Vyas Adhikari

Experience

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  UNIQ Summer Schools

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Academic Mentor

  • Mentored 10 AS-level students, conducting mock interviews, offering assistance with tutorial work and general academic guidance • Pastoral tasks involved providing social encouragement, ensuring punctuality and offering university, career and Chemistry-related advice

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  Self employed

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

  Chemistry and Physics Tutor

  - Provide one-to-one tuition in GCSE, A-level and IB Chemistry and Physics- Experience conducting lessons in person and online

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  The King's Club, Wimbledon

  Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

  NPLQ Lifeguard

  Received National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and undertook paid work as a lifeguard, supervising the safety of swimmers, especially children.

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  Lanterna Education

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2014

  • Developed online multimedia course with performance tracking for Chemistry IB students. • Have taught 12 intensive International Baccalaureate Chemistry and Physics revision courses to classes of 5-12 students. Subject-matter of entire two year course is covered in 2 days• Other responsibilities include planning lessons, setting and marking homework and providing additional one-on-one tuition and support• During longer summer courses I have also undertaken additional pastoral responsibilities, such as student welfare and behaviour monitoring

  • Course Creator

    Apr 2012 - Apr 2014

  • Tutor

    Apr 2012 - Apr 2014
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  Redburn Digital Ventures ltd.

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Time for Telly content writer

  Wrote online content and written descriptions of TV programmes for the internet start-up TimeforTelly.co.uk

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  Kingston Grammar School

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

  Chemistry Teacher - Fixed term

  - Taught classes from ages 12-18- Ran enrichment sessions to prepare Chemistry university applicants for Oxbridge interviews- I developed an online platform to host Chemistry learning resources- Other responsibilities included Parents Evenings, school trips, practical demonstrations, writing reports, planning Open Evening, writing A-level revision resources

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  IBM

  Oct 2015 - May 2017

  Big Data and Analytics Consultant

  Consultant for IBM Global Business Services. Deployed on projects across industries and countries. Key roles included:1) Lead designer and developer for IBM 'Insight', a Javascript cloud analytics platform. It provides a reporting layer for the IBM BP ADAM account, involving 1500 people and contracts worth over $150 million. The application empowers executives to make proactive instead of reactive decisions using accurate real-time data.2) Analyst for 'Cityscape', a mobile application deploying advanced analytics to optimise urban store location and performance for a large consumer goods company.3) Founding member of IBM@Wimbledon Foundation initiative. My team won an award to design and implement a campaign to publicise the IBM/Wimbledon partnership with our thousands of employees worldwide.I have completed data analytics projects using SQL and SAS, and I am comfortable with a wide range of software packages. Show less

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  Career Insights TV - eWorkexperience

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2020

  Analytics Instructor

  Deliver 10 week online training courses on key business analysis tools to classes of over 100 students. This work requires me to be a strong public speaker, motivate large groups of people and manage individuals of various abilities.Topics include:MS ExcelTableauRData visualisationData Science and StatisticsCV & Interview preparation

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  ESF Capital

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2017

  Consultant Data Scientist

  'Finding the UK's best small businesses, and helping them grow through peer-to-peer lending with www.ThinCats.com.' Machine Learning Projects1) Optimised ESF's proprietary risk model to identify the best performing small/medium enterprises.2) Developed a predictive algorithm for customer acquisition, by identifying profitable businesses who do not fulfill mainstream banking criteria.Managerial Responsibilities:1) Interviewing new hires & contractors across multiple offices.2) Managing the successful delivery of web applications by external contracted software engineers.3) ThinCats.com marketing initiatives - published articles, devised customer campaign segmentations.4) Built an internal web application to automate two key business operations. Show less

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  Big Data Institute

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2019

  Data Scientist

  My research at the Big Data Institute focuses on population approaches to improve the health of the UK public. Our aims are to influence public health policy and practice, by identifying effective ways to prevent obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).Current projects:1) Building a comprehensive database of all food & drink sold in the UK, using Python based data mining.2) Using deep learning to correctly categorise product images.3) Developing a consumer browser extension to augment the online grocery shopping experience.4) Evaluating the potential impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (April 2018) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/soft-drinks-industry-levy/soft-drinks-industry-levyCollaborators:Biomedical Research CouncilOxford UniversityCambridge UniversityHighlights of the centre's research can be found here:https://www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/https://www.bdi.ox.ac.uk/ Show less

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  Springboard

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2022

  Data Science Mentor

  I manage and advise groups of new data scientists as they progress towards their data science certifications.Key responsibilities include:1) Weekly 1-to-1 feedback sessions2) Designing and managing medium-term data science projects.

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  Data Technology

  Sept 2019 - Jul 2021

  Customer Facing Data Scientist

  The UK's premier DataRobot partner

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  DataRobot

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Pre-sales Team Lead

    Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Customer Facing Data Scientist

    Sept 2019 - Feb 2022
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  Founders Academy

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  Faculty Adviser

  Founders Academy is a new type of business school for a changing world. Born out of Founders Forum, a global community of the world’s leading tech entrepreneurs, they develop the leaders who will harness new technologies to build a better world. Their 9-month "alternative-MBA" combines active and applied learning to empower ambitious professionals to reinvent their careers in London's most dynamic scaleups.

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  WTW

  Apr 2023 - now

  Leading the development of our model monitoring solution Building something new with 40 engineers and our customers.

  • Director, Product Management

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Product Manager

    Apr 2023 - Mar 2024