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Ankur Mawandia

Data Science @ Lowe’s | Computer Vision, ML Engineering & Retail AI |Ex-Amadeus, DFKI

Greater Bengaluru Area

11+ years of work experience

Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Dec 20196 yrs 10 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading AI, data science, and computer vision initiatives focused on building scalable retail intelligence systems for real-world store and enterprise use cases. • Lead a cross-functional computer vision team of 8 data scientists and engineers building AI solutions for retail operations. • Spearheaded the shrink reduction portfolio, contributing to a 15% decrease in inventory loss across 500+ stores. • Established AI strategy and roadmap by aligning technical capabilities with business priorities across retail operations, analytics, and store intelligence. • Designed high-compute machine vision algorithms for scalable and efficient computer vision use cases. • Mentored junior data scientists through structured development programs, improving team performance and delivery maturity. • Partnered with data science, engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end AI solutions from concept to production. • Developed pricing and promotion optimization models to support strategic business decisions. • Automated markdown plan generation using machine learning, saving 120+ hours of manual effort per month. • Built data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and dashboard visualization. • Implemented self-correcting forecasting systems at scale for 3 million SKUs. • Led quarterly business reviews with EVP and SVP executives, translating technical progress into measurable business value. Skills: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Forecasting, MLOps, Retail AI, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Data Science Leadership.
Amadeus Labs
May 20172 yrs 7 mosNov 2019

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Working on Amadeus Travel Intelligence platform, Amadeus Market Insights Suite
Technical University of Braunschweig
Jun 20166 mosNov 2016

Germany

Teaching Assistant | working student at wearable computing lab. "Ubiqutous computing lab"
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Sep 20151 yr 8 mosApr 2017

Germany

-Writing Optimal algorithms for processing sensor data -Applying machine learning on time series -Solving classification problems in human activity detection -Train classifier to detect and identify classes
Amadeus IT Group
20132 yrs2015

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Coding Software Engineering Product Specification Requirement gathering

Ankur’s AI Stack

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Education

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

Faculty of science &Technology Icfai University

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Headline

Data Science @ Lowe’s | Computer Vision, ML Engineering & Retail AI |Ex-Amadeus, DFKI

About

Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with 15+ years of experience transforming complex data into actionable insights and intelligent systems. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, architecting scalable AI solutions, and driving technology initiatives that align with strategic business goals. Passionate about leveraging data science and machine learning to deliver measurable business value and foster innovation across organizations.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

codex

elevenlabs

manus

Work experience

Senior Manager Data Science at Lowe's Companies, Inc., Dec 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading AI, data science, and computer vision initiatives focused on building scalable retail intelligence systems for real-world store and enterprise use cases. • Lead a cross-functional computer vision team of 8 data scientists and engineers building AI solutions for retail operations. • Spearheaded the shrink reduction portfolio, contributing to a 15% decrease in inventory loss across 500+ stores. • Established AI strategy and roadmap by aligning technical capabilities with business priorities across retail operations, analytics, and store intelligence. • Designed high-compute machine vision algorithms for scalable and efficient computer vision use cases. • Mentored junior data scientists through structured development programs, improving team performance and delivery maturity. • Partnered with data science, engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end AI solutions from concept to production. • Developed pricing and promotion optimization models to support strategic business decisions. • Automated markdown plan generation using machine learning, saving 120+ hours of manual effort per month. • Built data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and dashboard visualization. • Implemented self-correcting forecasting systems at scale for 3 million SKUs. • Led quarterly business reviews with EVP and SVP executives, translating technical progress into measurable business value. Skills: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Forecasting, MLOps, Retail AI, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Data Science Leadership.

Data Scientist at Amadeus Labs, May 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Working on Amadeus Travel Intelligence platform, Amadeus Market Insights Suite

Teaching Assistant at Technical University of Braunschweig, Jun 2016 - Nov 2016 · 6 mos, Germany, Teaching Assistant | working student at wearable computing lab. "Ubiqutous computing lab"

Research Assistant at Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), Sep 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos, Germany, -Writing Optimal algorithms for processing sensor data -Applying machine learning on time series -Solving classification problems in human activity detection -Train classifier to detect and identify classes

Senior Software Engineer at Amadeus IT Group, 2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Coding Software Engineering Product Specification Requirement gathering

Education

Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Faculty of science &Technology Icfai University