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Akash S Kale

Sr. Data Scientist @ Infosys | MLOps, MLflow

Mumbai

5+ years of work experience

Infosys
Jul 20242 yrs 4 mosPresent

Mumbai

•Team Leadership and Management: Lead and mentor a team of 3 Job Level 3 analysts, ensuring clear communication, effective task delegation, and on‑time delivery of project milestones while maintaining high quality standards. •Forecasting and Data Modeling: Own and oversee a 15‑week forecasting pipeline across 3 countries and 4 pipelines, leveraging advanced data science models such as XGBoost and Simple Moving Average (SMA) within Databricks to predict key business metrics with high accuracy. •Time Series Forecasting – QSR Demand (New Project): Designed and implemented a store‑level time series forecasting solution to predict QSR demand for the next 12 weeks across 2 QSR brands, utilizing historical sales trends, seasonality, and external drivers. Enabled data‑driven planning for inventory and operations through robust model validation and performance monitoring. •Reporting and Data Integration: Query Snowflake data warehouses and generate client‑specific reports based on model outputs, ensuring compliance with client requirements for data accuracy, insights, and visualization. •Troubleshooting and Pipeline Maintenance: Diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, data inconsistencies, and model performance issues. Implement long‑term fixes and optimizations to improve pipeline reliability and scalability. •Client Communication and Weekly Reporting: Run, validate, and deliver weekly data feeds with strict SLA adherence. Act as a primary point of contact for clients, proactively communicating insights, addressing concerns, and ensuring expectations are exceeded. •Backend & API Development (FastAPI): Develop lightweight, high‑performance APIs using FastAPI, leveraging async workflows for rapid data retrieval, orchestration, and seamless integration with forecasting and reporting pipelines.
Infosys
Jul 20242 yrs 4 mosPresent

Pune District

Homeville Group
Nov 20221 yr 7 mosMay 2024

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oct 20221 yr 8 mosMay 2024

•Lead Score Predictor: Lead score, foreseeing conversion probabilities with precision and flair using logistic regression. •Property Value Predictor: Foresee RERA house prices, empowering informed decisions in the dynamic real estate landscape. • Object Detection/OCR: Rapidly developing ML solutions using FASTAPI to address business challenges, including Tesseract, Paddle OCR, and YOLO. •BFSI Analytics : Identifying opportunities for growth and innovation, leveraging tools like pandas and numpy. •Reports: Equifax bureau data and Account Aggregator to architect analytical functionalities for effective solution implementation.. •Compliance: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build a comprehensive data compliance dashboard. •Event-Driven Architecture Exposure:Worked with Kafka/RabbitMQ–like event-driven patterns to streamline data ingestion and inter-service communication, improving pipeline responsiveness and supporting scalable analytics systems.
Jul 20211 yr 4 mosOct 2022

•Power BI: Designing diverse vertical-specific dashboards that surface actionable insights for strategic and operational decision-making.
E-Revbay Private Limited
Jun 20211 yr 5 mosOct 2022

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Akash’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology

Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, Bhaktivedant Swami Marg, Juhu Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai - 400056

20192 yrs2021

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, Bhaktivedant Swami Marg, Juhu Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai - 400056

20153 yrs2018

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Headline

Sr. Data Scientist @ Infosys | MLOps, MLflow

About

As a Sr. Data Scientist at Infosys, I focus on leveraging MLOps, MLflow, and Databricks products to deliver impactful data-driven solutions. My expertise lies in implementing advanced machine learning techniques and facilitating model deployment processes to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency. With a Master's degree in Information Technology from Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, I bring a strong educational foundation to my role. My certifications in TensorFlow and Natural Language Processing reflect my commitment to continuous learning and staying at the forefront of technological advancements in data science.

Location

Mumbai

AI stack

antigravity

Work experience

Senior Data Analyst - Data Scientist at Infosys, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Mumbai, •Team Leadership and Management: Lead and mentor a team of 3 Job Level 3 analysts, ensuring clear communication, effective task delegation, and on‑time delivery of project milestones while maintaining high quality standards. •Forecasting and Data Modeling: Own and oversee a 15‑week forecasting pipeline across 3 countries and 4 pipelines, leveraging advanced data science models such as XGBoost and Simple Moving Average (SMA) within Databricks to predict key business metrics with high accuracy. •Time Series Forecasting – QSR Demand (New Project): Designed and implemented a store‑level time series forecasting solution to predict QSR demand for the next 12 weeks across 2 QSR brands, utilizing historical sales trends, seasonality, and external drivers. Enabled data‑driven planning for inventory and operations through robust model validation and performance monitoring. •Reporting and Data Integration: Query Snowflake data warehouses and generate client‑specific reports based on model outputs, ensuring compliance with client requirements for data accuracy, insights, and visualization. •Troubleshooting and Pipeline Maintenance: Diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, data inconsistencies, and model performance issues. Implement long‑term fixes and optimizations to improve pipeline reliability and scalability. •Client Communication and Weekly Reporting: Run, validate, and deliver weekly data feeds with strict SLA adherence. Act as a primary point of contact for clients, proactively communicating insights, addressing concerns, and ensuring expectations are exceeded. •Backend & API Development (FastAPI): Develop lightweight, high‑performance APIs using FastAPI, leveraging async workflows for rapid data retrieval, orchestration, and seamless integration with forecasting and reporting pipelines.

Sr. Analyst Data Scientist at Infosys, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Pune District

Software Engineer at Homeville Group, Nov 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Software Engineer at Homeville Consulting Private Limited, Oct 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, •Lead Score Predictor: Lead score, foreseeing conversion probabilities with precision and flair using logistic regression. •Property Value Predictor: Foresee RERA house prices, empowering informed decisions in the dynamic real estate landscape. • Object Detection/OCR: Rapidly developing ML solutions using FASTAPI to address business challenges, including Tesseract, Paddle OCR, and YOLO. •BFSI Analytics : Identifying opportunities for growth and innovation, leveraging tools like pandas and numpy. •Reports: Equifax bureau data and Account Aggregator to architect analytical functionalities for effective solution implementation.. •Compliance: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build a comprehensive data compliance dashboard. •Event-Driven Architecture Exposure:Worked with Kafka/RabbitMQ–like event-driven patterns to streamline data ingestion and inter-service communication, improving pipeline responsiveness and supporting scalable analytics systems.

Business Intelligence Analyst at E-Revbay - The Future of Finance, Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, •Power BI: Designing diverse vertical-specific dashboards that surface actionable insights for strategic and operational decision-making.

Business Analyst at E-Revbay Private Limited, Jun 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, Bhaktivedant Swami Marg, Juhu Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai - 400056

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, Bhaktivedant Swami Marg, Juhu Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai - 400056