About

Prahlad Koratamaddi is a highly skilled software engineer with over two years of experience at Visa Inc. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science from Columbia University, specializing in Natural Language Processing. Prahlad completed his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from NIT Warangal in 2020, achieving distinction and studying on a full scholarship. Prahlad has a diverse skill set, including proficiency in C, C++, Java, Python, C#.NET, SQL, Apex, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Flutter, Django, Salesforce Lightning, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. He is experienced in engineering Federated Search using Azure Cognitive Search, Elastic, and Google Cloud Analytics, as well as managing data stored in MySQL, Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server, and Azure Cosmos DB. Prahlad is also well-versed in following CI/CD, Agile, and version control methodologies using Jenkins, JIRA, and Git/BitBucket. Prahlad is actively seeking summer 2023 internships in software engineering, quantitative analysis, or machine learning. He has worked on several society-centric projects on machine learning, including applications in finance and healthcare, such as depression diagnosis and stock portfolio allocation. His research has been recognized with awards and publications, including the Best Paper award at the ACM Joint International Conference on Data Science and Management of Data (CODS COMAD) 2021. Currently, Prahlad is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University's Department of Computer Science, where he assists Prof. Gail Kaiser for COMS W4156: "Advanced Software Engineering." He mentors and guides students with course material, projects, and demonstrations. Prahlad has previously worked as a Software Engineer and Software Engineering Intern at Visa Inc. He received multiple awards for demonstrating leadership principles and delivering on several Customer Relationship Management (CRM) requirements. He has developed critical modules, including user access management, security, and data privacy for a large-scale CRM migration project from multiple Salesforce CRM instances to a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, addressing over 6,000 end-users. Prahlad has also contributed to the firm's primary Salesforce CRM instance by implementing customizations for enhancements in knowledge management, opportunity & product management, client report updates, and global client engagement surveys. Prahlad is highly skilled in software engineering, SQL, Azure, Salesforce, search, machine learning, NLP, web development, CI