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Boina Shrilakshmi Sai Phanidhara

Results-driven Data Scientist with 7+ years of expertise in ML, Deep Learning, Recommender Systems, and NLP, building end-to-end AI solutions across CRM, oil & energy, and transportation industries. Spearheaded global initiatives, including a transformative 2-year tenure at Shell UK (London), optimizing business strategies through machine learning. Skilled in designing scalable architectures, deploying high-impact models, and driving innovation with data-driven insights, ensuring seamless integration of intelligent systems across diverse domains
  • Role

    Data Scientist

  • Years of Experience

    8.1 years

Skillsets

  • PyTorch
  • Time Series
  • TensorFlow
  • SQL
  • Snowflake
  • Scikit-learn
  • SAP HANA
  • Recommender systems
  • R
  • AWS
  • Python
  • NumPy
  • Natural Language Processing
  • MLOps
  • Machine Learning
  • Linear Optimization
  • Deep Learning
  • Data Visualization

Professional Summary

8.1Years
  • Aug, 2021 - Present4 yr 1 month

    Data Scientist/AI engineer

    Salesforce
  • Aug, 2018 - Aug, 20213 yr

    Data Scientist

    Shell
  • Dec, 2017 - Aug, 2018 8 months

    Business Analyst

    OLA ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2017 5 months

    Analyst

    Meru Cab Company Pvt Ltd

Applications & Tools Known

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    AWS

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    Snowflake

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    SQL

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    SAP HANA

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    Pandas

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    Scikit-learn

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    NLTK

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    XGBoost

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    MLflow

Work History

8.1Years

Data Scientist/AI engineer

Salesforce
Aug, 2021 - Present4 yr 1 month
    Developed GenAI-powered chatbot, recommender systems, churn prediction model, and customer success scorecards using AI solutions, resulting in significant efficiency improvements and cost savings.

Data Scientist

Shell
Aug, 2018 - Aug, 20213 yr
    Built demand forecasting tools, supply chain optimization models, formulation prediction frameworks, and churn prediction models, achieving cost savings and efficiency improvements.

Business Analyst

OLA ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd
Dec, 2017 - Aug, 2018 8 months
    Led driver lifecycle management analysis, optimized incentive structures, and enhanced customer experience resulting in growth in bookings and partner satisfaction.

Analyst

Meru Cab Company Pvt Ltd
Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2017 5 months
    Performed customer behavioral analysis, job time forecasting, and data anomaly detection using machine learning techniques.

Major Projects

4Projects

GenAI-powered product knowledge assistant

    Built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot using Einstein AI for context-aware answers from extensive internal product documentation.

Application Recommender System

    Designed and deployed a system to recommend applications to customers, leveraging matrix factorization methods and collaborative filtering techniques.

Customer Success scorecard

    Developed scorecards providing adoption, engagement, and performance scores with actionable insights, driving savings and efficiency improvements.

Demand Forecasting Tool

    Created global lubricant demand forecasting tool using time series models like ARIMA and Croston method.

Education

  • M.Tech in Data Science and Engineering

    BITS Pilani (2023)
  • Bachelors and Master of Technology

    IIT Kharagpur (2017)
  • Intermediate Public Examination

    Sri Chaitanya Junior College (2012)
  • Secondary School Certificate

    Amar Concept School (2010)

Certifications

  • Neural networks certification by deeplarning.ai in coursera

  • Nlp specialization by deeplarning.ai in coursera