Praneeth Ponnekanti

Product Manager

Hyderabad, Telangana, India7 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Data Architecture and Analytics.
  • Led multiple successful ML projects.
  • Strong background in Business Analytics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Architect with expertise in SaaS and FMCG analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data AnalyticsMachine LearningCloud ComputingData ScienceData EngineeringBusiness IntelligencePredictive Analytics

Other Skills

Consumer GoodsGoogle BigQuerySQLGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Data AnalysisData ArchitectureData ModelingNLPStreamlitAzure DatabricksSQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)Time Series AnalysisAlteryxTableauAzure Data Factory

About

Praneeth's interests align with providing ingenious analytics and strategic management solutions to the business. During his PGD in Business Analytics (offered by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur, ISI Kolkata which was ranked 14th globally by QS in MSBA programs 2019), he has worked on a variety of analytics/ML projects that include Recommender Systems, Deep Learning applications in Healthcare, Business Forecasting. His professional experience in Data Architecture, Analytics & Management Consulting spans building Growth & GTM Strategies, Data ecosystems (Azure, Fabric, Alteryx, Dataguru, Google Cloud Platform) and implementing robust Supply Chain Analytics, Customer Analytics (CLV), Product Analytics solutions. He aspires to be a successful business leader someday! Apart from academics, his interests include Quizzing, Singing, and Soccer. He mentored a team of 20 enthusiastic singers at the IIITDM Music Club which won the Rolling Trophy in 2016. He was an instrumental member of the team that won several inter-school quizzing competitions at the District/State level.

Experience

7 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 3 mos
Current Experience

Barry callebaut group

Senior Data Architect

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Accenture

Management Consulting Analyst

Aug 2021Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Product Analytics for a leading software company :
  • Analyzed behavioral variables of users (14M users) on a weekly basis to determine the impact of add-ons on Retention, Finished product export metrics.
  • Implemented ML models to identify user cohorts, their likelihood of purchase of add-ons & customized services
  • Devised appropriate action plans to improve KPI's and dashboards in Amplitude to track the OKR's.
  • Data & Analytics Strategy for a global FMCG major :
  • ◦ Owned deliverables across multiple data facets (Data Architecture, Modeling, Engineering & Governance)
  • ◦ Actively collaborated with key stakeholders across the globe in project scoping & solution architecture discussions.
  • ◦ On-prem to Cloud migration : Built a centralized Data lake and Datawarehouse in GCP to store global business data at a granular level for the business teams to drive marketing & sales analytics use cases/deliverables.
  • ◦ Spearheaded the development of scalable and robust data ingestion/harmonization pipelines in GCP BigQuery.
  • ◦ Innovated a novel Data Governance feature in GCP using Row Level Security access control.
  • NLP based Demand Mapping App:
  • ◦Designed and developed a Streamlit web application to automate demand & skill matching processes using NLP and a range of ML models including RandomForest, Regression, Gradient Boosting, BERT, and XLBert transformers.
  • ◦Implemented a model selection mechanism to choose the best-performing model based on recall, optimizing decision-making in team staffing.
  • Strategy Research & Consulting :
  • Developed a strategic framework for Consumer 360, used by the global teams as sales material to win key deals.
  • Aligned business objectives with SAP solutions to enable a unified omni channel view of consumers across touch points , accelerating digital transformation in Consumer Lifecycle Management.
  • Collaborated with SME's and leveraged tech expertise to develop strategy to enable smooth integration between different platforms and SAP systems.
Consumer GoodsGoogle BigQuerySQLGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Data AnalyticsMachine Learning

Coupa software

Data Science Consultant

May 2019Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Joined the Coupa Team through its acquisition of Llamasoft. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/software-firm-coupa-to-buy-supply-chain-tech-provider-llamasoft-11604326800)
  • Spearheaded the end-end data ingestion process automation using Python, Alteryx with effective data integrity and data modeling practices towards building a Data Lake and traceability dashboards (Tableau) for the world's largest restaurant chain that provided visibility of risk across the supply chain.
  • Built a tool for an FMCG pioneer that enabled visibility of shipment analytics and KPI’s across 255 geographies over a 52 week horizon leveraging Azure Stack (Databricks, Analysis Services). Designed dashboards in PowerBI that helped users to track Fill and Dispatch Rates, Sales, Costs related KPI’s.
  • Implemented spare parts demand forecasting solution for an Automobile giant with a wMAPE of 9.6
  • Devised production planning strategies for a Brewery major in the ANZ region using Supply Chain Guru.
Azure DatabricksSQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)Time Series AnalysisMachine LearningAlteryxTableau+6

Act fibernet

Data Scientist - Customer Analytics (Segmentation, CLTV)

Oct 2018Mar 2019 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Analysed the growth, churn drivers and behaviour of consumers(1.3m) in ISP Business.
  • Developed predictive(XGBoost), theoretical CLV models to rank win-back customers and aid develop customized win-back campaigns to help improve yearly retention rate by 3%,net churn by 10bps.
  • Identified key loyal consumer segments for payterm upgrades to help reduce net churn by 20bps.
  • Devised action plans across geographies basis the drivers identified above to help improve monthly revenue by 10million INR.

Tata consultancy services

Assistant Systems Engineer Trainee

Jul 2016Jun 2017 · 11 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Represented one half of the offshore GIS consulting team that serviced a major American retail giant
  • Determined optimal locations for new stores using demographics, competitors, sales geospatial data
  • Visualized local community trends to proactively evaluate demand, reduce shortage at all~13k stores
  • Innovated health check reporting to fix sporadically surfacing issues in the client LI web-app modules
  • Leveraged Python, SQL in providing production and development support for client's LI web-app

Indian institute of management, lucknow

Marketing Management Intern

Jun 2015Jun 2015 · 0 mo · IIM Lucknow

  •  Honed Presentation skills. ( Designing and Presenting ! )
  •  Analysed the dynamics of consumer markets that influence buying decisions, campaign responses
  •  Presented a comprehensive analysis of the Harvard Business School case -“Dove: Evolution of a brand”
  •  Solved business cases published by Harvard Business School.
  •  Analyzed a management article published in the Harvard Business Review.

Indian institute of information technology design & manufacturing kancheepuram

Web-Ops Team

Jan 2013Jan 2016 · 3 yrs · Chennai Area, India

  •  Co-Engineered ‘4pi’- a successful premier social networking student portal that catered to ~750 users
  •  Designed timestamp based algorithm that scored real-time activity of posts on basis of likes, comments.
  •  Augmented the algorithm with the activity-based sorting of posts and a novel save to mail functionality
  •  Co-Developed the front-end of IIITDM websites - Samgatha’14, & 4pi using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (Jointly with IIT Kharagpur — ISI Kolkata)

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Post Graduation Diploma in Business Analytics

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

Chaitanya Public School, Ukkunagaram

Class 10 — High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

Jan 1999Jan 2009

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