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Haareesh Sathiyaseelan

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years in analytics and data science leadership.
  • Expert in building high-performing analytics teams.
  • Proven track record in driving AI initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and Analytics leader in the Consumer Tech and Banking sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Analytics LeaderMachine LearningAi EvalBusiness IntelligenceData ManagementData ScienceData Analytics

Other Skills

Skill DevelopmentSQLTeam LeadershipTableauExecutive LeadershipA/B TestingAnalytical TechniquesAnalytical SolutionsExperimental DesignProduct AnalyticsCustomer Segmentation StrategyData GovernanceGenerative AI ToolsData ModelingOrganizational Leadership

About

Analytics and Data science leader with 14+ years of experience driving high-impact initiatives across consumer tech, banking, and also consulted fortune 500 clients in technology, gaming, retail, and travel. Proven expertise in building and scaling analytics organizations , delivering ML-driven solutions , and enabling evidence-based decision-making to improve revenue, operational efficiency, and customer experience. Expertise: Machine learning solutions and implementation; Championed company-wide data literacy programs on A/B testing, hypothesis design, KPI interpretation, and experimentation discipline. Led AI initiatives by building assessment and monitoring systems, designing benchmark frameworks, developing automated tests, and implementing standards and KPIs to optimize AI products ethically and reliably. Built frameworks for model governance, responsible AI, and continuous monitoring. Specialties - Predictive Analytics using Machine learning techniques, Prescriptive & Descriptive analytics, Forecasting, Recommender systems, Propensity models, Churn analysis, Campaign management, Pricing algorithm, Design of experiments and Segmentation, AI use case evaluation and benchmarking ML Techniques - – Linear/Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Boosting algorithms, Regularization techniques, Clustering, Support Vector Machine, Time series forecasting, Apriori algorithm, Markov attribution, Principal Component Analysis, AB testing. AI & Evals Initiatives: AI assessment & monitoring frameworks, AI model performance tracking, drift detection, Data Foundation, Legal & Ethics in modelling, Data & Model Governance Tools: Python, SAS, SQL, Tableau, GCP, Mixpanel, Metabase, Datarobot

Experience

14 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs
Current Experience

Apna

Director, Product analytics & BI

May 2022Present · 4 yrs · Bangalore · Hybrid

  • Leading Analytics & Data Science function, driving org-wide strategy in partnership with Product, Growth, Marketing, and Trust & Safety. Scaled a 10+ member high-performing analytics team and built a culture grounded in metrics, experimentation, and data-led decisions. Represent the data function in leadership planning and product reviews, shaping strategic priorities. Delivered measurable impact through fraud detection, churn prediction, attribution modelling, and marketplace optimization. Established unified BI infrastructure, improving data reliability and time-to-insight by 60%+. Championed AI-driven product excellence by building evaluation, monitoring, and benchmarking systems for Screening, Interview Prep, and Chatbot launches—ensuring responsible, high-performance AI at scale.
Skill DevelopmentSQLTeam LeadershipTableauData ManagementExecutive Leadership+9

Danske bank

Chief Data Scientist

Sep 2019May 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Solving variety of business problems through data driven decisions. Working with global stakeholders in diverse businesses - Retail, Commercial/Corporate banking, AML.
Skill DevelopmentSQLTeam LeadershipTableauData ManagementData Science+7

Standard chartered bank

2 roles

Lead - Commercial & Global Banking Analytics

Promoted

Aug 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Enabling advanced analytics with focus areas being Sustainable growth, Risk mitigation & driving efficiencies.
Skill DevelopmentTeam LeadershipTableauData ScienceData AnalyticsAnalytical Techniques+3

Associate

Jun 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Data driven strategies to cross sell, upsell and prevent churn across different products and markets of the Retail banking. Built sophisticated machine learning algorithms to predict the future event across such strategies.
Data ScienceAnalytical TechniquesAnalytical Solutions

Mu sigma inc.

2 roles

Manager

Promoted

Jan 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Helped Fortune 500 clients take data driven decisions using advanced analytics
  • Worked across industry verticals, led team of 25 decision scientists, managed revenue of $2Mn for an American multinational technology company
  • Solved problems across various functional areas including marketing, supply chain & logistics, pricing and strategy
  • Partnered with SCALE (Social, CRM, Analytics, Loyalty and Email) team of Marketing group of a leading data storage multinational to enable data driven decision making and made Art of Problem Solving a way of their business through a 5 member team
  • Lead a team that partners with digital operations group to enable data driven decision making for the .com business of an American chain of retail stores
  • Responsible for end to end delivery, Processes, Knowledge management, handling client engagements, Business executive presentations, Business development and building Point of Views
Data ScienceData AnalyticsAnalytical TechniquesCustomer Segmentation StrategyMachine Learning

Associate Manager

May 2013Dec 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

  • Led a team of analytst to support data driven decision making for the Marketing and Operations team of world's leading casino gaming company
  • Conceptualize an insights driven end to end analytics support for the CRM team of a mountain skiing and resort company
Analytical Solutions

I3 consulting private ltd.

Associate

Jun 2012May 2013 · 11 mos · Middle east countries

  • Strategized the increase of Client's market share by designing and executing analytics driven campaigns for Cards and Loan products at Saudi arm of a leading Global bank. Executed Activation strategy for Credit card customers and Liabilities mobilization strategies targeting the CASA customers resulting in 2 million SAR incremental profit
  • Developed an Operation model and Profitability study for a leading Juice manufacturing company. Recommended solutions to improve the profitability by 9% marginally
  • Process consulting for the Campaign lead management team of Emirate's largest retail banking group

Imrb international

Summer Internship

May 2011Jul 2011 · 2 mos

  • A Qualitative Market research study on the Green buildings market for a Mexican based construction company in Chennai

Mu sigma

Business Analyst

Jul 2009Jun 2010 · 11 mos

  • Analytics for World's largest PC manufacturer. Played a key role in the team that initiated analytics driven campaign design and execution. Designed and implemented comprehensive and robust algorithm for various analytics driven projects like Customer online behaviour analysis, Driver Analysis (Regression analysis) and Pre-Post analysis on campaign effectiveness

Education

Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Marketing and Systems

Jan 2010Jan 2012

PSG College of Technology

BE — EEE

Jan 2004Jan 2009

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