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Jyoti Bhandari

Jyoti Bhandari

West Haven,CT

Summary

Experienced Data Scientist with a proven track record of handling substantial datasets, distilling complex business challenges, and applying insights through distribution, predictive, and hypothetical modeling. Skilled in translating enterprise objectives into machine learning tasks to enhance overall operational efficiency. With over 3+ years of relevant experience, I have successfully contributed to strengthening company operations through my expertise in statistical modeling and data interpretation.

Overview

5
5

Years of professional and academic experience

Work History

Chief Data Scientist

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
08.2023 - Current
  • Led a team to develop the Admission Decision Support Model, utilizing statistical methods and machine learning algorithms. Achieved an 87% accuracy rate in predicting admissions decisions, 93% accuracy in student enrollment, and improved admission process efficiency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine key performance indicators (KPIs) for the admission process, enabling data-driven decision-making and a 25% increase in the efficiency of the admissions workflow
  • Orchestration of data workflows and automation using Apache Airflow, ensuring efficient data pipeline management
  • Implement advanced machine learning techniques, including deep learning models for the analysis of transcript images and natural language processing (NLP) algorithms, to analyze applicant profiles and transcripts, leading to an improved understanding of applicant qualifications and a 20% enhancement in GPA prediction for prospective students
  • Create and manage comprehensive work plans, meticulously monitor project timelines, and document coding and changes using version control methods in GitHub to ensure traceability and collaboration resulting in 100% on-time project deliveries.

Data Analyst

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Led the development and deployment of causal inference models, designing experiments to validate their impact on admission processes and align with overarching enterprise goals
  • Conducted comprehensive exploratory data analysis (EDA), ad-hoc analysis, and hypothesis testing uncovering significant trends, including an annual 10% increase in fall semester application submissions, and facilitating strategic planning for admissions
  • Developed Power BI dashboards consolidating graduate admissions metrics, demonstrating the correlation between applicants' undergraduate GPAs and acceptance likelihood, empowering the admissions team with data-driven insights also contributing to a remarkable 15% increase in acceptance rates for targeted applicant segments
  • Assisted in developing business requirements, documenting procedures, and testing processes to support data-driven decision-making
  • Effectively communicate technical findings, ideas, and results to non-technical stakeholders in both written and verbal formats, ensuring clear and understandable insights.

Data Analyst I

Cotiviti Nepal Pvt. Ltd
Kathmandu, Nepal
02.2019 - 11.2021
  • Conducted meticulous insurance and healthcare data analysis in the U.S. domain, encompassing eligibility, claims, prescription claims, and wellness data, ensuring keen attention to detail that contributed significantly to effective risk management
  • Initiated and led the design and implementation of efficient ETL pipelines, resulting in a remarkable 20% improvement in data ingestion efficiency, enhancing data collection, processing, and transfer.
  • Automated solutions for identifying medical data gaps, variances, trends, and patterns, reducing manual effort and expediting insights generation
  • Leveraged SQL queries and Python to extract, transform, and load data into databases, data analysis, and reporting, presenting findings to clients in a clear and impactful manner
  • Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence) and problem-solving expedited project delivery and ensured effective collaboration
  • Developed comprehensive reports and dashboards, providing insights into critical performance metrics and compliance with regulatory standards using BI tools like Tableau and MicroStrategy.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
12.2023

B.E. in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering Technology

Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
10.2018

Skills

  • Data Analysis: Python, R, Excel, SPSS, MATLAB
  • Cloud Computing: Amazon Web Services (AWS EC2, EMR, S3), Google Cloud Platform
  • Big Data Technologies: Pyspark, Hadoop, Databricks, dbt (Data Build Tool)
  • Version Control: Git, Bitbucket, Confluence
  • Project management: JIRA
  • Machine Learning/NLP: Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace
  • Database: SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLServer), NoSQL (MongoDB)
  • Data Manipulation: Pandas, NumPy
  • Statistical Packages: SciPy, SAS
  • Visualizations: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Dash, PowerBI
  • Workflow Automation: Apache Airflow
  • Web Development: Django, Flask, Dash by Plotly, Streamlit
  • Shell Scripting: Linux Bash
  • Data Modeling
  • Data evaluation
  • Data processing
  • Data analytics
  • Data monitoring

Leadership Experience

Executive board member of the Data Science & AI Club and Nepalese Student Association at the University of New Haven

Projects

  • Walmart Sales Analysis: Built a linear regression model that predicted Walmart’s future sales with 94% accuracy, leading to better inventory management and increased profits for the company.
  • Content Moderator: Developed an AI project using NLP to detect risk and fraud in e-commerce and moderate abusive text, webpages, and audio and fraud detection to create a safer internet experience.
  • Data Science Job Hunt: Built an interactive dashboard using Dash by plotly to analyze Data Science job opportunities in the US, and made a predictive model using Random Forest Regression to predict salaries and classification model for employee retention.
  • Chatbot Recommending Products: Developed a Discord chatbot using CNN, K-means clustering, KNN algorithm, and VGG16 model to recommend products from the Flipkart database based on visual similarity.
  • Semantic Image Segmentation: A computer vision/Deep Neural Network model that does semantic segmentation of trees, roads, and buildings of any input images. (Deep Learning Project)
  • NutriBot: This Natural Language Processing (NLP) project is a Discord bot, finetuned on Large Language Model BERT, for personalized recipe recommendations and nutritional analysis as per user’s input.

Work Availability

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Quote

How many ideas have there been in the history of the human race that were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Timeline

Chief Data Scientist

University of New Haven
08.2023 - Current

Data Analyst

University of New Haven
01.2023 - 05.2023

Data Analyst I

Cotiviti Nepal Pvt. Ltd
02.2019 - 11.2021

Master of Science - Data Science

University of New Haven

B.E. in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering Technology

Tribhuvan University
Jyoti Bhandari