About

Aakash Makwana is a Senior Data Scientist at Epsilon with over 5 years of relevant experience in solving real-world business problems across different domains. He possesses a fine blend of business knowledge, maths/stats, and technology/programming. Aakash is experienced in handling client-facing roles, stakeholder management, effective communication, presentation, and negotiation skills. Aakash has worked as a Lead Data Scientist at Loylty Rewardz Mngt Pvt Ltd and Senior Data Scientist at Neogrowth Credit. At both companies, he created data-driven scorecards and AI-based deal recommender engines. His expertise in NLP, ML, Python, Java, and Deep Learning has enabled him to develop sentiment analysis models and language models. Aakash is also proficient in SQL, Search, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Elastic Search, Naive Bayes, Spark, Neural Networks, ETL, and Software Engineering. Aakash has a diverse educational background. He completed his Executive MBA in Business Analytics from NMIMS Global and a Certification Course in Data Analytics and Predictive Technologies from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He also holds a Micro Master's degree in Data Science from the University of California, San Diego, and a DMBA in Business Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute. Aakash completed his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering and his High School in Computer Science from Jai Hind College. He also has an SSC in Business Analytics from Fellowship School. Aakash's behavioural skills include team-building, quick learning, effective communication, storytelling, structured problem-solving, and adaptability. He is an analytical thinker who can deliver results by leveraging his technical skills and business acumen. Aakash's brand link is goo.gl/AcwtNe, and he is always looking to connect with like-minded professionals in the industry.