About

Ninad Rao is a skilled Business Intelligence Analyst and Data Scientist with a strong background in machine learning, data mining, forecasting, and data visualization. He has a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University and has gained significant experience in writing classification algorithms and coding in SQL, Python, and R. With over 4.85 years of relevant experience, Ninad's core competencies include Statistical Analysis using R, SAS, Python, Weka, Tableau, Advanced Excel, and SPSS, Data Visualization using Power BI, Sisense, Tableau, D3, Domo, QlikView, and Spotfire, and Database Management using RDBMS, MySQL, VBA, MS Access XML, and Macros. He is also proficient in Data Mining techniques such as Predictive Modeling, Bayesian algorithm, Decision Trees, and Random Forest and has experience working with Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Hive, Pig, and MapReduce. Currently, Ninad is working as a Database Analyst and BI Developer at Charles Schwab, where he has designed, developed, and maintained the Infrastructure Architecture Database. He has also built a Covid-19 response dashboard for the Pandemic Steering Group to improve Operational Resilience. Ninad has coordinated Data Center Strategy and migration and supported application modernization initiatives. He generates visualizations using Tableau, Splunk, Alteryx software, and coding in SQL, R, and Python to generate analytics. He has also automated data migration and ETL using Alteryx to keep all Tableau reports updated. Ninad has acted as a consultant to various BI teams within the company to identify and solve data and system errors and discrepancies. Prior to joining Charles Schwab, Ninad worked as an Operations Research Assistant and Jr Data Analyst at Skysong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, where he collaborated on a Data Analytics project to develop a database of clients for the Economic Development Staff. He also supervised all client issues, organized anomalies, and determined defects for data, and administered data on client invoices by providing company metrics. Ninad has also worked as a Team Leader at Abu Robocon, the Robotics team at Nirma University, where he designed and fabricated autonomous robots to complete a given problem statement. He led R&D on wheeled robots to devise mechanisms to climb walls, steps, ladders, and predict projectile trajectory. Ninad's technical skills include Data Scientist, Research Scientist, SQL, Python, AWS, Random