Karthikeyan Kuppu Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Toronto

• Working with the strategy consulting group of Industry X in Future Mobility and Automotive domains to develop strategies and manage products for Electric Vehicle (EV), Autonomous Vehicle (AV) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) initiatives

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chennai

• Developed guidelines for a data-driven & accessibility informed mobility practices for public transport, non-motorized transport, intermediate public transport, and freight transport in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, India• Coordinated with start-ups, technology service providers, and data management firms to create a mobility performance ecosystem that provides static and real-time analytics for the city corporation• Designed accessibility, innovation, and green performance KPIs for connected, autonomous, sustainable, and electric transport• Leveraged python, GIS, and Tableau to create static mobility performance dashboards that assist policymakers, planners, and government officials in making infrastructure and policy decisions

Goa

• Assisted Goa’s Smart City Office, Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd.(IPSCDL) in strategizing, implementing, and managing 3 IoT projects in mobility as a part of the Project Urban Living Lab in Panaji• Managed 3 technology pilots - real-time parking availability, crowdsourced flood mapping tool, and public bus tracking initiatives• Developed data frameworks for integrating sensor data from Panaji Smart City into the India Urban Data Exchange by creating APIs, determining data governance policies and data standards for big data

Detroit

• Part of umlaut Inc., which was acquired by Accenture in 2022• Worked with the Technology and Business Strategy group in the Future Mobility and Automotive domains to strategize, develop tools and implement pilots for Electric Vehicle (EV) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) initiatives

Boston

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Built a chatbot using Node.js for a randomized control trial that collects low-income rider travel data through text messaging• Designed a 15-level decision tree for communication with 1200 low-income MBTA riders in the Boston Metropolitan Region• Programmed the chatbot to communicate in 5 languages with riders through a motion.ai interface

Boston

Veracruz, Mexico

• Worked with the Mayor's Office and Directorate Urban Development in Veracruz's Distrito Centro Plan for the economical revitalization of the historic center through an urban trail• Identified gaps in tourism policies by analysis of the city’s tourist flow and spending data retrieved from commercial Point of Sale (POS)• Calculated economic impacts of the proposed trail on small local businesses; proposed interventions that could increase pedestrian flow by 3% to the city centre during non-peak hours

Master Of City Planning, Specializations: Transportation Planning And International Development

Bachelor Of Architecture (B.Arch.), Minor Degree In Civil Engineering

Graduate Coursework, Harvard School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences, Data Science