Data Scientist with 10+ years of IT experience and 5+ years specializing in advanced analytics across FMCG, e-commerce, and finance. Expert in machine learning, NLP, predictive modeling, and Generative AI, with a proven track record of building scalable AI systems and turning complex data into actionable business insights. Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end pipelines and production deployments on Azure Databricks using PySpark and Hugging Face Transformers, plus building LLM/RAG workflows with LangChain and LangGraph. Skilled in prompt engineering, experiment tracking, and automation that reduces manual effort and drives measurable business outcomes.

Sanjeev C

Data Scientist with 10+ years of IT experience and 5+ years specializing in advanced analytics across FMCG, e-commerce, and finance. Expert in machine learning, NLP, predictive modeling, and Generative AI, with a proven track record of building scalable AI systems and turning complex data into actionable business insights. Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end pipelines and production deployments on Azure Databricks using PySpark and Hugging Face Transformers, plus building LLM/RAG workflows with LangChain and LangGraph. Skilled in prompt engineering, experiment tracking, and automation that reduces manual effort and drives measurable business outcomes.

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Data Scientist with 10+ years of IT experience and 5+ years specializing in advanced analytics across FMCG, e-commerce, and finance. Expert in machine learning, NLP, predictive modeling, and Generative AI, with a proven track record of building scalable AI systems and turning complex data into actionable business insights.

Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end pipelines and production deployments on Azure Databricks using PySpark and Hugging Face Transformers, plus building LLM/RAG workflows with LangChain and LangGraph. Skilled in prompt engineering, experiment tracking, and automation that reduces manual effort and drives measurable business outcomes.

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Work Experience

Data Scientist at Liv Analytics
March 1, 2023 - November 1, 2025
Built an end-to-end automation pipeline for product classification across entity and segment hierarchies using NLP and LLMs, combining BERT, GPT-based few-shot learning, and rule-based extraction. Fine-tuned and deployed sentiment and emotion classification models across languages; designed prompts for structured attribute extraction from unstructured text; developed an automated AI system that spots rising trends and validates them in top markets, delivering big-bet opportunities across categories.
Data Scientist at CAPGEMINI
August 1, 2017 - January 1, 2023
Analyzed large-scale unstructured and business data from social, media, sales, economic, and campaign sources to generate actionable insights for Unilever. Built a framework for merger & acquisition decision support by analyzing brands across sources using multiple metrics to inform brand acquisition prioritization. Developed a PESTLE framework for 20 countries to assess macro factors impacting the FMCG market and forecast sales. Identified lead indicators for campaigns using machine learning to drive uplift in brand KPIs such as awareness, ad recall, and purchase intent. Determined key drivers of market penetration across LSM categories using pricing, market share, and brand power metrics. Delivered scalable analytics solutions including Dataiku plugins, AWS-based Alexa skills, and automated Power BI dashboards.
Data Scientist (Senior Consultant) at Capgemini
August 1, 2017 - September 1, 2022
Analyzed large-scale unstructured and business data from social, media, sales, economic, and campaign sources to generate actionable insights. Built a Merger & Acquisition framework to evaluate brands across multiple metrics; developed a 20-country PESTLE framework to forecast FMCG sales; identified lead indicators for campaigns driving KPIs like awareness and purchase intent. Delivered scalable analytics solutions including Dataiku plugins, AWS Alexa skills, and automated Power BI dashboards.
Data Scientist (Intern) at BIGTAPP
August 1, 2016 - March 1, 2017
Worked on multiple data science projects in a startup environment including marketing analytics, customer profiling, and social media analysis using NLP and computer vision. Built predictive models for demand forecasting, entity resolution using probabilistic algorithms, and a retrieval-based chatbot leveraging web and cookie data. Performed data processing and predictive modeling using Python and R, with visualization in Tableau and Excel, along with exposure to Hadoop frameworks.
Senior Consultant at INDECOMM
March 1, 2014 - December 1, 2015
Collected and validated business requirements for an e-commerce domain and partnered with data scientists to improve rule-based predictive analytics models. Validated events using cookie data and website analytics, analyzed model outputs, and provided data-driven insights to optimize model performance and improve sales. Reported defects after model testing and participated in planning, testing, and inspection activities to ensure product quality. Developed and executed test cases and performed cross-platform web testing across iOS, Windows, and Android environments.
Systems Engineer at Infosys
August 1, 2010 - November 1, 2013
Involved in the end-to-end SDLC for Finacle digital banking product. Developed Excel spreadsheets to document calculations for financial tools and simulators. Implemented business logic and validations using Core Java, and executed test scripts including exploratory and regression testing. Recognized with multiple awards for performance and excellence.

Education

Graduate Diploma in enterprise business analytics at National University of Singapore
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING – Information technology (first class) at Visvesvaraya Technological University
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010

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Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Retail, Manufacturing