Apr 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Leading the India data sciences "Search AI" team for delivering a superior "user experience" on target.com & apps. We bring the power of advanced ML and NLP to help our guests find what they need or want, intuitively and effortlessly !

Mar 2018 – Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Led delivery efforts to build data science capability for Roundel - Target's media network company. Built Target's campaign optimization platforms to optimize media campaigns across multiple channels. Our focus is in buying/selling inventory at the best possible rate, deliver the campaign objectives and maximize returns to our advertisers to grow both top-line and bottom-line for Target.
• Previously I led projects in the Supply Chain & Logistics domain. My efforts centered around building strategic planning tools for the multi-million dollar supply chain & operations of Target. I have played instrumental role in the setup of forecasting capabilities for Target's digital fulfillment.
• Filed two patents with USPTO in the field of Operations Research for the Logistics space
• 1. "System and Method for Managing Transportation Vessels", Pub. No. US 2020/0364641 A1
• 2. "System and Method for Managing Transportation Vessels", Pub No. US 2020/0364630 A1
• Won NASSCOM Business Process Innovation Awards 2022 for "Customer Experience Transformation with use of Digital and Focus on Human Centric Design"

Nov 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Strategy Planning and Operations: drive initiatives to move the business levers for Global Service Providers and APJC business
• Long Range Planning: provide visibility into future of the business , identify investment areas
• Business Advisory: partner with regional P&L teams to address their business problems
• Data Science: build and enhance Analytics capabilities, deliver predictive models to provide foresight to the business
• Data Products: publish findings in the form of Dashboards or Applications

Sep 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Provide data driven actionable insights to senior management of Advanced Services and Cisco Consulting Services
• Building Data Products
• Product Road-map: defined and maintained features going into the data products – dashboards, reports and data marts
• Scoping and Prioritization: created product backlogs for the projects and prioritized them based on the business needs
• Systems & Processes: governed the underlying infrastructure, set up feeds from disparate data sources
• Business Analytics: built Descriptive, Diagnostic, and Predictive Models with visualizations to generate actionable insights
• Business Process Re-engineering: streamlined processes and effected changes to the existing BI Systems
• Business Research: solved management decision problems through primary & secondary research
• Market Intelligence: understood the market dynamics and assessed its impact on the business
• Program Management: drove new initiatives to enhance Analytics capabilities and existing BI & Reporting Systems
• Business Intelligence & Reporting: performed Analysis and Reporting on extremely large data sets
• Software & Tools: Advanced MS Excel, SQL, Rally,Teradata, R Programming, Tableau, SAP BO

Jul 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Product Management Process: drove product management activities for GENIVI compliant KPIT In-vehicle Infotainment (KIVI) platform and K-Connect connectivity platform
• MRD and PRD: delivered comprehensive MRDs with market insights and translated them into PRD for engineering
• Business Research: carried out primary & secondary research on new opportunities to provide actionable insights
• Industry Analysis: performed market sizing and forecasting, in-depth sector analysis, feasibility studies and customer profiling for Infotainment industry
• Value Articulation: supported business development activities by creation of targeted value propositions for the KIVI product
• Business Case: created business case with articulation of key business goals, go-to market strategy, product roadmap and risk analysis for KIVI & K-Connect products
• Maintaining Stakeholder Relationship: liaised with multiple ecosystem players with special focus on OEMs and Tier1s
• Annual Operating Plan: assisted in identification of target customers and target order closure for the financial year FY14-15
• Minimum Viable Product: finalized the MVP and defined the phases in which the platform would be productized

May 2012 – Jun 2012 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• 1. Development of a framework to analyze the performance of various brands across sales regions for Sula Vineyards
• Identified opportunities for Net Profit improvements based on pricing recommendations emerging from the Brand Net Profitability Report for Bottled In Origin (BIO) brands of Sula Vineyards
• Created a report under the guidance of AVP to highlight brand-wise net profitability in various regions to assist management to take brand wise and state wise strategic decisions
• Calculated brand net profit for 28 BIO brands of the company for year FY2011
• Reconciled expenses for FY11 and set up a framework to highlight brand and state wise over-expenditure
• 2. Development of a framework for in-depth analysis of the expenses incurred during FY10,FY11 and FY12 for Sula Vineyards
• 3.Development of a detailed report on sales activities related to tasting of wines of Sula Vineyards
• 4.Tested hypotheses framed on a survey report and helped management draw inferences about consumer preferences and perceptions of different brands of Sula Vineyards

Jun 2008 – Jun 2011 · 3 yrs · Bangalore

• I was part of the Platform Software and Diagnostics team.
• Responsibilities:
• Developed firmware and diagnostics software for the networking equipment which work on
• optical networking technology covering SDH/SONET, Carrier Ethernet, C/DWDM and provide
• mobile backhaul for 2G, 3G and 4G
• Responsible for the integrity of the hardware manufactured at the place of contract manufacturers
• Developed cross-functional feature test plans to check functional, unit level and system level
• integrity of the product based on the design requirement and its conformance to ISO and TL9000
• Actively coordinated with various departments like PLM, Supply Chain, Program Management,
• Component Engineering, Product Verification and Quality
• Worked in various Defence projects which were aimed at facilitating Tactical Field Operations and
• Command & Control
• Worked on customization and board bring up of OMAP-L138 which has an ARM9 processor core
• and C6748 DSP processor in coordination with Texas Instruments
• Developed automated test environment which provides detailed test report of test execution,
• capturing of log and defect analysis
• Mentored new recruits to the team on end to end development of the Diagnostics Software and on
• functionality of the equipment