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Vivek Kalyanarangan

@vivekkalyanarangan

VP, Data Scientist at IDFC First Bank

Mumbai, India

https://in.linkedin.com/in/vivek-kalyanarangan-149323a1

IDFC First BankFuture Institute of Engineering and Management

Vivek Kalyanarangan is a Data Scientist with over 8 years of experience specializing in Machine Learning, NLP, and deep learning. He has a proven track record of designing, prototyping, and deploying scalable data-driven products across sectors including Banking, Healthcare, and Travel. His expertise includes building advanced solutions like hyperpersonalization engines and cloud-first marketing analytics platforms using AWS and PySpark.

Experience

VP, Data Scientist

IDFC First Bank

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Initiatives included Hyperpersonalization Engine, SMS Mining, Face Recognition and liveness check Video KYC, and Form Analytics. Solutions involved leveraging demographic, behavioral, creative, and response features to run deep learning based embedding models for generating marketing campaigns. Expertise includes NLP on SMS data for risk models, Face Recognition using Siamese network, and leveraging clickstream data via AWS Lambda.

Instructor

United Network of Professionals

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Mentored and trained corporates on data science and machine learning. Developed Udemy courses on deploying ML applications using Docker containers. Expertise covers Deep Learning, Big Data, and Apache Spark, contributing to upskilling over 10,000 students.

AVP, Data Scientist

First Abu Dhabi Bank

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Developed solutions for email automation, merchant name cleaning using NLP, and lead client identification. Implemented Face Recognition and utilized graph databases (Neo4j) for centrality algorithms. Key tools included TensorFlow, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and Scikit-learn, resulting in 30% workload automation in the contact center.

Senior Business Analyst

Cerner Corporation

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Consulted on data science initiatives for Andhra Pradesh Government (APMSIDC), including Smart Routing and Crash Prediction. Solutions involved predicting Dengue incidence, ticket routing using semantic comparison, and using classifiers for crash analysis. Tools utilized included Holt Winters, ARIMA Forecasting Model, K-means clustering, NLP (TF-IDF), and R Shiny.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions

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Worked on data integration and marketing initiatives for MGM Resorts International. Developed solutions for Trigger Based Marketing (TBM) and identifying cross-sell/upsell opportunities. Utilized Java and TIBCO Suite products, leading to increased turnout and customer retention across major hotels.

Education

Future Institute of Engineering and Management

B.Tech. In Information Technology

Information Technology

Jan 2012Grade: Overall GPA 7.81 with final year GPA of 8.5

Bodhicharya Senior Secondary School

Higher Secondary (12th)

Jan 2008Grade: 61%

South Point High School

Madhyamik Pariksha (10th)

Jan 2006Grade: 86.75%

Skills

Python
R
TensorFlow
AWS Sagemaker
AWS Lambda
Scikit-learn
PySpark
NLP
Deep Learning
Siamese Network
Face Pose Estimation
Neo4j
Elasticsearch
ARIMA Forecasting Model
K-means Clustering
TF-IDF Vectorization
R Shiny
Java
Apache Spark
Docker
TIBCO Suite