Karthik Mallikarjun

Over 6 years experienced Data Scientist with a passion to solve real-world business challenges using data analytics. Proficient in deploying machine learning techniques for identifying patterns and extracting valuable insights. Proficient in translating technical requirements into business specifications for streamlining existing processes and delivering user-centric solutions. I love making new professional acquaintances.

Data Scientist | Creditshelf AG, Frankfurt, Germany | Sep’21 -Present

Document Classifier | Data Modelling

Implement OCR based extraction for scanned and well formatted pdf documents and classify files to reduce human effort.

Classification of the documents into defined classes based on the extracted text using XGBoost Algorithm – Achieved 86% accuracy

POC on extraction methods like Apache Tika, AWS Textract and Google Tesseract to optimize performance and cost.

Deploy the ML model to AWS ECR instances using GitHub Actions and build CI/CD pipelines for deployments.

Build Fast API for secured endpoints using Ingress and Helm configurations in Kubernetes.

Implement Sonar Cloud Linting to eliminate bugs, vulnerabilities and ensure continuous code quality on GitHub repo.

Investor and Partner Dashboards | Data Analytics and Visualization

Develop interactive dashboards in Tableau for Investor and Partner Portfolio Management.

Build optimal SQL queries and data source connections to power analytics dashboard.

Developed reference documents and reports for finalized projects on Confluence.

Risk Model | Data Analytics

Develop and perform risk analysis of the borrower companies with different KPIs.

Benchmarking of the different PD and credit scores. Eg- Crefo, Kantwert etc

Survival Analysis of expected defaults, LGD using Kaplan-Meier and Nelson Aalen estimators.

Leadership Roles: Scrum Master

Ensure smooth functioning of the agile development methodology in the team using Shortcut Tool.

Host daily standup and bi-weekly Retro meeting to bridge between Product Owners and Development Team. Propose Architectural changes to the infra and co-author architecture proposal documents.

B.E. – Electronics and Communication | Visvesvaraya Technological University | Bengaluru| Sept ’12 – June‘16