Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Accomplishments
Extracurricular Activities
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ASHISH KATTA

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Teaching Assistant

UNT
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • I have worked under Dr. Jiang Beilei as a TA for Data Structures and Algorithms.
  • I have conducted labs. In class, the conceptual doubts of students were cleared.

Research Assistant

UNT
05.2023 - 06.2024
  • I have worked under Dr. Mark Albert as an RA and wrote a thesis under him.

Senior Analyst

Kantar Analytics Practice.inc.
, India
05.2021 - 12.2022

Java Backend Developer – Company Name.

Clients: Procter & Gamble, Fidelity Investments.

  • Automated and optimized the data update process by developing backend solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and MS SQL Server, reducing manual data mapping efforts, and improving efficiency.
  • Designed and implemented APIs for seamless integration with Power BI dashboards, enabling real-time data analysis and reporting on trends based on location, suppliers, vendors, and dates.
  • Collaborated closely with clients to understand project requirements, create technical proposals, and ensure on-time delivery of backend features by coordinating with on-site and internal teams, including data processing and analytics teams.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings with two cross-functional teams via Microsoft Teams and Zoom to standardize processes, develop reusable modules, and ensure consistent data pipelines.
  • Conducted a deep dive and exploratory analysis of client data, integrating insights into backend systems to support key business metrics, and improve data accessibility for analytics.
  • Debugged, optimized, and documented backend solutions to ensure accurate calculations of KPIs, enabling clients to estimate market performance effectively.
  • Analyzed discrepancies in survey data, and implemented regression models and tree-based algorithms to generate actionable insights, while documenting processes using Power BI and backend services.

Intern

Electronics Corporation of India Limited.
Hyderabad, India
05.2020 - 06.2020
  • I worked with a Team of 5 members (2 developers, 1 spokesperson, 1 Designer, 1 Electronics Specialist)
  • My main role in the project is a developer and I was given additional responsibility as a team leader based on my interdisciplinary approach towards the project
  • Constructed a motion robot that moves based on the voice commands given in a mobile application
  • We used HC-05 Bluetooth module to communicate with the Automotive Bot
  • Designed data analytics solution using Python for the unauthorized access points for wireless connections by analyzing publicly available authorized and unauthorized access points data
  • Differentiated the authorized and unauthorized users Based on their round-trip time (RTT) data
  • Implemented Logistic regression, KNN, SVM algorithms on data to identify the best fit that yield higher accuracy

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
12-2024

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology
06.2021

Skills

  • Tableau
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Advanced Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • SPSS
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Spring boot
  • JAVA
  • Python
  • SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • Google Collab
  • Jupyter Notebooks
  • Visual Studio
  • Numpy
  • Pandas

Accomplishments

  • Secured 4,687 and 21,324 all India level ranks among 1.18 million students in IIT-JEE 2017 Advanced and IIITJEE 2017 Mains.
  • Won silver medal in state level and gold medal in zonal level under 'The Competition in Advanced Mathematics Skills' in Eduranet Intellectual Olympiad Foundation.
  • Won silver medal in the Tug of War competition and bronze medal in Shot put through for N.I.T Jamshedpur team at Inter-N.I.T Sports meet 2019.
  • Earned State-7 rank in International MATHS Olympiad (IMO) in class 10.

Extracurricular Activities

  • Team Manager, Techno-management Fest (Ojass'21) (06/2020 – 05/2021): Led a team of 500 members to organize technical events, workshops, and social awareness programs.
  • Corporate Affairs Head, SECE (02/2019 – 03/2021): Achieved the highest sponsorship collection in the society’s history.
  • Campus Ambassador, Internshala (09/2019 – 11/2019): Facilitated students' access to internships via the Internshala platform.
  • Captain and Vice-Captain: Led ECE Athletics as Captain and ECE Basketball team as Vice-Captain.
  • Volunteer, National Service Scheme (NSS) (08/2017 – 05/2021): Organized and led activities such as blood donation camps, plantation drives, garbage disposal initiatives, and old clothes donation campaigns.
  • Member, Indian Youth for Society (NGO): Assisted homeless individuals during COVID-19 through community service camps.

Additionalprojects

Data visualization and SQL project., Retrieved the data from the Dognition database using SQL commands into Excel., Converted the data into CSV and processed this raw data into Tableau Desktop to draw insights., Identified the churn-rate of the subscribers after every stage., Visualized the graphs for revenue, number of subscribers based on the location and period.

Timeline

Teaching Assistant

UNT
08.2023 - 12.2024

Research Assistant

UNT
05.2023 - 06.2024

Senior Analyst

Kantar Analytics Practice.inc.
05.2021 - 12.2022

Intern

Electronics Corporation of India Limited.
05.2020 - 06.2020

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of North Texas
ASHISH KATTA