Raghav Kandarpa

Principal Data Scientist @ CapitalOne | Data Analytics |Product Management | Data Science | SQL | Python | Tableau | Alteryx | Mentor - BALC | Ex - FedEx, HSBC Bank

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

About

I am a Data Analytics professional with a Master’s Degree in Business Analytics from The University of Texas at Dallas specializing in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Data Science 𝐌𝐒𝐬𝐬𝐒𝐨𝐧 My goal is to be an evangelist of Data and solve complex Data challenges like automating manual processes, Building Models, Develop Dashboards all of which help the clients with the best data-driven solution and give key insights to make the right decisions π„π±π©πžπ«π’πžπ§πœπž I have 5+ years of experience in the FinTech and Data Analytics space. Currently, I am working as a Financial Data Analyst in FedEx within Accountings Department and also responsible for leading the Analytics. Prior to FedEx, I was working in HSBC Bank as a BI developer. While working in HSBC, I have been fortunate enough to carry out several roles which have helped me develop exceptional communication, interpersonal, problem solving, and leadership skills which I put to good use while establishing strong client relationships and training fellow employees. π“πžπœπ‘ π’π­πšπœπ€ 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 π‘½π’Šπ’”π’–π’‚π’π’Šπ’›π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ - Cognos, QlikView, Tableau, Spotfire, Alteryx, Power BI 𝑺𝑸𝑳- MySQL, MS Access, Oracle live, MS SQL π‘΄π’‚π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’† π‘³π’†π’‚π’“π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔 Supervised Learning (SVM, Decision Tree, SoftMax Regression) π‘³π’‚π’π’ˆπ’–π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 - MS Excel, JIRA, R Studio, ETL, R, Python π’π¨πŸπ­ 𝐒𝐀𝐒π₯π₯𝐬 Problem-Solver, Self-driven, Team-Player, Customer Focused, Efficient Communication, Project Management

Experience

  • Discover Financial Services (Full-time Β· 4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Principal Data Scientist
      Jan 2025 - Present Β· 1 yr 7 mos

    • Lead Data Science, Product Management and Operations Strategy
      Apr 2022 - Jan 2025 Β· 2 yrs 10 mos

      Key Tech : Snowflake, Python, Machine Learning, Tableau, Teradata, Finacle, Excel, Product Management, JIRA β€’ Analyzed Impacted Population using SQL queries and remediated customers based on different customer segments β€’ Built Tableau Dashboards to identify the impacted population based on different redressal matrix β€’ Lead a team of 4 in multiple projects using Agile Framework to remediate customers in student loans as per the redressal matrix

  • FedEx Services (3 yrs)
    • Senior Data Analyst
      Dec 2021 - May 2022 Β· 6 mos

      Key Tech: Optimizely, Product Management, Project Management, SQL, Tableau β€’ Lead a team of 7 to improvise existing product features and launch new product features from 0 to 1 β€’ Collaborated with stakeholders and was a liaison between team and them to implement deliverables on a timely basis β€’ Resolved different customer bugs and improvised customer experience β€’ Improvised product design by collaborating with design team to improvise user experience

    • Data Analyst 2
      Jun 2020 - Dec 2021 Β· 1 yr 7 mos

      Key Tech - SQL | Alteryx | Python | Tableau | Excel | Quantitative Analysis | Statistical Analysis | Predictive Analysis | Business Documentation β€’ Built complex SQL Queries using joins, grouping, aggregation, subqueries for data analysis before staging in Alteryx & Tableau β€’ Developed advanced SQL queries and stored procedures for large scale data with proper optimization β€’ Analyzed large-scale insurance claims data and forecasted average claims cost using Alteryx β€’ Developed PLPD and WC Insurance reporting solution using Tableau β€’ Designed Alteryx workflows to retrieve the data from multiple excels and prepared data sets for Tableau reporting β€’ Built Alteryx UI App for monthly insurance claims which eliminated redundant manual task β€’ Devised Project strategy to lead an end-to-end reporting solution using Project Planner while following Agile methodologies β€’ Documentation of the technical steps involved while building the Alteryx workflows for easier understanding for clients

    • Data Analyst Intern
      Jun 2019 - May 2020 Β· 1 yr

      Key Tech - Power BI | Alteryx | SQL | Excel β€’ Analyzed the insurance data and developed dashboards using Power BI β€’ Reconciled data using Alteryx to audit customer pension data

  • Data Analyst at HSBC
    Aug 2015 - Jul 2018 Β· 3 yrs

    Key Tech - SQL | Tableau | Cognos | Qlikview | ETL | Unix | Agile | Scrum | JIRA β€’ Development of end-to-end BI reports using Tableau for the Treasury domain of bank using Agile and DevOps methodologies β€’ Designed a Global Executive Dashboard using QlikView which showcases the trade flows for different Key Performance Metrics β€’ Enhanced the overall performance of bulk reports by using Unix shell scripting β€’ Scrutinized and improved table performance by tuning SQL queries in Oracle β€’ Developed 10+ interactive dashboards with rich graphic visualizations like drill down, drop down menu using Tableau helping business with right decision-making due to data-driven storytelling β€’ Implemented Agile Frameworks using a Scrum framework throughout the team β€’ Developed SQL queries to validate the data such as checking duplicates, null values and ensuring correct aggregation