Vaibhav Bajaj

Vaibhav Bajaj

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Data Engineer at Expedia | Ex- Affine | Product and Data

  • Education

    • D.A.V. Model School, Durgapur

      2011 - 2013
      94.7 %

      Activities and Societies: Captain of Football Team

    • National Institute of Technology Surat

      2013 - 2017
      Engineer’s Degree Electronics and Communications Engineering 77.8 %
    • St. Xavier's School Durgapur

      2000 - 2011
  • Experience

    • Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

      Jan 2017 - May 2017

      • Captained SVNIT Football Team in Inter NIT Football Tournament, 2016• Represented SVNIT Football Team in Inter NIT Football Tournament, 2015 1. Organized Gujarat's largest techno-cultural-managerial fest.2. Handled a budget of 4M.3. Led a core committee of 30 people.4. Efficiently managed a footfall of 5,000 people.

      • Captain, College Football Team

        Feb 2016 - May 2017
      • Convener, SPARSH

        Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
    • Affine

      Jun 2017 - Sept 2023

      1) Leading offshore team of 8+ Data Engineers and Analysts, performing end to end project management involving approach/solution design and delivery, client/stakeholder management, team mentor ship, training, etc., for the nascent One Messaging Platform (OMP) division of the world’s largest Online Travel Agency 2) Spearheading the Audience and Dynamic Content work streams in OMP from scratch by capably handling numerous, complex decisions simultaneously, across multiple teams, time zones, and culture Show less 1) Reduced email opt-outs (12 percent) and grew active subscriber base (4 percent) with minimal impact on top-line (0.1 percent) using an ensemble of user-level machine learning models that throttles email sends2) Improved user engagement, experience, and conversion rates(+4%) by building user-level customized recommendation engines, that support various use cases, from emails and pop-ups to cross/up-sell and discounts 3) Drove exploration and analysis of large, complex data sets representing hundreds of millions of real-world travelers on Apache Spark framework. Created innovative methodologies, algorithms, and prototypes, and demonstrated their value4) Segmented users and trips based on key characteristics, developed customised use cases for each segment and applied predictive modeling techniques using Spark ML Library on Qubole to predict the user’s intent towards various aspects of business Show less

      • Consultant - Product and Data

        Mar 2022 - Sept 2023
      • Consultant

        Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
      • Senior Associate

        Oct 2018 - Sept 2020
      • Associate

        Jun 2017 - Sept 2018
    • Medium

      May 2019 - now
      Content Writer

      Generating Content on Medium about topics mentioned below:1) Data Science2) Sports3) Current Affairs4) Humor

    • Expedia Group

      Oct 2023 - now
      Data Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Quarter Affine Jun 2022 Outstanding performance for the quarter (Apr-Jun)
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Year Affine Analytics Feb 2021
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Quarter Affine Analytics Jun 2020 Outstanding performance for the quarter (Apr-Jun)
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Quarter Affine Analytics October 1, 2019 Outstanding performance for the quarter (July-Sep)
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Quarter Affine Analytics Dec 2018 Outstanding performance for the quarter (Oct - Dec)
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Quarter Affine Analytics Mar 2018 Outstanding performance for the quarter (Jan-March)
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Month - Feb 2018 Outstanding performance for the month of February.
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Employee of the Month - Oct 2017 Outstanding performance for the month of October.
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      Certification of Participation National Science Olympiad Dec 2011 Represented DAV Model School, Durgapur at the 14th National Science Olympiad,2011.
    • Awarded to Vaibhav Bajaj
      National Level Science Talent Search Examination Unified Council 2010 Secured an All India Rank - 1303 and a State Rank (WB) - 67 among 10,00,000+ candidates.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Level 8, Local Guide

      Issued by Google Local Guides on Jan 2019
      Google Local GuidesAssociated with Vaibhav Bajaj
    • Student Volunteer, Path of Perfection

      Issued by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on Aug 2014
      The Akshaya Patra FoundationAssociated with Vaibhav Bajaj