MGManasi G. Metta is a leadership-driven Data Scientist with an MSc in Advanced Computer Science from The University of Manchester. She is proficient in Machine Learning, Python, and SQL, with extensive experience in predictive modeling, credit risk scoring, and fraud detection. Her career includes roles at TCS Research and Evalueserve, as well as significant freelance work in Data Science initiatives. She is recognized for her analytical precision and has received awards for innovation and teamwork.
Experience
Data Scientist
Freelance
Monthly Account Default Prediction Using Behavioural Data: Achieved 92% AUC-ROC in predicting monthly account defaults using Python 3 and Pytorch. Credit Risk Scoring for Loan Application Screening: Improved approval precision by 18% using Scikit-Learn, XGBoost, SQL, and Pandas. Fraudulent Transaction Detection in Financial Accounts: Reduced false positives by 25% using Isolation Forest and supervised learning models.
Data Scientist
TCS Research
Optimising Infrastructure and Operations Support system: Designed a supervised learning algorithm through statistical decision trees; recorded 60x faster ticket resolution. Prediction of credit risk: Led a Business Intelligence initiative for a US retail bank, introducing OBIEE and Basel-2 frameworks; reduced credit default exposure by 78%.
Research Analyst
Evalueserve
Trends in IT use and expenditure: Conducted statistical analyses and research on IT industry trends and patterns; enhanced client decision-making through discriminant analysis.
Education
The University of Manchester, U.K.
MSc
Advanced Computer Science with Information and Communication Technologies Management
MSc Thesis: 'Adapting the UI of INSPIRE, a Canadian e-negotiation system, for British users'. Focused on cross-cultural UI adaptation and decision support.
The University of Manchester, U.K.
BEng
Software Engineering
BEng Thesis: 'Educational Software for Learning C#'. Designed an interactive tool to teach C# to novice programmers.
Licenses & Certifications
Python for Data Science and Machine Learning bootcamp
Udemy
The Complete Machine Learning Course with Python
Udemy
R programming
John Hopkins University, Coursera