Shashank Samant Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Lead Data Scientist, Data & Analytics, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Generative AI (Gen AI), CoPilot, Prompt Engineering.- Expertise in Customer Churn prediction- Expertise in recommendaton system for cross sell/ upsell- Skilled in applying K-Means clustering to segment customers enabling targeted marketing strategies and personalized customer experiences.- Expert in applying time series forecasting techniques to predict future sales and inform strategic decision-making.- Proficient in leveraging sentiment analysis techniques to extract and interpret emotions from textual data. Skilled in applying natural language processing (NLP) tools and machine learning algorithms to gauge customer feedback. - Expertise in Generative AI using Microsoft Azure Open AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation using Langchain framework.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Lead Data Engineer, Data & Analytics - Microsoft AzureExecuted the Strategic Cloud migration and modernization journey of Fortune 500 Technology and Electronics Devices Manufacturing client that enhanced data accessibility and reporting capabilities across the organization.• Led a team of 10+ data engineers in the development and maintenance of high-performance data pipelines, resulting in a 30% reduction in data processing time supporting 3 times a day data refresh.• Developed a customer 360 self-service analytics layer with a user base of 500+ users.• Designed and implemented a cloud-based data warehouse on Microsoft Azure, handling large-scale data sets and improving data processing efficiency.• Designed and developed Metadata driven Reusable Ingestion framework supporting scalability and restart ability for the ease of maintenance• Managed end-to-end ETL processes, ensuring data quality and consistency across various platforms.• Ensured data security and compliance.

Pune Area, India

Data & Analytics• Worked on multiple projects, led teams from 5 to 15 developers and cross-technologies (traditional and cloud) – Microsoft Azure, Informatica, Qlik view.• Worked closely with Client Business owners to gather requirements, analyzed requirements, performed feasibility study, data analysis of the requirements and defined scope.• Designed the overall architecture of the project defining the data flow paths and integration of frontend, ETL and Reporting technologies.• Designed the ETL layer and data model.• Conducted design walkthroughs with Client IT team keeping the solution transparent and open to positive feedback focused on future maintenance of the solution. Reusing and enhancing the existing objects wherever possible. • Assisted team in building performance enhanced code.• Established traceability of the requirements end to end and worked with team to ensure smooth integration and handshake between technologies.• Prepared/Planned and Executed the History Data Load, Dry Run and Integration testing approach.• Prepared and planned demo, UAT of the app.• Prepared and executed Production Go-Live and Ensured smooth transition/hand over from hyper-care to support phase.

Data & Analytics• Worked on multiple BI projects, led multiple teams from 5 to 15 developers using ETL tool Informatica and SQL as the primary technologies. • Worked with Client IT Director, Business Analyst and Data stewards. Worked closely with the stakeholders for requirement gathering, analysis, scope, project planning, set up work priority, design discussions and regular work status.• Provisioned ETL infrastructure, performed setup of Informatica and Microsoft SQL Server.• Designed the data warehouse architecture• Designed the data extraction (full read/incremental), data load (full/incremental) strategy, Change data capture, Error handling, Audit reconciliation, data archival strategies.• Assisted in documenting the ETL Technical specifications.• Designed ETL job execution schedule.• Mentored and coached team to develop performance enhanced ETL code. Performed code reviews. Conducted team meetings, trained the junior team members on Informatica and provided on job training.• Prepared, planned and executed Integration test, UAT cycle, Production Go-Live plan.

Hyderabad Area, India

Data & Analytics• Developed Informatica code to consolidate data from multiple sources into a centralized data warehouse.• Collaborated with business analysts to gather requirements for new data sources and enhancements, facilitating seamless integration.• Provided ongoing support and maintenance for ETL processes using Informatica PowerCenter, ensuring high availability and performance.• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to ETL workflows.• Conducted performance tuning of SQL queries and ETL jobs, leading to a 25% improvement in processing efficiency.