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Saideep Punna

@saideeppunna

Lead Data Scientist at MyYogaTeacher

Hyderabad, India

https://www.linkedin.com/in/saideep-punna-a9035595

MyYogaTeacherIndian Institute of Technology Bombay

Saideep Punna is a Data Science Professional experienced in identifying opportunities and strategizing improvement methods using data. He is proficient in automation, modeling, and influencing decision-makers through data findings. He has a proven ability to lead projects and teams by collaborating with stakeholders across Marketing, Product, and Engineering to ensure timely delivery.

Experience

Lead Data Scientist

MyYogaTeacher

Full-time•Mar 2021 - Present•Banglore

Lead Data Science team, utilized advanced querying, visualization and analytics tools to analyze and process complex data sets. Discovered stories told by data to present information derived by integrating data from Facebook ads, Google Analytics, click stream data, MYSQL and AWS Redshift for building A/B Tests and Validating the hypothesis through Statistical Significance tests. Implemented ML Algorithms and models such as: Ethnicity Prediction, Gender Prediction, NLP Processing on Health History to derive tags, Membership Conversion and Churn Prediction Models. Worked on a Daily basis with Product, Teacher and Student Operations, Marketing to setup Efficient DB Schema to collect data from API, Process Payments and give Product recommendations using Automated Tableau Reports and Pixel data validation. Worked with SEO and PR Team to Generate Stories from Data and increase Organic Traffic on Platform.

Data Scientist & Artificial Intelligence Architect

online PSB Loans

Full-time•Jul 2018 - Oct 2020•Ahmedabad

Part of R&D, CEO's office and Platform launched by Honorable PM Mr. Narendra Modi to help sanction $7 billion worth of loans to MSME Segment of India. Projects included: One Big Score (Analogues to Credit scoring System to classify Potential NPA's), Recommendation Engine to Suggest Most appropriate Product to Customer, Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Presence and Tableau Dashboards for Ministry of Finance.

Quantitative Research Analyst

WorldQuant

Full-time•Aug 2016 - Jul 2018•Mumbai

Developed Statistical arbitrage models to predict stock price movements and identify potential sources of alpha using Technical and Fundamental Analysis.

Part Time Research Consultant

WorldQuant

Contract•Aug 2016 - Jul 2018•Moscow

Building DeepCasting: A prediction Framework to identify trends and patterns from alternative data to predict company's future Revenue and Stock Prices. Developed New alphas by combining deep understanding of Fundamentals, Data and Statistics. Implemented Time series analysis, Forecasting, Machine learning Techniques to Derive alpha.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Master of Science: Transportation Systems Engineering

Transportation Systems Engineering

Jul 2013 - Jun 2018

Thesis: Time series Forecasting of Indian Air Traffic using econometrics. Seminar: Vehicle Illusion dilemma and impact of autonomous vehicles on Transport Infrastructure.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bachelor of Science: Civil Engineering Technology

Civil Engineering Technology

Jul 2013 - Jun 2018•Grade: 7.75/10

Opted for Fast Track master. Specialization degree, Minor Degree in Industrial Design Centre.

Skills

Python
Tableau
SQL
Machine Learning
Statistical Analysis
Logistic Regression
Decision Trees
XGBoost
Random Forest
LSTM
Numpy
Pandas
Matplotlib
Sklearn
Seaborn
statsmodels.api
wordcloud