About

Lakshya Khurana is a passionate and committed data scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur with over 5 years of experience in designing and implementing technically sophisticated online web applications using Hadoop, Big Data, HBase, C#, Python, Spark, JavaScript, TypeScript, AngularJS, Apache Kafka, and NodeJS. Currently working as an Engineer at Facebook, he possesses strong analytical skills and the ability to manage projects from inception to completion. Lakshya is a seasoned entrepreneur, having successfully raised a small online company that specialized in renting furniture and home appliances and transformed it into a well-established company with strong growth momentum and revenue crossing $750k in 4 years with great profit margins. He contributed leadership and set the strategic direction for the company, spearheaded a team of 8 people, and managed the entire operations of the company covering all functional areas including product development, business development, marketing, and sales. He demonstrated capability in building and nurturing business relations, worked with new business clients to expand the business, and influenced traditional vendors to enter into a new market segment and gave them the opportunity to get a return of over 80% in 3 years on $100,000 investment. Prior to Facebook, Lakshya worked as a Software Developer at Epic Systems, where he managed the full software development life cycle independently and understood end-user requirements. He utilized technologies like VB6, JavaScript, C#, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS for various projects and performed as a full stack developer for Web-based Healthcare software products. He provided excellent customer support by organizing client meetings to improve end-user workflows and visited various customer sites to get a concrete experience of the software usability. Lakshya completed his high school education from Neerja Modi School in AISSCE and has relevant experience of 9.62 years. He has a strong tech stack in Web, Javascript, Typescript, Software Engineer, Spark, Big Data, Data Scientist, Research Scientist, Hadoop, Kafka, NodeJS, Search, Python, MongoDB, and AngularJS. He is an excellent problem-solver with an aptitude for troubleshooting and mastering new skills and technology quickly.