Ravisankar Rani

Innovative data science and data strategist with a passion for harnessing the power of data to drive business transformation. Proven ability to develop and implement analytics solutions that drive revenue growth, improve operational efficiency, and enhance customer experiences.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY -

About 27 years of presence in IT, and the last 11 years in Data Science & Machine Learning (ML).

Have 14 years of corporate experience in IT, and 10 years in the Data domain.

Based on my experience, can review, plan & redesign - Software Product's enhancements, and Business Processes Automation (through Digital, AI, ML, GenAI & RPA).

Can devise a Data Strategy Roadmap that takes into account – Usecases, Data Monetization, Security, Performance, Decluttering, Compliance & Audit requirements.

Very well know the Hugging Face and it’s models. Can use it for deployment of the ML models.

Acquainted with Open source GenAI models like Meta’s Llama 3.2 and Azure & OpenAI services.

Well aware of the Cloud AI ML, and GenAI /LLM offerings of – AWS, Azure & GCP.

Can identify Opportunities and propose AI-driven solutions to address business challenges.

Can do – Requirements gathering, Architectural Design, Model Evaluation, Monitoring and Maintenance of AI models, and AI driven Innovation.

Hands on with Data Science /ML tools, such as low code or no code data platforms.

Have better business acumen, strategic thinking skills, and the big picture of IT.

Have certifications in Data Science & Business.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1.Engro Technologies, Hyderabad – AI ML Architect (Non-coding) – (02/2024) to (04/2024)

• Architected and guided the team end-to-end on the below problems with the steps, approach, right python libraries, customized patentable algorithms, solutioning, and example codebase. These solutions have got deployed into the Google Cloud.
  • Anomaly Detection in the CPU Utilization data 
  • Movie Recommendations for an Arabian Online Movie Streaming Platform
• Led some PoCs using the Google Cloud AI like - Sales coach, by doing the Sentiment Analysis; Text summarization, Q&A making from the given text, AI-powered Examination proctoring from the videos, and the GenAI /LLM Chatbot preparation with RAG mechanism. 

1. QBS Learning, Noida (Remote) – Senior Data Scientist – (11/2023) to (12/2023) 

• Data Analytics for a Trading Analysis & Advisory Data Product. 

3. Advantum Health, Hyderabad – AI Consultant - (02/2020) to (03/2021)

• Architected & developed a classification model for predicting the Healthcare Insurance claim denials. This helped in getting hundreds of thousands of dollars revenue in time, every month. KNIME & Orange Data Mining was used for development. Also evaluated the model’s performance on Azure ML Studio. UiPath was used for unit testing automation. Also identified other ML use cases for the business and evaluated a few of them for fitment & value.
• End Customer - US Hospitals, Clinics & Doctors
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4.Cappius Technologies, Hyderabad – Lead Data Scientist - (02/2018) to (07/2018)

Led and developed the Fraud Detection solution for a UK-based firm.

• Developed, performed and led the Fraud Detection Solution for a Banking Product, using the Statistical methods, Machine Learning techniques and RapidMiner tool. 
• Researched current trends in Machine Learning based Fraud Detection methods, checked their suitability, and applied it to the current solution. 
• Led the project in terms of planning, scope, schedule, approach, algorithms, deliverables, quality, team leading, and Customer communication. 
• End Customer - Banks who use this product for SWIFT transactions.

5.Interakt Digital Solutions, Chennai - Associate Data Scientist - (08-2017) to (01-2018)

Developed Analytics Models for a Marketing automation platform, called ‘Resulticks’.

• Aggregated ~140 million DB Records to find the optimum monthly number of communications to reach the target audience for Smartphone marketing.
• Conducted regression, correlation, t-tests, clustering and proportion tables using ‘R’.
• Led Development of Subject line analysis that predicts CTR probability & provides top 10 frequent keywords.
• End Customer - Samsung, HDFC bank and others who use this Marketing Campaign Management Software.

6. L&T Infotech, Chennai –Advanced Analytics Tech. Lead- (08-2015) to (06-2017)

Led Analytics projects in the firm’s Banking Vertical and Developed the firm’s Center of Excellence.

• Built various predictive classification models on Client’s CRM DB data.
• Identified the best Analytic Models for predicting their Sales Deed Outcomes to optimize deal wins. Led the Business Analysis and Requirements Gathering for their client’s Anti-Money Laundering project. Coded their upgrades of relevant AML rules and to predict cases using SPSS Modeler for a Top 5 US bank.
• SPSS tool and R were used for development.
• Customer - Citi bank, CoE, and Insurance propspective customers

7. SCIO Health Analytics, Chennai – Product Lead – Analytics - (01-2015) to (03-2015)

Led their SAS Enterprise Modeling of Customer Lifetime Value and Churn Prediction.

SAS Enterprise Guide was used for development.

• End Customer - Healthcare companies who wants to use this product.

8.AnalyticForce, Hyderabad - Programmer Analyst - Analytics - (03-2014) to (09-2014)

Led the firms Business Case Development, Marketing Mix Modeling, Automatic Pattern Recognition of Manufactured Items, Sales Forecasting (Time series), Credit Scoring, and Market Basket Analysis projects.

• Mined various datasets to check data feasibility for developing suitable Analytics related business cases. Created Business Cases for appropriate use of IBM SPSS Modeler based on CRISP-DM methodology. 
• SPSS Modeler & SPSS Statistics were used for development.
• Customer - Not specific. Technical Sales pitches to various customers.
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9.Tech Mahindra/Mahindra Satyam, Hyderabad, Pune–

Project Lead /Manager - Testing /QA- (03/2003) to (11/2012) (with breaks)

Led the testing efforts of numerous projects in Banking, Pharma, and Telecom verticals.

• Managed over half a dozen DWH, ETL and BI Reporting related projects.
• Customers - Microsoft, Sanofi-Aventis, AT&T, Merrill Lynch Bank, and Scotiabank

10. Sun Microsystems, Bengaluru – Member, Technical Staff - (05/2002) to (03/2003)

Part of the Test Automation Team that rolled out the “SunONE Identity Server.”

• Automated GUI using Java and Silk Test; Backup & Restore testing (CLI based) via shell scripts
• Prepared Test Plans and Test Cases to test Integration across various environments.
• Performed Installation testing (on both Windows 2k server and Solaris8 operating systems).
• Conducted Testing of types - GUI, Backup & Restore, Logging, Internationalization & APIs.
• Customer - Companies who want to use this Identity Server Software.

11. Newgen Software, Kindle Systems & HCL Perot Systems, New Delhi, Bengaluru, India -

Software Engineer - (01-1998) to (04/2002)

Did the coding work in C, for Image processing. Did the ATM Software development in VC++. Also worked in Software testing of an airlines Cargo e-booking project. (with gaps)

• Customers - Canon, Banks who want to use this ATM Solution, and Lufthansa Airlines.

EDUCATION

Degree (Full-time & Regular)UniversityCompleted inM.Tech. in Computer Applications Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (IITD) 01/1998 M.Sc. Mathematics with Statistics & Operations Research Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (IITB)04/1996 B.A. in Maths, Statistics & Economics Sarada College, Vijayawada, AP, India 04/1994