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To continue growing and learning, while solving core issues with data expertise

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Lead role in charter analytics for a team of 80+ members from Product, Sales, Marketing and Engineering as a key point of contact for the stakeholders, actively contributing to product roadmaps using deep analysis results and user experience testing.- Reduced ad hoc analysis time per merchant from 3 hours to a few seconds that enabled Customer Support team to provide high value clients with reporting as well as customized recommendations.- Conducted A/B testing for multiple experiments and implemented a self-serve experimentation dashboard for product and engineering teams. Streamlined testing procedures and visualizing statistical results, enabling comprehensive end-to-end process from experiment design to measurement.- Leveraged Python to successfully complete multiple projects within tight deadlines, including real-time reporting and developing a data pipeline that queries, manipulates, and transforms data into consumable stakeholder documents.- Enabled retention of critical merchants (~3Cr Monthly GMV) through in-depth study and analysis of drop-off reasons.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

- Worked with functional teams to gather requirements and design data products, including automated tools to generate unique monthly reports for 50+ clients, saving 40 hours every month for account managers.- Provided ad-hoc analysis, key metrics, deep-dive insights, potential target audience and observed trends in data that determined the decision on prospective deals for the finance team, and served as lead Point-in-Contact for all conversations data-related- Collaborated with engineers on designing customized data tracking systems, on top of maintaining Google Analytics.- Lead initiation to connect Salesforce with Looker to create an organized dashboard that provided executives and sales team insight into the status and volume of contracts in one place, as well as the ease to calculate monthly revenue

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

- Performed underwriting on ledger data of new properties using Python Pandas, Numpy and machine learning models to help the company identify potential risks of insuring new clients. - Created Data Dictionary containing information and sources of historical data as well as complex formulas explained in easy language to be communicated to executives and other internal teams- Improved loss-identifying methodology by analyzing ledger data from different proprietary softwares to find more efficient and accurate methodology to determine losses incurred by properties- Built comprehensive reports of monthly financial projections stacked on actual performance to date using Looker joining tables from multiple sources by writing advanced SQL.

Santa Monica

(Company Dissolved)Analyzed medical and pharmacy claims data to evaluate and drive informed insights to business stakeholders and engineering teams around an innovative pharmacy benefit manager model with integrated clinical servicesWrote ETL scripts and assessed data quality in Python and SQL to extract, clean, and aggregate 4.9M+ Medicare claims for downstream analytics and explore clinical trends and key metrics that influenced the product strategyDeveloped predictive models to forecast patterns and trends in drug prices and utilization outcomes to improve medication adherence behavior

Greater Los Angeles Area

Extracted, analyzed and interpreted data from over 282 million+ game sessions using SQL, Python, and Tableau, and presented recommendations accordingly to drive business decisions. Achieved engagement rate increase from on average 26% to 50%. Built tools for sales forecasting based on results from 10 billion+ simulations analyzing multiple variables that affect games’ retention rates. Based on this data, optimized wager amounts were determined for maximizing financial profits.Streamlined the process of submission of math files from 3 months to 2 weeks on average, by creating automated internal engineering tools using Excel, VBA Macros and C++. Predicted wager frequency upto the accuracy level of 99% using Python packages such as scikit-learn, numpy, scipy and pandas, that informed the game designers on feature requirements and specifics.Created prototypes of games using Unity to conduct A/B tests during focus group testing, and analyzed the results for an optimized gameplay experience.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted in creation and management of casino math, par sheets using solvers, payout models and prototyping product designs using Python for new games, and management of operations from brainstorming to launch.• Supported data gathering, analysis and metric reporting, wrote queries and interpreted the various KPIs that were later used to plan game concepts and drive performance on the casino floor.

Studio 22, Ucla

-Increased average attendance rates at events by more than 200% by analyzing performance of all our social media platforms, and changing advertising strategies as necessary.-Assisted in increasing the number of Facebook followers by 1500+ in the academic year 2016-17 by translating quantitative data into recommendations which included optimal posting time, effective visuals and recent trends.-Led and organized entertainment industry mixers, holiday photoshoots and other interactive and networking events for UCLA students.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Served as a Student Representative for India at various press conferences, cultural events or international student panels, and helped in outreach of events organized by the International Center at UCLA.• Was responsible for answering email inquiries from incoming freshmen and study abroad students from/to India, as well as holding Skype sessions for all international students, to provide one-on-one academic/social counselling.

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Founded a student organization called 'Second Impressions at UCLA' which aims to document and exhibit personal stories of people within the UCLA international community, to increase their representation on campus, and eliminate stereotyping.-Built the infrastructure of the organization from scratch, organized weekly meetings, mentored the new recruits into roles of interviewer, editor and photographer, and continue to guide the latest directors to expand the organization.

-Generated in-depth analysis reports on user behavior and activity on website using Google Analytics, to develop sales strategies for our shows, and had back-to-back sold out shows for a year.-Performed and wrote improv comedy, sketches and theater shows, while constantly working with club alumni from over 23 years to further increase the representation of minority communities in the entertainment industry.-Worked with a group of marketing interns to create newsletters, flyers, videos and show trailers for the company’s shows and events

San Francisco Bay Area

-Qualified as a part of one of the top three actuarial teams in California, and presented the benefits and challenges of exploring the Medicare Advantage market to professionals from actuarial firms in San Francisco.-Worked with a team of upperclassmen for over a month to analyze the effects of adverse selection and fee-for-service plans on ACA, and calculated Medicare bid, risk score and Medicare Rebate using claims data.

Bachelor’S Degree, Financial Actuarial Mathematics With Specialization In Computing

Activities and Societies: LCC Theatre Company; Studio 22; Foundations Choreography; Bruin Actuarial Society; Second Impressions at UCLA.

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