About

Santosh Srivatsa is an experienced Data Scientist with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. Currently, he is working as a Data Scientist for Audit Data Science at Discover Financial Services. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing data models to improve the audit process. Prior to his current role, Santosh worked as an Analytics Consultant for EXL where he consulted for a large fashion retailer in central Ohio. He focused on customer insights, marketing, and loyalty analytics. Santosh built micro data marts to power automated reports and dashboards to track KPIs periodically. He also implemented feature engineering for media mix models to optimize marketing spend across various channels. Santosh has expertise in forecasting customers and sales using time series analysis (ARIMA and ETS). He implemented version control and code review processes using Git and deployed data models to production. Santosh collaborated with market research to provide a holistic view of customer behavior and with data governance to ensure accuracy in logic and calculated metrics according to business rules. Santosh has a Master's degree in Business Analytics and Project Management from the University of Connecticut School of Business. He also has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Instrumentation Technology from RVCE. During his time at the University of Connecticut, Santosh worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Data Mining and Business Intelligence. He created video tutorials for students on important concepts of Time Series and Text Mining using SAS. Santosh's tech stack includes Data Scientist and Research Scientist. He is a highly skilled professional with expertise in data modeling, forecasting, and analytics. He is passionate about leveraging data to drive business value and improve decision-making processes. Santosh is a valuable asset to any organization looking to optimize their data-driven strategies.