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Venkata Upendar Reddy Kamasani

Peoria,IL

Summary

Machine Learning Engineer with expertise in finance and healthcare, specializing in credit risk scoring, fraud detection, and supply chain forecasting. Enhanced decision-making and planning accuracy through real-time pipeline development using Kafka and Spark. Proficient in deploying ML workflows with Docker and Kubernetes, and automating processes with Jenkins and GitLab CI. Skilled in AWS, MLflow, and implementing explainable AI methods for model transparency and compliance.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Machine Learning Engineer

Morgan Stanley
Mumbai , India
06.2022 - 07.2023

• Partnered with risk analysts to enhance credit risk scoring models, improving decision consistency and reducing manual review rates by ~10%.
• Contributed to real-time fraud detection workflows using Kafka + Flink, reducing detection lag from minutes to seconds.
• Automated ML release processes with Jenkins/GitLab CI, cutting deployment steps from hours to under 30 minutes.
• Containerized ML workflows with Docker + Kubernetes, improving scalability of production systems.
• Supported customer segmentation models that informed targeted marketing campaigns.

Data Scientist

Johnson & Johnson
Mumbai , India
06.2021 - 05.2022

• Applied ARIMA and Prophet forecasting models, improving short-term inventory accuracy by ~12%.
• Built analytics pipelines with Spark + Kafka to monitor supply chain events in near real time.
• Deployed lightweight ML microservices that helped pharmacovigilance teams monitor adverse events.
• Consolidated R&D, clinical, and commercial datasets into Snowflake, reducing reporting turnaround time from days to hours.
• Supported statistical validation for FDA submission datasets, ensuring regulatory compliance.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Bradley University
Peoria, IL
05-2025

Skills

Programming & Data: Python,C, SQL

ML/DL Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM

Deep Learning: CNNs, RNNs, Transformers (BERT), GANs

Data Engineering: Apache Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Hadoop

Cloud & MLOps: AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, Redshift), GCP (Vertex AI), Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow, Jenkins (CI/CD), n8n

Agentic AI & LLMs: n8n ,RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, prompt engineering

Visualization & BI: Tableau, Power BI, Plotly

Explainable AI: SHAP, LIME

NLP: spaCy, NLTK

Tools: Git, Flask, FastAPI, REST APIs

Timeline

Machine Learning Engineer

Morgan Stanley
06.2022 - 07.2023

Data Scientist

Johnson & Johnson
06.2021 - 05.2022

Master of Science - Computer Science

Bradley University
Venkata Upendar Reddy Kamasani