Yash Rao

Co-Founder

Delhi, India6 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Drove retention for over 750M Windows devices at Microsoft.
  • Led initiatives unlocking over $20M in revenue.
  • Founded a GenAI platform winning a national competition.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Scientist with expertise in SaaS and Travel Tech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data ScienceMachine LearningProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipTeam LeadershipMarketing StrategyStatistical Data AnalysisStrategic Planning

Other Skills

C (Programming Language)Competitive AnalysisData AnalyticsData StructuresDatabase Management System (DBMS)Event ManagementGenerative AIIndustrial ResearchLogistics ManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointProgrammingProgramming LanguagesPublic Speaking

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⁠Data Scientist / Applied Scientist with experience building large-scale, data-driven systems impacting hundreds of millions of users. •⁠ ⁠Driving retention & growth for 750M+ Windows devices at Microsoft •⁠ ⁠Led experimentation & ML initiatives unlocking $20M+ revenue impact •⁠ ⁠Former Expedia data scientist scaling $600M cross-sell business

Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Data & Applied Scientist - 2

Promoted

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos

  • Part of the Applied Sciences team at Windows, driving data initiatives that influence 1B+ devices, inform product strategy, and uncover multi-million-dollar opportunities.
Data ScienceMachine Learning

Data & Analyst - 2

Jun 2024May 2025 · 11 mos

  • Worked on Windows experimentation and data initiatives, enabling faster testing, improving device restore rates, and supporting new feature launches that drove millions of users and significant subscription growth.
Data ScienceMachine Learning

Hotelgenius

Founder

May 2023Apr 2024 · 11 mos

  • Founded a GenAI hospitality platform, collaborating with 20+ industry leaders to shape the product vision and winning a $20K grant as the top team in ISB’s national venture competition.
EntrepreneurshipGenerative AI

Expedia group

2 roles

Data Science

Promoted

Sep 2022Jun 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Led the experimentation roadmap for Trip Attach, running 30+ A/B tests across multiple travel products that drove significant revenue impact. As the sole data lead across six global teams, spearheaded a migration from legacy systems, enabling cross-brand analytics and cutting operational costs.
Data ScienceMachine Learning

Product

Jun 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Partnered with global teams to redesign the flights funnel and implement a quarterly benchmarking scorecard, boosting conversion by 5% and gross profit per transaction by 3%. Built an automated data platform that cut manual collection time by 90%, accelerating key pricing decisions.
Product ManagementData Science

Oye rickshaw: the first & last mile ride co.

Product Analyst

Oct 2020May 2021 · 7 mos · Delhi, India · Hybrid

  • Partnered with the founding team to harness automation and analytics, converting 12,000+ customer reviews into actionable insights that shaped product strategy and saved 100+ operations hours annually.
Data ScienceProduct Management

Nestlé

Data Analyst

Sep 2020Oct 2020 · 1 mo

  • Analyzed district-level economic data across Punjab and J&K to identify growth opportunities, informing a marketing strategy that targeted 4M+ residents.
Marketing Strategy

Csrn

Consultant

Aug 2020Sep 2020 · 1 mo · United Kingdom · Remote

  • Founded and led an international team spanning four countries to advise a UK energy company, delivering a digital transformation strategy that accelerated revenue growth by 25%.
Statistical Data AnalysisIndustrial ResearchCompetitive Analysis

Covid-19 action group on ai and radiology

Researcher

May 2020Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

  • Contributed to a global public health research initiative at IIT Kharagpur, leveraging AI and NLP to develop scalable radiology screening solutions and advance standards for COVID-19 diagnostics.
Machine LearningRadiologic Technology

Covid india initiative

Community Volunteer

Apr 2020Jun 2020 · 2 mos · India

  • Drove delivery of critical medical supplies to 20,000+ patients across 15 hospitals in six states by streamlining logistics, donor communications, and supplier performance measurement
Strategic PlanningLogistics Management

Siam dtu

Vice President

Feb 2020Jun 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Served on the executive board of a 150-member SIAM chapter, where I led a 15-person council to double event attendance, kick off new consulting and analytics groups, and run the chapter’s first cross-society fest that drew 600+ students.
Team LeadershipEvent ManagementStakeholder Management

Delhi technological university (formerly dce)

Research Intern

Jun 2019Jul 2019 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • Conducted research on Android app security, developing machine learning models to classify malware and benign applications with 89.6% accuracy. Leveraged ensemble techniques and data-driven insights to enhance threat detection in the Android ecosystem.
Data Science

Waaris waste recycling solutions llp

Summer Intern

Jun 2018Aug 2018 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Engaged a network of 75+ Delhi schools for a recycling startup by co-leading initiatives with the founder, including the launch of a novel “green points” rewards system that boosted waste collection by 800kg per month.
Strategic Planning

Education

Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Mathematics and Computer Science

Jan 2017Jan 2021

Montfort School - India

High School Diploma

Jan 2014Jan 2016

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