Priyesh Ghoradkar

AI Researcher

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States7 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Developed 40+ ML-based pricing models for insurance.
  • Led migration of 50+ legacy data pipelines to AWS.
  • Trained over 100 IT professionals and students.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering and Cloud Engineering expert with extensive experience in the Insurance and Pharmaceutical sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Predictive AnalyticsData EngineeringCloud EngineeringDatabase Design

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAWSActuarial ScienceAgile MethodologiesAirflowAmazon DynamodbAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache AirflowApache SparkAutomationBig Data AnalyticsCOBOLCloudFormationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data Analysis

About

Data science enthusiast and cloud expert with more than 7 years of hands-on experience in crafting robust data engineering pipelines and predictive models for Leading Enterprises. Proven expertise in optimization, predictive modeling, data engineering and cloud engineering. Delivered business-impacting results in insurance, healthcare, manufacturing and IoT sectors. Proficient in SQL, Python, Data Warehousing, Predictive Analytics, GLM, and core AWS data services. Designed, built, and deployed fault-tolerant and cost-effective data pipelines with end-to-end setup on AWS for two fortune 500 companies, which helped in saving thousands of dollars. Competent in SQL, Python, ETL, and core data services in AWS. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in Data Science from Indiana University. Tools & Technologies: Python, R, SQL, AWS, Spark, Airflow, Tableau, Excel, AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, CloudFormation, Redshift, Snowflake, Unix, SQL Databases, MongoDB, Hive, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn and CI/CD(DevOps), and GIT. Methodologies: Agile, Exploratory Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Statistical Inference, API development, Predictive Modeling, Big Data Migration, Data Visualization, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Classification, Clustering, and Regression. Worked on 40+ AWS project cases. Won 10 + awards in my professional IT career. Worked on 10+ projects as a freelancer encompassing various domains like cloud migration, application development, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. Trained 100 + IT professionals and students Worked in SAFe Agile setting and have experience in Driving scrum calls. Part of Toastmaster Internationals since 2018. Conducted many sessions and meetings for TM clubs. Fitness and Travel enthusiast and fan of Christoper Nolan movies.

Experience

7 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Indiana farm bureau insurance

Predictive Analytics Specialist

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · Hybrid

  • Developed 40+ ML-based pricing models (loss cost, frequency, severity) across Farm and Home insurance, integrating actuarial methods with scalable data engineering to improve risk segmentation by 2–3 Gini points and enhance underwriting accuracy
  • Developed Life Insurance cross-sell model by integrating multi-policy data (home, farm, auto) and applying ML techniques (logistic regression, gradient boosting, random forest) with SMOTE,identifying 20,000+ high-probability leads and driving corporate growth
  • Developed and deployed an in-house hexagonal territory model, optimizing territorial rating for Home and Farm insurance products, resulting in improved loss ratio by 5%.
  • Automated and standardized the construction of dwelling-level datasets, improving data integrity and modeling efficiency for GLM development across Home and Farm insurance products.
  • Optimized Amount of Insurance (AOI) for dwelling products by developing advanced severity and loss cost models across multiple perils, enhancing the rating factor accuracy and improving AOI curves, contributing to a measurable reduction in loss ratio.
  • Employed box plots for loss capping strategies and histograms for impact analysis, ensuring robust model validation.
  • Conducted univariate and multivariate analysis with advanced model evaluation (quantile plots, lift charts, loss ratio analysis, Gini, ROC) and competitive rate filing analysis, delivering insights that improved liability ILFs, reduced future losses, and improved loss ratio by 5% for Homeowner product
  • Developed advanced claim analytics dashboards using Power BI and Excel (including macros), enabling dynamic impact analysis of current and projected models/rating plans. Leveraged advanced SQL to re-rate policies and trend losses, policy limits, and on-level premiums. Incorporating version control with Bitbucket and Git.
Generalized Linear ModelsRisk ModelingPredictive AnalyticsPredictive ModelingActuarial ScienceData Science+12

Beacon hill staffing group

Predictive Data Analyst

Jul 2023Nov 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Indiana, United States · Hybrid

