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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

IEOR 4578 Startup Fundamentals- supervised by Professor Owen Davis.

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Spearheaded an eight-person team in developing an "AI Stylist" chatbot, achieving a 65% accuracy rate in personalized clothing recommendations and reducing the error rate by over 14%. Enhanced user engagement with 75% of users feeling engaged by employing web scraping and crawler technologies to enrich the chatbot's recommendation database. Demonstrated expertise in project management, machine learning, and software development by driving iterative testing and refinement to improve chatbot performance and user satisfaction. Coordinated with the engineering team to deploy weekly software updates, actively participated in sprint and quarterly PI planning, and monitored and reported on beta test plans and open defects using JIRA.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Collaborated with an eight-person team in developing a machine learning model to predict semiconductor process node size and die area, achieving over 70% accuracy and enhancing industry decision-making. Implemented agile methodology and collaborated with Columbia University experts and external partners to integrate diverse data sources, ensuring dynamic development and project success. Managed team roles, facilitated agile meetings, and employed advanced machine learning algorithms, resulting in significant reductions in analysis time and improved decision-making confidence in semiconductor manufacturing.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Co-ordinating with an eight-person team in assessing the viability of "Healing Together" as a membership site for parents. By incorporating freemium and premium features such as health coaching, lab testing, and personalized health recommendations, strategically aligned the project with a comprehensive product vision. Through in-depth analysis of similar business models like Wild Health and Apollo Health, we are tailoring strategies specifically for the pediatric/developmental health focus, ensuring a competitive market edge. Additionally, we are developing an annual revenue and expense model, creating a compelling investor pitch deck, and formulating a comprehensive marketing plan to build and retain the membership/subscription base.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Conducted customer discovery interviews and market research to identify key product requirements based on feedback from several artists and galleries. Utilized the RICE framework, Jobs to Be Done, and standard product frameworks to prioritize features and implement a strategic product roadmap, positioning See Me as an all-in-one app, which directly contributed to a 10X increase in projected sales. Managed collaborative planning using Miro, resulting in the deployment of features that enhanced user engagement by streamlining buyer-artist interactions and optimizing the overall user experience. This strategic approach not only boosted the platform’s operational efficiency by 30% but also improved customer satisfaction ratings by 25%.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

1. Produced Machine Learning model using MATLAB Application for syngas to methanol chemical process considering parameters like operating conditions, catalyst details and yield.2. Implemented ML Algorithms namely Multi Linear Regression, Least Absolute Shrinkage Selection Operator, Ridge Regression, Support Vector Regression, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), Random Forest Regression, Gradient Boost Random Forest Regression (GBRT) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to detect highest selectivity and conversion rate.3. Optimized the chemical process using Gradient Descent and Adaptive Learning Rate Methods.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

1. Designed a six-cylinder radial system using the AutoCAD application.2. Stimulated various power inverters for an HEV, in MATLAB application.3. Successfully compared the operation of the power inverters and their application in series, parallel and series-parallel HEVs.

Master'S Degree, Management Science And Engineering

Grade: 3.53/4 Coursework: Operations Strategy, Game Theoretic Business Strategy, Digital Product Management Lab, Operations Consulting.

Master'S Degree, Management Science And Engineering

Grade: 3.53/4 Coursework: Stochastic Modeling, Probability Statistics and Simulation; Optimization Models and Methods, Operations.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.56/4

Activities and Societies: IEEE OUCE SB: worked as volunteer, organizer, editor of the Magazine - Abhiyanta and served.