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Suma C.

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led development of a Customer Data Platform on Snowflake.
  • Optimized Spark jobs, reducing processing time significantly.
  • Improved customer satisfaction scores through data analysis.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering expert with a strong focus on B2B analytics and MLOps.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data EngineeringMlopsBusiness InsightsData AnalysisSupply Chain Management

Other Skills

A/B TestingAPI DevelopmentAPI endpointsAlgorithmsAzure Data FactoryAzure DatabricksAzure SQL ServerCRM data analysisData StructuresData VisualizationDevOpsDockerDomoELTHypothesis Testing

About

Data Engineering lead with 8 years of experience in delivering cross-functional data products at scale. Possess hands-on experience in building data pipelines, optimizing and troubleshooting Spark jobs for hundreds of TB+ data, deploying ML models, and code optimization. Deep domain knowledge in retail, eCommerce, FMCG/CPG, and B2B enterprise software. Core competencies: - Data modeling, building ETL pipelines, and Spark/SQL code optimization - API development and MLOps - Customer insights and product analytics - Design of experiment and hypothesis-driven A/B testing - Technical Program management Tech Stack: Programming languages: Python, Golang, Scala, SQL Data Processing & ETL: Snowflake, Airflow, Redshift, DynamoDB, Kinesis, AWS EMR, Step Functions, Lambda Functions MLOps: Flask API, Kubernetes, MLFlow, Gitlab, Sagemaker DevOps: Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform Data Visualization: Power BI, Microsoft Excel Cloud: AWS, Azure

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
2 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Mercedes-benz ag

Senior Technical Lead

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hybrid

Dell technologies

Advisor, Data Engineering

Apr 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Lead a team of 4 DEs and data analysts in building a CDP data platform on Snowflake in 4 months. Involved in end-to-end business requirement gathering, ELT, data modelling, setting up data quality and governance rules and building dashboards to capture all data points across the customer journey of Dell's consumer and SME business accounts.
  • Optimized Spark jobs to reduce the runtime of daily batch processing from 4.5 hours to 1.5 hours.
  • Built and maintained ML infrastructure(data pipelines, CI/CD, container resources, logging and monitoring dashboards, API endpoints) for NLP and recsys models.
  • Identified CSAT opportunity improvement by 7% in a 3-year window (additional revenue of $15 million) for the North American region as part of the enterprise-wide B2B Customer experience improvement program.
  • Assisted TPMs with the creation of user stories and QBR documents to drive delivery across multiple businesses and engineering teams.
  • Shadowed vertical product managers for the creation of PRDs, setting quarterly and annual Targets and OKRs for analytics and DSE teams to support the org-wide B2B CX enhancement program.
  • Part of the hiring committee for identifying and interviewing potential data engineering talent for Dell.
SnowflakeELTdata modellingdata qualitydata governancedashboards+5

Diageo

2 roles

Consultant, Analytics & Insights

Jun 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 & 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬
  • Improved CSAT by 8% through in-depth clickstream data analysis and recommendations for improved web-flow optimization across different cohorts(deep dives into funnel drop-offs/deviations/page errors).
  • Analyzed CRM data and provided insights and recommendations into pricing strategies and promotional effectiveness across multiple channel touchpoints.
  • Partnered with J&B product owner in owning the product roadmap, OKR's, feature development and launch of ERP-CRM(MS365 Business Central) system in 4 months, for supporting Diageo's D2C B2B and DTC premium wine & whiskey business.
  • 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲
  • Led a team of 4 PBI developers and data engineers in improving distributor operational efficiency by 40% by conceptualizing and building end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, harmonization, validation and visualization on the Azure platform for tracking depletions, shipments, P&L and electronic point of sales for the North American Beer market.
  • Tech: Azure SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Power BI, Dremio
clickstream data analysisCRM data analysispricing strategiesPower BIAzure SQL ServerAzure Data Factory+3

Associate Consultant, Analytics & Insights

Jan 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄
  • Saved £1.3 million in operating costs, reduced 24 hours/week workload through data pipeline automation and built and maintained Outlet and field sales reps' performance Power BI reports for 1000+ users across different personas.
  • Extensively tested image recognition data feed(TRAX) captured from outlets and developed a comprehensive framework for accurate data capture and established rigid data governance standards.
  • 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
  • Conducted different statistical analyses on pricing and promotions datasets(Sell-Out Data, Financial, Panel and Shopper Marketing, M&E Planning) in collaboration with the Net Revenue Management team and released playbooks to drive AOP's and GTM strategy in Europe, encompassing headline pricing, pack&format architecture, trade & portfolio mix.
  • Tech: Azure SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Dremio
data pipeline automationPower BIstatistical analysesdata governanceData EngineeringData Analysis

Target

2 roles

Inventory Analyst, Supply Chain and Logistics

Feb 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Saved $1.5 million during a 6-month time-frame through truckload optimization(optimization of dimensional and volumetric size) of grocery products.
  • Conducted ad-hoc reporting on affinity analysis for Men’s belts and shoes, and recommended changes to planogram design across high-volume stores, which resulted in $25,000 incremental sales.
  • Handled inventory movement worth $700 million across the entire supply chain and maintained an in-stock of above 85% throughout the year by optimizing inventory planning and allocation strategies.
  • Mentored 4 new team members on systems, processes and best practices.
  • Tech: Teradata, Tableau, Domo
truckload optimizationaffinity analysisinventory planningDomoTeradataSupply Chain Management+1

Business Analyst, Merchandising

Aug 2014Jan 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Reduced forecast error rate by 50 bps in the apparel department, by establishing best practices in the creation and updation of Sales History Models.
  • Implemented end of season markdown strategies post key events(Back to School/College, Q4) and transitions to reduce holding inventory in DC's.
  • Provided end-to-end reporting and data analysis based recommendations via Tableau reports to planners and buyers on sales, margins and inventory levels
forecast error reductionmarkdown strategiesTableauData AnalysisBusiness Insights

Education

PES University

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Marketing

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor's Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

CMR Group of Institutions

PUC — PCME

Jan 2006Jan 2008

St Charles High School

Jan 1993Jan 2006

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