About

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Data Scientist with a keen interest to take on challenging business problems and provide a scalable solution. Successfully demonstrated the power of data through actionable inisghts for businesses. Proven track record of delivering excellent results, with attention to detail. Some of the recent work in Data Science includes few cutting-edge projects involving Object Detection, Deep Learning and NLP. With 22+ years of professional experience and Master’s in Data Science from UC Berkeley, a strong believer that learning never ends.

Awards / Recognition

• Recipient of the prestigious Jack Larson Data for Good Fellowship for work done on homelessness
• Recipient of iSchool Scholarship
• Fellow, Delta Analytics (Jan - June 2018)

Core Competencies

Core Skills	Architectures / Algorithms
Deep Learning	CNN, RNN, LSTM, BLSTM, BERT (Pre-trained model for NLP tasks including NER and Classifier), BERT Contextual Embedding
Architectures	Transfer Learning using Google LeNet, AlexNet, VGG, Transformer, ResNet, MobileNet, YOLO architectures
Machine Learning	SVM, Naive Bayes, Linear & Logistic Regression, KNN, KMeans, Random Forest, XGBoost etc.
NLP	Language Modeling, Embeddings, Named Entity Recognition & POS Tagging, Sentiment Analysis
Visualization	ggplot2 (R), matplotlib & Seaborn (Python)
R	R packages: dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, car & other statistical packages
Python	Tensorflow, Flair, Spacy (NLP), Scipy, Numpy, Panda, Seaborn, Matplotlib, BeautifulSoup, OpenCV2, PIL to name a few
Cloud Service	Google Cloud Platform, AWS, IBM SoftLayer, GPU (P100), TPU (Google Cloud), Docker
Big Data	Hadoop, Hive, Presto, BigQuery, Kafka, Spark
Database	SQL Server, Oracle, Postgress, NoSQL data stores (Redis) etc.
Other	C#, .NET, NUnit, XML, XSLT, Visio, EDI (834, 835, 837), HL7, Agile/Scrum methodologies
Additional Tools	Gazebo (Robot building), NVIDIA Jetson TX-2 for Deep Learning on the Edge

Recent Projects

• A travel app that is live and used by many - Adventure Time
• An object detection tool using Deep Learning & DL on the Edge - Safety Monitor
• Identify Heart Disease Risk Factors from Clinical Notes - NLP & BERT
• Image Processing using CNN (Deep Learning) - Facial Keypoint Detection
• Data Analysis using Google BigQuery - Bike Share Analysis

Key Strengths

• Desire to take on challenging tasks
• Highly collaborative and maintain excellent relationships with co-workers and superiors
• Believes in continual learning and and in keeping up with latest trends and technologies
• Strong believer of doing good as a way to give back to our community
• Speaker at various conferences in the US, Europe and India
• Highly motivated to deliver more in less time span
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Learn more about my projects on GitHub.

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Learn more about my Conference Presentations.

Learn more about my Volunteer Activities.

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