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Vaibhav Kestikar

Senior Data Scientist @ Zscaler | Former Tesco, Mu-Sigman | AI Systems, NLP, ML

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

Zscaler
Apr 20251 yr 5 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Tesco Bengaluru
Oct 20247 mosApr 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Tesco Bengaluru
May 20231 yr 5 mosSep 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Loyalytics AI
Feb 20232 mosMar 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed a framework for middle eastern retail client to run member discount campaigns Introduced tailored KPIs to measure flyer performance and created an analytical model to optimize flyer items Analyzed data to determine the best items for the flyer and helped client choose the right ones for future campaigns.
Mu Sigma Inc.
Nov 20223 mosJan 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mu Sigma Inc.
Oct 20193 yrs 2 mosNov 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience profile 1. Production & Energy Optimization | Worked for a middle-east aluminum producers - Worked as an assistant developer for Machine Learning models’ development and deployment team. - Worked as a part of model development team with the goal to reduce the faults of metal production - Fault-detection Models alerting the occurrence of early-stage faults, regression models replacing existing physical techniques that were being used by clients - Skills: Predictive Modelling, Classification, Ensemble Models & Frameworks, Python, Jupyter, Azure Databricks 2. Campaign Analytics | Worked for an Australian Customer Loyalty program giant - Executed campaign targeting in retail space with an objective to increase customer footfalls and Sales Uplift - Delivered advance post campaign analysis that involved factors affecting campaign performance and Campaigns’ ROI - Developed a framework for the execution of high volume repeat campaigns for better returns - Worked to optimize the consumer participation rate through numerous EDA's and A/B testing - Skills: Advanced Snowflake SQL, R and Excel
GitHub
@vaibhavkestikar

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Education

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in AI and MLOps, Artificial Intelligence

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

20241 yr2025
MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

Senior Data Scientist @ Zscaler | Former Tesco, Mu-Sigman | AI Systems, NLP, ML

About

Seasoned Lead Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in retail and manufacturing domains. Skilled in Machine Learning,AI, NLP, GenAI, Decision Sciences, R, Python and Advance snowflake SQL. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Computer Science and Engineering from MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Data Scientist at Zscaler, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead Decision Scientist at Tesco Bengaluru, Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Senior Applied Data Scientist at Tesco Bengaluru, May 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Data Scientist at Loyalytics AI, Feb 2023 - Mar 2023 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Developed a framework for middle eastern retail client to run member discount campaigns Introduced tailored KPIs to measure flyer performance and created an analytical model to optimize flyer items Analyzed data to determine the best items for the flyer and helped client choose the right ones for future campaigns.

Apprentice Leader at Mu Sigma Inc., Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Decision Scientist at Mu Sigma Inc., Oct 2019 - Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Experience profile 1. Production & Energy Optimization | Worked for a middle-east aluminum producers - Worked as an assistant developer for Machine Learning models’ development and deployment team. - Worked as a part of model development team with the goal to reduce the faults of metal production - Fault-detection Models alerting the occurrence of early-stage faults, regression models replacing existing physical techniques that were being used by clients - Skills: Predictive Modelling, Classification, Ensemble Models & Frameworks, Python, Jupyter, Azure Databricks 2. Campaign Analytics | Worked for an Australian Customer Loyalty program giant - Executed campaign targeting in retail space with an objective to increase customer footfalls and Sales Uplift - Delivered advance post campaign analysis that involved factors affecting campaign performance and Campaigns’ ROI - Developed a framework for the execution of high volume repeat campaigns for better returns - Worked to optimize the consumer participation rate through numerous EDA's and A/B testing - Skills: Advanced Snowflake SQL, R and Excel

Education

PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in AI and MLOps, Artificial Intelligence, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

Public links

github: https://github.com/vaibhavkestikar