DHRUVA NAIDU
St. Petersburg,Florida
Summary
Analyst and data scientist who ships Python and SQL analytics and ML to production. Putnam Top 500 and USAMO qualifier. Strong written and verbal communication, highly organized, and self directed. Team player who can own workstreams independently and contribute to commercialization and client facing analytics. Skilled in Python, pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, SQL, AWS, R, C, Bash, LaTeX, SML.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Scientist
Groundgame Health
Tampa, FL
01.2026 - Current
- Engineered analytical models to assess healthcare claims and engagement data, aiming to uncover members with unmet needs.
- Analyzed demographic trends, geographic factors, and interaction history to refine and elevate prediction quality.
- Created metrics for inputs to measure their predictive value and recognized signals that extend to unassessed members.
Data Scientist
Caesars Entertainment
Las Vegas, NV
09.2024 - 10.2025
- Priced NFL NBA and MLB pre-match sides, totals, and props; priced live moneyline, spread, and total with tree based and time series models.
- Built Python and SQL pipelines for training and low latency inference with monitoring and safe rollback.
- Partnered with trading, product, and engineering teams to raise price refresh frequency and reduce stale quotes during peak windows.
- Authored concise updates consumed by the desk.
- Calibrated win probabilities with walk forward backtests including slippage and fees.
- Co-owned exposure views and operating rhythms with desk leads to cut manual overrides.
- Processed live data for quicker model readings; method still used by data department.
Data Analyst
Outlier AI
Oakland, CA
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Built evaluation sets and rubrics for math reasoning models and communicated outcomes to PMs to guide data and product decisions.
- Developed Python quality checks to detect failure modes and partnered with research to improve answer consistency.
Strategy and Analytics Intern
Apexon
Santa Clara, CA
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Forecasted revenue and pipeline KPIs and delivered dashboards for monthly leadership reviews; supported go to market planning.
- Automated data ingestion cleaning and feature construction in Python and SQL to speed model runs and reduce manual effort.
Teaching Assistant: Combinatorics
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Led weekly recitations and wrote and reviewed exam and homework questions with detailed feedback; coordinated with faculty and TAs.
- Kept deadlines and logistics on track after a mid semester leadership change.
Intern – Office of the Chairman
Bankers Insurance
Saint Petersburg, FL
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Prototyped an underwriting risk score and delivered an executive dashboard in Python.
- Analyzed policy performance and claim drivers and presented findings to leadership.
Mathematics Instructor
Mathnasium
Saint Petersburg, FL
09.2018 - 01.2020
Education
Bachelors - Statistics and Machine Learning, Minor in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA05-2024
Awards
Putnam Top 500: Mathematical Association of America (2022)
USA Mathematics Olympiad Qualifier: Mathematical Association of America (2020)
• AMC: 138
• AIME: 11
7th Place Combinatorics: Princeton University Mathematics Competition
Timeline
Data Scientist
Groundgame Health
01.2026 - Current
Data Scientist
Caesars Entertainment
09.2024 - 10.2025
Data Analyst
Outlier AI
05.2024 - 08.2024
Strategy and Analytics Intern
Apexon
05.2023 - 08.2023
Teaching Assistant: Combinatorics
Carnegie Mellon University
01.2023 - 05.2023
Intern – Office of the Chairman
Bankers Insurance
05.2022 - 08.2022
Mathematics Instructor
Mathnasium
09.2018 - 01.2020
Bachelors - Statistics and Machine Learning, Minor in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University