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title: "Nitesh Vijay - Associate Director Data Science in Gurgaon | Tal"
description: "Meet Nitesh Vijay, Data @ Zupee | Building scalable ML, RL, Agentic AI systems | Ex-Mckinsey | IIT Delhi based in Gurgaon. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and gemini."
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# Nitesh Vijay on Tal

## Headline

Data @ Zupee \| Building scalable ML, RL, Agentic AI systems \| Ex\-Mckinsey \| IIT Delhi

## About

Data science & AI leader with 10\+ years of experience driving organizational growth leveraging advanced statistics, machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning & GenAI/LLMs\. I have a strong track record of translating complex business problems into scalable ML solutions, delivering measurable impact across revenue, retention, growth and marketing\. Successfully architectured and implemented end\-to\-end ML initiatives at Zupee while leading a team of \~10 DS/ML professionals unlocking over \~$50M in incremental revenue\. Prior to this, delivered strategic ML solutions to top\-tier clients in the technology, consumer, and manufacturing industry during my time at Mckinsey\.

## Location

Gurgaon

## AI stack

claude code

claude

gemini

hugging face

langchain

langgraph

## Work experience

Associate Director Data Science at Zupee, Apr 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 5 mos, In my role at Zupee, I built and led a dynamic team of \~10 data science and machine learning engineers to drive strategic AI/ML initiatives aligned with our core business problems across revenue, retention, marketing and growth\. Successfully deployed scalable and robust solutions for personalized pricing, fair gameplay & fraud prevention, tournament recommendation systems, AI content generation, AI voice search etc\. \- generating over $50M in incremental revenue \(validated through A/B testing\)\.

Staff Data Scientist at Zupee, Sep 2023 \- Mar 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Lead Data Scientist at Zupee, Mar 2022 \- Sep 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

Data Science Specialist at McKinsey & Company, Jun 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 10 mos, • Collaborated with India's largest integrated pulp & paper manufacturer on an AI\-led operations transformation project, increased throughput by 8% through the application of predictive and prescriptive modelling\. • Developed a job sequencing optimizer for a global container glass manufacturer, improving sales margin by 3%\. • Created genetic algorithms based scheduling optimization tool for one of the largest pharma company in India, unlocking 10% additional production capacity\.

Senior Analyst, Data Science at McKinsey & Company, Sep 2018 \- Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Analytics Specialist at TransOrg Analytics, Apr 2017 \- Aug 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, Worked with multiple clients in aviation, hospitality and banking industries on demand forecasting, clustering, user segmentation etc\.

Analyst at TransOrg Analytics, Jul 2015 \- Mar 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

## Education

Master of Technology \- MTech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

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