  • Worked at Indiana farm bureau insurance through beacon hill between Jul 2023 and Nov 2024
Generalized Linear ModelsRisk ModelingPredictive AnalyticsActuarial ScienceData Engineering

iu redlab (formerly crisis technologies innovation lab)

2 roles

Lead Cloud Architect – Serverless & Data Pipelines

May 2023Aug 2023 · 3 mos · Hybrid

Lead Cloud Architect – Serverless & Data Pipelines

Aug 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hybrid

  • Designed and built an end-to-end FRST Challenge judging platform using AWS and Python, evaluating data and generating reports from 25+ IoT prototypes simultaneously in near real time for $6M in awards
  • Implemented serverless, near real-time data pipelines using AWS IoT Core, Lambda, Glue (PySpark), and S3, enabling scalable IoT data ingestion with monthly AWS cost under $100
  • Utilize Python libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib for thorough data analysis, data processing, and visualization.
  • Leveraged AWS services including IoT, AWS Lambda, and Glue (PySpark) to ensure data quality, documentation, metadata management and transformation.
  • Optimized data storage and visualization by harnessing the capabilities of Amazon S3 for efficient storage, PowerBI for insightful data visualization, and CloudWatch for robust monitoring and security, ensuring compliance with data governance standards.
  • Got featured in an Indiana DHS Government article for contributions. https://www.in.gov/dhs/files/hoosier-responder-july-2024.pdf
Python (Programming Language)PandasMatplotlibNumPyData AnalysisVectorworks+3

Indiana university

Lab Professor - Database Design | Information representation

Jan 2023May 2023 · 4 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · Hybrid

  • Leading lab sessions on the Database Design course for undergrad students. Covering topics like ERD, Normalization process, SQL, and many more.
  • Increased student participation to 100% and helped them improve their grades to more than 90%.
Database ModelingDatabase DesignSQL

Eli lilly and company

Associate Manager - Data Engineering

Jul 2020Jul 2022 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Spearheaded end-to-end migration of 50+ legacy data pipelines and modernized data models on AWS, orchestrating 5PB+ of data with Step Functions, Redshift stored procedures, and Airflow, achieving 80% reduction in operating costs and 99.9% reliability while ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Led a campus-to-corporate program, trained 30 + new hires on AWS, Python and SQL.
  • Led project planning, estimation, and end-to-end migrations of master data sources. Modernized the data model in AWS making it easier to extract the data and orchestrated jobs using Airflow.
  • Led the automation of creating data quality jobs and batches using API Gateways and AWS Lambda. Saved 200 hours of manual effort.
  • Built and optimized reports using Tableau to compare the performance of competitor products which helped accurate marketing and increased sales. Onboarded prescription and claims data from IQVIA and Symphony, used formulary and lives data from MMIT for payer reporting.
  • Worked on data migration and Business Intelligence in the Pharmaceutical domain. Designed, built, and deployed fault-tolerant and cost-effective big data pipelines using Continuous integration and continuous deployment strategy on AWS cloud with a test-driven setup.
  • Contributed to a 300k annual DBA cost reduction by developing the "Database Bootstrap Process" to automate database object creation.
  • Developed a serverless process for onboarding data in S3 Data Lake using the recursive AWS lambda function. Saved 90% of the data extraction time.
  • Received 4 awards from the stakeholders and supervisor.
  • Received the RISE award and Lilly points for Payer reporting and for leading campus to corporate program respectively.
LeadershipAgile MethodologiesApache SparkAPI DevelopmentProject PlanningShell Scripting+15

