, Bike Riding

Timeline

Business Group Head (Data Scientist)

Dentsu X
03.2021 - Current

Online Statistics Tutor

Chegg
09.2020 - 02.2021

Consultant Analyst

MERITUS ANALYTICS/GAIN THEORY/KANTAR
05.2013 - 05.2014

M.Sc - Statistics

IIT Kanpur

B.Sc -

University of Lucknow
Nripendra Vikram Singh