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PRAVEEN KUMAR MUNUSAMY

PRAVEEN KUMAR MUNUSAMY

Bentonville,Arkansas

Summary

Seasoned AI/ML Engineer with over 16 years of experience, including impactful roles at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Expert in Python programming and adept at stakeholder management, I've driven data-driven innovations and optimized processes for giants like Walmart. My agile methodology and problem-solving skills have consistently enhanced project outcomes, demonstrating a robust blend of technical prowess and collaborative strength.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AI/ML Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP
Bentonville, AR
01.2019 - Current
  • Worked for clients like walmart and sams club
  • Followed industry innovations and emerging trends through scientific articles, conference papers or self-directed research.
  • Maintained version control systems such as Git and SVN for tracking changes in source code.
  • Created automated systems that process large amounts of data using various ML techniques such as supervised and unsupervised learning
  • Worked in use cases like churn prediction, customer segmentation and personalized suggestions
  • Implemented reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous robotic navigation tasks.
  • Used statistical software to analyze and process large data sets.
  • Tested, validated and reformulated models to foster accurate prediction of outcomes.

Tech Architect - Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2008 - Current
  • Over 16 years ( 7+ years in Onsite - United states and 9+years at offshore) of software development experience includes all phases of SDLC using AgileScrum , waterfall and Iterative models and has worked in multiple projects in various roles like System Architect, Technical expert, Team Lead and Developer for reputed clients
  • Have a Valid H1-B with PERM Approved and 1-140 Approved, eligible and willing to travel and work in any client location within the United States
  • 10 years of experience in retail domain(WALMART/SAMS) in areas like Procurement, Warehouse management and store and club areas
  • 5 years of experience in Banking and Financial Services( UBS )- Trading, A to I share conversion, Trading platform development and performance report generationCoordinating various project related activities involving project planning, execution and management in tune with the core business objectives; reviewing functional requirements and translating them into technical specifications
  • Monitoring project progress as per scheduled deadlines for various tasks and taking necessary steps to ensure completion within time and effort parameters
  • Designing test strategy, developing test plans and approving test cases and scheduling project for releases in coordination with project managers and clients.
  • Performing systems analysis sessions for understanding client business processes as per management standards
  • Leveraged Agile methodologies to move development lifecycle rapidly through initial prototyping to enterprise-quality testing and final implementation.
  • Drafted detailed drawings of structures, specifying dimensions and materials needed.
  • Assisted in the preparation of presentations used during client meetings

Senior Developer and Architect

UBS
Weehawken, NJ
12.2013 - 12.2018
  • UBS Financial Services - Global Investment Manager(GIM)
  • This Project is about wealth management of client accounts, investing the cash in securities, mutual funds, bonds etc
  • To reap maximum investment benefits
  • All the trades for symbol, mutual funds and bonds happens within GIM
  • The GIM process the trades and keeps track of the performance of each investments done within it to provide a detailed portfolio of each client accounts
  • It also provides performance reports Quarterly on the investments and their performance over the years, so that the client can adjust their investments based on it
  • Client also wanted to migrate the Trading/Performance Reporting Platform and I was mainly involved in the Data Migration piece as the last phase of the project
  • Ensured that projects are delivered on time within budget constraints while meeting high quality standards.
  • Established clear system performance standards and wrote specifications.
  • Maximized performance through testing and tuning of applications.
  • Analyzed business processes and identified opportunities for automation through scripting or programming languages like Python.
  • Optimized existing database queries for improved performance of web applications.

Senior Developer

WALMART
Bentonville, AR
01.2009 - 11.2013
  • The client wants to enhance and build a domestic and Import Purchase Order
  • It enhances the communication between Buyers, Suppliers, Global Procurement Team and Direct Import Group through real time centralised information
  • Global Design Pack/Supplier Quote, Merchandise Procurement Application, Custom Classification, Auto Update Revisions, Imports Maintenance, Import Security and Global Supply Chain Visibility are the various application grouped in Global Procurement
  • Walmart stores project operates on the various store operations that were performed for the store operations like Replenishment of items, Label Printing for displaying prices of store item and inventory management
  • Established best practices for coding standards within team environment.
  • Recommended improvements to facilitate team and project workflow.
  • Resolved customer issues by establishing workarounds and solutions to debug and create defect fixes.
  • Performed troubleshooting of post-release software faults to support live service and installed software patch design.

Education

Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Anna University

Skills

  • Python for Data Science
  • C
  • C
  • ESQLC (Informix)
  • Project management
  • Agile methodologies
  • Data analysis
  • Team collaboration
  • Stakeholder management
  • Effective communication
  • Adaptable thinking
  • Scikit-learn
  • Statistical modeling
  • Apache Spark
  • 4GL
  • Shell scripting
  • Perl
  • AWK
  • SED
  • PL/SQL
  • Stored Procedure/SQL
  • MYSQL
  • AZURE SQL
  • Big data analytics
  • Data science
  • Pandas
  • Numpy
  • Python programming
  • Predictive modeling
  • Data analytics
  • Excellent communication
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Machine learning algorithms
  • Advanced data mining
  • Time management abilities
  • Statistical analysis
  • Data warehousing
  • Data operations
  • Time series analysis
  • Cloud computing

Certification

  • PGPDSBA in Data Science and Business Analytics from Great Learning
  • C,C++ Certified

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 07/02/87

Notable accomplishments:

  • Performer of the year award for outstanding effort in developing a new trading platform
  • Star of the quarter award
  • Star of the month award
  • Guiding Light award for mentoring newcomers to the team
  • Developed a batch that monitors and reports USERS of any FAILURES by CONSTANTLY Monitoring the SYSTEM in SCHEDULERS in RETAIL WAREHOUSE AREAS
  • Developed a PERFORMANCE TOOL REPORT that accurately reports daily PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE PORTFOLIO OWNERS in INVESTMENT BANKING
  • Automation of STORE SHELVING PROCESS BATCH PROGRAM that shelves the GOODS of the WALMART STORES
  • A DAILY TRADE MONITOR TO REPORT FRACTIONAL SHARES TRADED DURING A TRADE DAY

Timeline

AI/ML Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP
01.2019 - Current

Senior Developer and Architect

UBS
12.2013 - 12.2018

Senior Developer

WALMART
01.2009 - 11.2013

Tech Architect - Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2008 - Current

Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Anna University
PRAVEEN KUMAR MUNUSAMY