Tata consultancy services

2 roles

System Engineer

Jan 2020Jun 2020 · 5 mos · On-site

  • Worked on a Business Intelligence project in the manufacturing domain and helped the customer migrate data assets in AWS. Aided employer to increase revenue by getting more business on the AWS tech stack. Migrated ETL pipelines and SQL databases using Informatica PowerCentre, Python, and AWS service
  • Transferred data from various data stores in S3 using Informatica. Did content replication and converted the files in S3 to parquet format, joined the dimension and fact tables using PySpark and python in AWS Glue, Merged the data of different sources into one table using Union & Merge in Glue Jobs and populated it into Redshift. Used SNS, SQS, Lambda, and Glue Scheduler for automation.
  • Used SQL for Data Analysis and to get insights into the data, used Informatica Power Center, AWS Glue & Lambda for data migration, S3&Redshift for data storage, and used Tableau and Athena for Data Visualization.
  • Used AWS SDK Boto3, PySpark, Spark SQL, RDD, and DataFrames in AWS Glue & Lambda Functions for automation and fetching the files from different AWS services.
  • Received several rewards for excellent work on technologies like AWS Glue for handling Big Data and delivering it within strict time constraints. Saved 70% on the operating costs after migration.
Agile MethodologiesApache SparkShell ScriptingPython (Programming Language)Big Data AnalyticsDatabase Modeling+7

Assistant System Engineer

Jan 2018Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · On-site

  • Worked on Data Analysis, integration & migration with the help of SQL & Informatica in a BI project.
  • Expertise in SQL and RDBMS like Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, SAP HANA, Redshift, Snowflake, and PostgreSQL. Worked Informatica PowerCenter and performed transformations like Vlookup, Joiner, Filter, lookup, etc. Used subqueries, joins, aggregations, rank over, joins, window functions, and other DML commands for data extraction. Also worked on session parameters and variables.
  • Build reports using MS Excel for OneSource ERP application business users. Worked on the operation team for supporting the workflow and jobs using tools and technologies like COBOL, JCL, Oracle DB, shell scripting, and ServiceNow.
  • Got trained in Business Intelligence and Performance Management(BIPM) Domain.
  • Received on-the-spot awards from supervisor and appreciation from the customer for working round the clock and with strict deadlines.
Apache SparkShell ScriptingSAP HANAExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)InformaticaIT Consulting+6

Educba

Data Science Content Writer

Aug 2019Mar 2020 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India · Remote

  • Content writer for the data science field. Wrote articles on data visualization using tableau, managing Big data in AWS, and many more.
Apache SparkShell ScriptingSAP HANAExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)InformaticaIT Consulting+6

Upwork freelance

Professional Freelancer

Mar 2019Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

  • As a professional freelancer, I have worked on the below roles and projects
  • Software Engineer:
  • Application development for a hotel business company: Worked on API development and backend database design for a hotel search web application. Built Restful APIs using AWS API gateway and AWS Lambda. For design DynamoDB for key value-based data and Amazon Document DB(Mongo DB for more complex and nested JSON data. Helped the company retire the legacy system and reduced the operating cost by 60%.
  • Snowflake Data Engineer:
  • Analytics project for an event management company. Create a data pipeline to migrate data from the SQL server to the AWS Data lake and then ingest it in the Snowflake. Used Snowpipe and snowflake Tasks to orchestrate the pipeline, and stored procedures to transform the data. Also, worked on Hive and Hue for data warehousing and analytics. Data migration helped to reduce the operating cost by 50%.
  • Azure Data Engineer:
  • Covid-19 Reporting with Azure: Created Pipelines in ADF using Linked Services/Datasets/Pipeline/ to Extract, Transform, and load data from different sources like Azure SQL, Blob storage, and Azure SQL Data warehouse. Ingested data to one or more Azure Services - (Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Azure DW) and processed the data in Azure Databricks.
  • Used Power BI for reporting.
  • DevOps Engineer:
  • Cloud development project for an event management company. Create the infrastructure for data pipelines in AWS using AWS Cloud Development Kit for python and AWS Serverless Application Model. Used Azure DevOps for version control. Developed git flow strategy which helps save 100 of hours per week spent by developers on resolving the merge conflicts.
  • Technical Trainer:
  • Provided technical training on Data engineering concepts and AWS to IT professionals.
  • Trained 70+ IT professionals and more than 90% of them successfully found relevant job.
R (Programming Language)Apache SparkShell ScriptingSnowflakeExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)DevOps+7

Education

Indiana University Indianapolis

Master's degree — Applied Data science

Aug 2022Dec 2023

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering - BE

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Instrumentation engineering affiliated to University of Mumbai

Jan 2013Jan 2017

R. D. National College

Junior college 12th HSC — Computer Science

Saraswati Mandir High School, Mahim

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