Varun Raghav Balakrishnan

Co-Founder

7 yrs 7 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over 7 years of data analytics experience.
Expert in SQL and Python for data-driven insights.
Proven track record in improving business strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Analyst with expertise in Tech and Education sectors.

Contact

vrbalakr@asu.edu LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Data ScienceMachine LearningAnalyticsData AnalyticsPredictive ModelingProduct Support

Other Skills

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)AI AgentsProblem SolvingTableauDeep LearningNeural NetworksDatasetsComplex AnalysisRecurrent Neural Networks (RNN)Data StorytellingData ManipulationStatisticsStatistical AnalysisPresentations

About

• Data Analyst with over 7 years of experience delivering data-driven insights across technology, education, finance, retail, and operations domains. • Strong expertise in transforming complex, high-volume datasets into actionable insights that drive business strategy, growth, and operational efficiency. • Proven experience working across the full analytics lifecycle, including data ingestion, cleansing, modeling, analysis, visualization, and stakeholder communication. • Highly skilled in SQL and Python for querying, ETL development, statistical analysis, and automation of reporting workflows. • Extensive experience designing and maintaining interactive dashboards using Tableau and Power BI to track KPIs, trends, and performance metrics. • Demonstrated ability to analyze millions of records to uncover patterns related to customer behavior, retention, churn, pricing, and engagement. • Hands-on experience supporting product, marketing, and leadership teams with A/B testing, funnel analysis, and experimentation insights. • Experience working in fast-paced startup environments as well as structured enterprise settings, adapting analytics solutions to business maturity. • Hands-on exposure to cloud-based analytics ecosystems, including BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and scalable data pipelines.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Alervio | leading the future of allergen-free eating

Founding Data Analyst

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Irving, TX · Remote

Modelling and implementing end-to-end data and AI solutions.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Data ScienceMachine LearningRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)AI Agents

Arizona state university

Data Analyst

Jul 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Irving, Texas, United States · Remote

AnalyticsProblem SolvingData ScienceTableau

University of phoenix

Data Analyst - Co-Op

Jan 2024 – May 2024 · 4 mos · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Remote

Queried 5M+ student records using SQL to identify graduation-rate drivers and retention gaps.
Built Tableau dashboards visualizing academic performance and engagement metrics, influencing curriculum redesign decisions.

Deep LearningNeural NetworksProblem SolvingDatasetsComplex AnalysisData Science+8

Bb advisory

Data Engineer

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Conducted SQL-based churn and engagement analysis, improving reactivation by 5%.
Partnered with cross-functional teams to enhance automated reporting pipelines (Tableau Server), delivering faster insights that increased trading frequency by 20%.
Communicated A/B testing outcomes and marketing insights to stakeholders, influencing GTM alignment on UI/UX improvements that led to a 20% increase in sign-ups.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)AnalyticsData ScienceCritical ThinkingMachine Learning AlgorithmsData Storytelling+4

Mega paints

Data Analyst

Aug 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Managed and optimized marketing and sales operations with a budget of $100K and developed predictive models to forecast potential risks in supply chain and sales operations, resulting in a 16% annual growth.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Problem SolvingConsumer MarketingPerformance MetricsPredictive ModelingData Science+14

Temenos

Data Analyst

Dec 2017 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

Worked with the Retail Banking and Forex Banking team on product maintenance.

Problem SolvingProduct SupportData ScienceTeamworkTemenos T24SQL+3

Indian statistical institute

Data Analyst Intern

Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 · 1 mo · Coimbatore Area, India · On-site

Worked on identifying the relation between price of cotton to the seasonal rainfall in the region producing the crops using statistical tests.
Discovered the relationship between excess rainfall in the months of September and October and impacts on textile sector and therefore made recommendations to the Government to loosen import restrictions by October that would reduce extent of damages by $50 million.

Microsoft Power BIAnalyticsData AnalyticsRStudioTeamwork