Hi, I am Vinu

Vinu Prasad Bhambore

Computer and Data Scientist at Hawaii Integrated Analytics

A data nerd and Machine Learning enthusiast with proven abilities to apply statistical, analytical, research, and programming skills to convert ideas into data-driven results using Data Science methods. I’m an experienced Data Scientist and have worked on end-to-end Machine Learning projects. I have a Master of Science degree in Information management from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and I have completed my Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering.

Problem Solving
Business Acumen
Communication
Team Work
Fast Learner
Curiosity

Skills

Python
Python

Using Python as the main language for all data-related projects. Capable of writing professional code. Familiar with Scikit-learn, Pandas, Numpy, Statsmodels, Keras, TensorFlow, and PySpark packages

R
R

Have used R programming for Data Analysis, Data Visualization and Machine Learning projects

SQL
SQL

Professional experience for 3 years. Responsibilities included manipulation and extraction of data from SQL for troubleshooting. Have used MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite

Data Analysis
Data Analysis

Proficient in Data Analysis. Professional experience in anamoly detection and identifying patterns and relationships in the data

Data Visualization
Data Visualization

Experienced using packages loke Matplotlib, Ggplot, Seaborn, Plotly, Bokeh, Vega-Lite, bqplot and ipywidgets

Machine Learning
Machine Learning

1 year professional experience developing Machine Learning models. I have implemented different ML models including Random Forest, Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, LSTM, ARIMA, Auto-ARIMA, SARIMAX, Vector Auto-Regression, Linear Regression and Zero Inflated Poisson Regression Model.

Data Wrangling
Data Wrangling

Have spent a considerable amount of time in Data wrangling actions. Also have worked with Data Cleaning tools like OpenRefine

Statistics
Statistics

Capable of working with tools like statistical tests, distributions, and maximum likelihood estimators.

MongoDB
MongoDB

Professional experience for 3 years. Performed manipulation and extraction of data from MongoDB servers

Git
Git

Experienced with version control. Mostly, used Github. Also, have experience in working with GitLab and Bitbucket.

Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing

Have worked with most of the major clouds such as GCP, AWS, Azure etc.

Tableau
Tableau

Designed visualization dashboards using Tableau for Mayo Clinic’s Grand Challenge 2019

Apache Spark
Apache Spark

Basic knowledge. Completed Certification and just used it in mini-project

Hive
Hive

Basic knowledge. Completed Certification and just used it in mini-project

C
C

Know basic C programming. Used for contest programming and problem solving.

Agile software development
Agile software development

Professional experience in Agile software development while working at Motorola Solutions

Experiences

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Computer and Data Scientist
Hawaii Integrated Analytics

Oct 2020 - Present, Remote

Hawaii Integrated Analytics is a technology consulting company and provides multidisciplinary services to non-profit organizations and companies to independently and unbiasedly measure the impact of their programs. The services ranges from protocol design and data collection to data analysis, interpretation and storing.

Responsibilities:
  • Spearheaded technical work in an Educational impact evaluation project about COVID-19 funded by NIH, in collaboration with University of Hawaii (www.paac.info)
  • Executed building a data collection platform (React+Js), building & hosting a cloud based database(Google Firebase), and the exploratory analysis(python)
  • Engineered a HIPAA compliant MySQL database on a RHEL VPS at the University of Hawaii for storing PHI data
  • Responsibilities also included studying and describing the infrastructure required for optimal pulling, pushing, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
  • Lead Data Processing and assembling large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional requirements
  • Designed various dashboards for the executive team at HIA including Analytical dashboards, Executive reporting dashboards and Projects status dashboards using Tableau
Data Scientist
Motorola Solutions

Feb 2020 - May 2020, (Internship) Research Park, Champaign, IL, USA

Motorola Solutions is a widely recognized company for mission-critical communications and analytics. It builds equipment for telecommunications.

Responsibilities:
  • Formulated python scripts to automate extraction of stateful information from event logs of Land Mobile Radios (ATIA data)
  • Implemented a PostgreSQL database to store extracted data & developed queries to fetch call activity analytics
  • Generated interactive visualization dashboards using Bokeh and ipywidgets for anomaly detection and trend analysis
  • Devised Time-Series forecasting models to flag anomalies and predict future call activity to optimize resource allocation with 95% accuracy
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3
Graduate Research Assistant - Machine Learning
National Center for Supercomputing Applications

May 2019 - May 2020, Champaign, IL, USA

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is a state-federal partnership to develop and deploy national-scale cyberinfrastructure that advances research, science and engineering based in the United States of America. It operates as a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and provides high-performance computing resources to researchers across the country.

Responsibilities:
  • Developed supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning models for ongoing Research Projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation
  • Performed data validation, exploratory data analysis & built supervised models (Random Forest, LSTM, Zero Inflated Poisson regression model) for predicting West Nile Virus incidence rate
  • Implemented python scripts for data collection, data cleaning and Hyperparameter tuning to optimize the accuracy and loss in the training procedure
  • Created a SQL database to host the genome data for variant mining and designed visualization dashboards using Tableau for Mayo Clinic’s Grand Challenge 2019
  • Programmed scripts for benchmarking of genome variant calling software on a high-performance computing cluster
  • Facilitated projects for NCSA Genomics team as a Technical Project Manager over summer 2019
  • Produced and maintained documentation for modeling codes, contributed material to manuscript and grant preparation
Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analysis
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Mar 2019 - May 2019, Urbana, IL, USA

The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) is an interdisciplinary facility for genomics research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Responsibilities:
  • Performed data analysis for stomata count in corn leaf slides dataset and recognized outliers and anomalies
  • Identified and interpreted patterns of stomata in different genotypes helping identify next-generation corn strains that can grow in drought conditions
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5
Sprinklr

July 2015 - July 2018, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sprinklr is an American software company based in New York City that develops a SaaS customer experience management (CXM) platform. The company’s software, also called Sprinklr, utilizes artificial intelligence, and combines different applications for social media marketing, social advertising, content management, collaboration, employee advocacy, customer care, social media research, and social media monitoring.

Senior Product Support Engineer

Apr 2017 - July 2018

  • Responsibilities included manipulation and extraction of data from SQL and MongoDB servers for troubleshooting
  • Identified and resolved technical issues in social media in advertising APIs on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Analytics, YouTube, DCM, and Snapchat by duplicating errors and raising bugs
  • Managed service interruptions and known issues, keeping customers up to date at all times on incident progress, including coordinating a response, escalation, tracking, and analysis of incidents devising RCA
  • Oversaw product stability with testing phases by executing UAT and worked with the Product Management team on identifying scope for improvements and feature additions
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with development, quality assurance, client success, and operations teams to resolve escalated issues
Product Support Engineer

July 2015 - Mar 2017

  • Took ownership of customer tickets and provided resolution within SLAs along with identifying escalated urgent issues, tracking and reporting on trends
  • Directed initial triage of all issue tickets, catering courteous responses, ensuring accuracy of ticket data and conducting assignment of tickets to appropriate module for resolution
  • Developed and managed technical documentation outlining process and procedures for both internal and client usage
  • Ensured Social media management platform continues to function normally by duplicating and troubleshooting issues within it and test software behavior to identify gaps and work towards a speedy resolution