Manish Rai

Experience

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  Leo Club

  Aug 2010 - May 2012

  As a Vice President of Leo Club I organized Blood Donation camps, Dandia Night, Free Eye checkup camp & No Tobacco Presentation in the near by villages. As the PRO of Leo Club I was responsible of managing the flow of information between our organization and the local media personal. This would lead to higher popularity of our organization which in turn helped us get more volunteers and good work to be delivered to the nearby villages.

  • Vice President

    Jul 2011 - May 2012

  • Public Relation Officer

    Aug 2010 - Jun 2011
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  Bharti Airtel Limited

  May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Summer Trainee

  I have done a summer trainee at Bharti Airtel, Jaipur; working on the project- Cell Development and call maintenance.

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  Sneh Consultancy services

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Founding member and Data Analyst

  One of the founding members of this company, I worked on multiple aspects of business. From meeting the clients, gathering the information and fulfilling the project requirements.

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  Mu Sigma

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2014

  Business Analyst

  Analyze key business problems interpret results, generate insight and recommend strategies for Home Depot stores.

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  India Crafts Village

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  Founder

  India Crafts Village was a one stop shop for the handicraft products from western and north western India. As a founder, I built the supply chain network (vendor procurement, customer demand fulfilment, etc.) and the selling platform using open source tools for portal development, inventory management system, etc. I also worked towards design selection to design creation for the product displays.

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  Target

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

  Supply chain and distribution Analytics, Optimisation. Worked on multiple projects to optimise and simulate the future supply chain of Target.Supply Chain Treatments Data Science and Optimization Supply chain management, replenishment and inventory management domains Worked on creating statistical models for our Distribution networks and helped the company in the financial planning.

  • Sr. Analyst, Data Science and Optimization

    Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Associate Business Analyst

    Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Associate Analyst BI &Analytics

    Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
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  Zooniverse

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Graduate Student, Machine Learning

  As part of the research group, I am working on research to understand the animal species and their behavior in their natural habitat and understand the impact of the changing ecosystem and climate patterns on them.

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  University of Minnesota

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  Research Assistant

  Building the deep learning models to help ecology research with faster and accurate population estimations of animals in African national parks.Animal population is being impacted lately my many factors like - rapid urbanization, climate change, illegal wildlife trade, etc. The way animals are reacting to these changes is something very critical in the understanding to undertake conservation efforts.

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  Nerdy

  Oct 2019 - Mar 2022

  Data and Research Scientist

  - Develop intelligent tutoring systems and interaction design between student and tutor to support learning. — Student skills evaluation and matching system- Build Computer Vision products for background segmentation, attendance capturing, etc.- Research and build learning solutions using computer vision techniques to identify student tutor engagement level during a tutoring session- Train and deploy Natural language processing models to identify bad actors during online large group classes- Designed testing framework for A/B test for landing pages and operational processes - Develop and deployed advanced time series forecasting models for key demand measures Show less

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  Nordstrom

  Apr 2022 - May 2023

  Senior Data Scientist

  - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify manual processes and key areas of improvement. Developed metrics like seasonality-index that could be universally applied by teams to optimize performance of machine learning models.- Developed and deployed forecasting model to predict markdown budget for various merchandising departments and enabled scenario planning capabilities to help evaluate the impact of each budget decision, resulting in gain of $5.1 Million and improved planning process timeline by 80%.- Mentored junior data scientists to improve the performance of existing machine learning models by creating process for experiment tracking and model evaluation. These improved processes resulted in 100% improvement in model coverage.- Raised the technical bar of the team by setting guidelines for code review, model evaluation, and monitoring. Spearheaded the migration of GitLab instance to enhance security measures for protection against external threats.- Designed dashboards to deliver insights into production model for Directors and VPs of Merchandising and Technology business units to facilitate data-driven decisions. Show less

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  Medical Solutions

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2024

  Senior Data and Applied Scientist

  - Developed the Matching models, overseeing the end-to-end data science lifecycle for personalization capabilities in our job recommendation systems.- Conduct solution-oriented meetings with cross-functional teams to built comprehensive project plan- Spearheaded the integration of Fairness and Disparate Impact analysis concepts into the data science team’s machine leading modeling efforts, ensuring ethical and unbiased decision-making processes.- Supported the pricing model resulting in optimal job pricing decisions.- Provided senior-level data science support by elevating tech standards, establishing CI/CD infrastructures, and implementing protocols for code deployment. Implemented a structured peer review system to ensure project quality and integrity.- Mentored team members and facilitated upskilling initiatives in data science, demonstrating a commitment to team growth and expertise Show less

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  Shopify

  Oct 2024 - now

  Senior Data Scientist

  Driving growth by designing and executing experiments to validate innovative ideas to enhance merchant experience and business impact.