Kaivalya Kandukuri
Aspiring Data Analyst/Scientist
Work Experience
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Penn State University – Malvern, Pennsylvania (September 2017 - Present)
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Key Responsibilities:
Data Analysis with practical application of textbook knowledge including advanced technologies, data mining principles, and statistical / analytical techniques with R, Python and generating subsequent reports using Tableau and advanced MS Excel functions.
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Key Accomplishments:
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Worked on a project involving text mining and machine learning using R to identify a Technical Debt in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University.
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Performed modeling in R using LightGBM model on issue tracking data with one million rows and worked towards parallelizing the code which helped save execution time ten-fold.
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Mu Sigma Inc, Bangalore, India (August 2016 - March 2017)
TRAINEE DECISION SCIENTIST
Key Responsibilities:
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Reviewed and organized the collection of data from multifaceted client organizations; most notably a well renowned software giant.
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Efficiently executed data warehousing, cube building, ETL (Extract, Transformation, and Loading of Data), and comprehensive reporting of data relating to a Search Engine Marketing platform.
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Contributed significant data examination for the completion of assigned training projects with the utilization of R, SQL, Excel, and statistical analysis.
Key Accomplishments:
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Achieved a top 5% performance ranking amongst 100 training candidates.
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Received the BingAds Search Engine Marketing certification.
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Additional Experience: Worked as a Summer Trainee at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (2015)