Satish AV
Data Science Leader
Bengaluru
Summary
- Innovative Senior Manager in Data Science and Analytics with a proven track record of driving business value through the strategic use of data-driven insights.
- Transitioned from being a hands-on data scientist to somebody who specializes in defining the vision, creating the charter for data science functions and building high performance teams to deliver on the charter.
- Expertise in leading cross-functional teams to develop and implement advanced analytics solutions that optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and drive revenue growth.
- Skilled in leveraging machine learning, predictive modeling, and data visualization techniques to uncover actionable insights.
- Adept at translating complex data into clear and compelling business narratives.
- Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills.
- Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.
- Multi-tasking Manager well-known for creating positive workplace culture and high-performing teams.
- Seeking to leverage leadership and technical expertise to drive innovation and achieve organizational goals in a dynamic environment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager -Data Analytics
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
09.2021 - Current
- Successfully led and managed team of 16 professionals with 95% employee engagement score.
- Leveraged advanced analytical capabilities like BERT and Gen AI to provide actionable insights and solutions from customer feedback, resulting in 31% increase in customer spend ($7M) and 15% improvement in customer satisfaction scores in ecommerce business area.
- Collaborated with cross-functional business teams in final mile delivery space to identify anomalies using anomaly detection and provided dynamic lead times, leading to 20% increase in operational efficiency.
- We successfully applied Apriori algorithm for market basket analysis in merchandising analytics, delivering solution that identifies stocking opportunities based on customer purchase patterns. This approach resulted in 15% increase in cross-selling opportunities and 10% improvement in inventory management efficiency.
- Implemented ARIMA for time series forecasting in supply chain, acheiving demand forecasting accuracy of 90%.
- Spearheaded implementation of predictive fleet maintenance, leveraging machine learning algorithms to reduce maintenance costs by $8M and increase fleet reliability.
- Spearheaded implementation of foundational data analysis techniques, resulting in reduction in data processing time.
- Provided visionary leadership in analytics, defining and executing roadmap that delivered $20M in cost savings and revenue growth opportunities.
- Transformed complex data into compelling visualizations, enhancing stakeholder understanding and driving data-driven decision-making.
- Implemented trailer forecasting models using time series analysis techniques, optimizing inventory management and ensuring timely delivery of goods.
- Designed and implemented 50+ dashboards with world-class BI standards, leading to improvement in data accessibility and data-driven decision-making.
- Converted insights into visualizations to effectively tell the story to customers and help them make informed decisions.
- Developed over 50 dashboards with world-class BI standards, measuring bounce rates, tracking leads, alerts, traffic, channel analysis, campaigns, and linking Google ads.
- Led customer analytics projects to analyze customer behavior and preferences, leading to personalized marketing strategies and a 15% increase in customer retention rates.
- Led the team to implement Generative AI for labeling data, automating the process of data annotation and improving the efficiency of machine learning models.
- Demonstrated expertise in Azure data factory,Data Bricks, security, Spark SQL, incremental load, and CI/CD deployment, Model Deployment using Flask.
Lead Analyst
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Developed and spearheaded the creation of 40+ Power BI dashboards using efficient data modeling techniques, prioritizing speed and accuracy to empower customers to make data-driven decisions.
- Led the development of complex SQL scripts to extract meaningful insights tailored to specific requirements.
- Engineered complex ETL pipelines to support scalable data transformations, enabling the creation of a high-performance data mart.
- Conduct weekly reviews, establish dynamic business goals, brainstorm analytical solutions, implement strategies, and track results to drive continuous improvement.
- Recognized with CEO individual awards twice and excellence rewards for consecutive years, both as an individual contributor and for team achievements.
- Directed NLP projects to categorize customer text feedback and built recommendation trees, resulting in a 10% increase in promote
- Led numerous exploratory data analysis projects using Python to solve complex business problems, facilitating data-driven decision-making.
Senior Software Engineer
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
09.2016 - 11.2020
- Responsible for setting up data pipelines to extract customer data and load it into the data warehouse environment.
- Involved in table modeling discussions with data modelers.
- Created reporting datasets and sent them to third-party agencies to support Lowe's marketing and promotions efforts.
- Led a scrum team and addressed all team issues.
- Served as the point of contact for business to translate requirements into designs using subject matter expertise.
- Developed many SQL scripts, fine-tuned SQL, and incorporated best SQL development techniques for the team.
- Handled error scenarios in data processing and ensured they were reprocessed through constant follow-up.
- Worked closely with analytics partners to provide all required data to the Customer Data Warehouse and created different views as requested.
Application Developer-BI Reporting
IBM India Pvt. Ltd
03.2013 - 09.2016
- Developed reporting jobs in ETL (Alteryx/Knime/Python) to extract data from various databases (DB2/Teradata/Hive), apply business logic through transformations, and load the data into data warehouse tables.
- Collaborated with data modelers, architects, and DBAs to implement tables in test and production environments.
- Took end-to-end responsibility for collecting requirements, developing, testing, and deploying code into production through the change management process.
- Automated report generation processes.
- Migrated mainframe components to ETL.
Education
PGDM - Data Science And Business Analytics
UT Austin
04.2001 -
Masters in Technology(MTech) - Technology (Computer Software Engineering)
Birla Institute of Technology And Sciences, Pilani
Bachelor’s in Technology(BTech) - ECE
SCSVMV University
Skills
Data Manupulation Tools : Python ( SciKit-Learn, SciPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, numpySQL, Pyspark etc ), SQL, ETL Tools ( Alteryx, Knime, Talend )
Machine Learning : NLP, Linear and Logistic Regression, SVM, Random Forest, Bagging and Boosting, Anomoly detection, Statistical Modelling, Pytorch, Tensor flow, LLM, Generative AI, Clustering Algorithms ( K-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, and DBSCAN ), CART, Dimensionality Reduction Techniques, Time Series Analysis ( ARIMA ) , Model deployment ( Flask ) , Model Evaluation and Selection
Visualisation Tools : Power BI, Looker, Google Analytics (GA4), Tableau
Cloud : Azure ( ADF, ML Studio, Data Bricks)
Microsoft Tools : Excel, Power Automate, Power Apps
Leadership, Mentoring, Budgetting
Data Management : Data Warehousing, Data Cleaning, Data Modelling and Data Integration
Data Base : Teradata,Hadoop,DB2,MS SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle
Statistical Analysis : Hypothesis Testing ( t-tests, chi-square tests, and ANOVA ), A/B Testing, Statistical Modelling
Project Management
Timeline
Senior Manager -Data Analytics
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
09.2021 - Current
Lead Analyst
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
11.2020 - 09.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Lowe's India Services PVT LTD
09.2016 - 11.2020
Application Developer-BI Reporting
IBM India Pvt. Ltd
03.2013 - 09.2016
PGDM - Data Science And Business Analytics
UT Austin
04.2001 -
Masters in Technology(MTech) - Technology (Computer Software Engineering)
Birla Institute of Technology And Sciences, Pilani
Bachelor’s in Technology(BTech) - ECE
SCSVMV University