About

Sandeep Pattanayak is an experienced Analytics professional currently working as an Associate in Digital Product Management at American Express (AmEx). He holds a Dual Degree in Industrial Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and has relevant experience of 1.43 years in the field of Analytics. Sandeep has a proven track record of working on real-world business problems and harnessing the power of data owing to his various customer-facing projects, corporate internships, and self-projects. He has worked with cross-functional teams in developing models as well as getting them deployed by collaborating with multiple stakeholders including technological teams and product marketing teams, in-line with Agile methodologies. With his good experience in data analytics through EDA and tools like numpy, pandas, sklearn, data fetching/preparation using SQL, Pythonic Web Scraping, Web Automation using tools like Selenium, Beautiful Soup, and Flask web-frameworks for deployment, he has developed and deployed multiple ML utilities end to end. Sandeep has previously worked as a Risk Analyst II at AmEx where he developed anomaly detection components as EWMAs, Isolation Forests, Nelson Rules by modeling control limits for statistical profiles. He also achieved a precision of over 85% by introducing techniques to decrease False Positives improving the efficacy of the model. He has recorded 66% avg. drop in time and resource requirement for RCA of anomalies. Prior to AmEx, Sandeep worked as a Data Scientist at Smartlinks where he made a robust prediction of the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) for the shipments associated with different sectors like FMCG, taking into consideration the numerous possible uncertainties. He also developed REST APIs for the halt analysis using Modular Flask Design for easy integration into the back-end system of the application. Sandeep's tech stack includes SQL, product management, Web, Selenium, Scikit, ML, Pandas, Flask, Data Scientist, Research Scientist, Integration, and Backend. Sandeep is a quick learner and a team player with excellent communication skills.