Shadir Mohammed

Self Motivated Data Scientist with 5+ years of experience executing data-driven solutions to increase efficiency, accuracy, and utility of internal data processing. Research and Development in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, including NLP,  Clustering, Classification, Regression, Neural Networks, etc.Experienced at developing, testing, and deploying Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models in Cloud Computing Platforms to deliver insights and implement action-oriented solutions to complex business problems.Experience in Stakeholder management and working with teams of 8-12 members.

Key Skills

PYTHON
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
SQL
Big Data
Deep learning
Data visualization
Statistical Analysis
Cloud computing
Data Structures
Model Deployment
R

Professional Experience

Feb 2020
Present
Senior Data Scientist
Directi Mumbai, IN
  • Developed Text Summarization (seq2seq model for summarizing reviews of more than 500 characters) and Sentiment Analysis on Customer Surveys using Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning Models.
  • Implemented various text processing techniques such as PoS Tagging, Named Entity Recognition, Cleaning and pre-processing of text documents, Text Feature Extraction using Word2Vec and BERT, Text Classification using LSTM, RNN, etc.
  • Built Abuse Detection Model and High-Precision Classifiers on Highly Imbalanced Dataset using  Advanced Sampling Techniques and Ensemble Machine Learning Models. 
  • Built Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Models to predict the Demand of premium domains using a Combination of Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering and Classification Algorithms.
  • Built Web Scrapers for extracting data from Domain Retailers like Google, GoDaddy,  etc. using Selenium and Scrapy Python Libraries.
  • Developed SQL Scripts to collect data from multiple tables using CTEs, Joins, Window Functions, etc. 
  • Technologies Used: Python, NLTK, Spacy, Flask, Apache Spark, Keras, TensorFlow, RNN, LSTM, Word2Vec, BERT, Apache Kafka, Cloud Computing, Scikit Learn, Pandas, Numpy, Docker, Kubernetes, TensorFlow Serving, etc.
Oct 2016
Mar 2020
Data Scientist
Reliance Jio Mumbai, IN
  • Used machine learning and statistical modeling techniques to develop and evaluate algorithms to improve performance, quality, data management, and accuracy.
  •  Developed Fraud Detection Model for Aadhaar eKYC Transactions to predict fraudulent transactions which led to 80% fewer fraudulent transactions. 
  •  Developed Customer Segmentation Algorithm using PAM Clustering to create personalized customer offers for Reliance Mart. 
  •  Performed sentiment analysis on AJIO customer reviews using sentiment-word embeddings to better understand the customer's needs and preferences, products pain points, etc. 
  • Worked in technical teams in the development, deployment, and application of applied analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive analytics.
  • Technologies Used: Python, R, Scikit Learn, MongoDB, MySQL, R Shiny, Docker, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, Keras, NLP, TF-IDF, NLTK, Pandas, Numpy, LSTM, Flask, K Means Clustering, Regression and Classification using Generalized Linear Model, Naive Bayes, Random Forest, XgBoost, Catboost, Apriori, FP-Growth, SVM, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Model Deployment using Docker and Kubernetes, etc.

Education

Jun 2012
May 2016
Batchelor of Engineering in Computer Science in 8.92 CGPA
Mumbai university

Certifications

2016
Machine learning with Python
IBM
2020
Advanced SQL for Data Science
Udemy
2018
Statistics and Machine Learning Specialization
Coursera
2021
Probability, Statistics and Linear Algebra
Khan Academy

Achievements

Professional
  • Top-rated employee at my current organization for Excellency and Teamwork.
  • Successfully Deployed 10+ Models in Production across cloud computing and on-premise servers.
  • Corporate Trainer and Mentor for Machine Learning and Data Science for more than 3+ years.
  • Winner of Game Changer Project - RIL Innovation Awards from Reliance Jio for Jio Aadhaar Project.
Extra Curriculars
  • Successfully Topped College with 8.96 CGPI.
  • Won “WEBINAR” Competition, Debate Competition, etc. held in college
  • Consecutive winner of Chess in Inter-college Festivals for 4 years.

Quote

Without Data, you're just another person with an opinion.

Hobbies & Interests

  • Cricket
  • Video Games
  • Chess
  • Programming
  • Bike Riding
  • Food Blogging

Languages

English
(Native)
Hindi
(Native)
Tamil
(Native)
Marathi
(Fluent)

Career Aspiration

Be the go-to person whenever data holds the key to solving a problem, howsoever esoteric, complex, unreal, and challenging it may be.

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