About

Sasank Channapragada is a Senior Data Scientist with over 7 years of experience in the field. He is currently working at Target, where he specializes in Supply Chain Strategy. Prior to this, he worked at Groupon on the Search & Recommendations team, where he contributed to the platform's performance and stability by implementing customer-facing product features. His work at Groupon also involved creating and patenting a novel method for explaining personalized recommendations to customers, which resulted in a 2 MM annual revenue lift and 50% greater click-through rate compared to deals that did not have explanations. Before joining Groupon, Sasank worked as a Software Engineer at Pivot Food Investment, where he worked on the backend in Python and was responsible for data engineering, automating consumption from various data sources, and database management. He also worked on a plant-based facts database, plant-based companies, investment information of universities, and factory farm companies. Sasank holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, where he specialized in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He also has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Sasank's technical skills include Data Science, Research Science, Backend Development, Machine Learning, Python, Java, Data Engineering, Infra, Redis, Elastic Search, and Kafka. He is a highly skilled and experienced professional with a proven track record of delivering results in the field of Data Science.