Built and deployed credit risk and fraud detection models using Python, PySpark, XGBoost, and LightGBM on Azure Databricks, processing over 30 million monthly transactions across consumer banking portfolios. Developed scalable feature engineering pipelines leveraging Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, and Snowflake to generate risk signals for production ML models, reducing feature generation latency to under one hour. Designed graph-based fraud detection solutions using NetworkX and entity resolution to identify synthetic identities, mule accounts, and coordinated transaction networks. Operationalized end-to-end model lifecycle management through MLflow, Model Registry, automated CI/CD pipelines, drift monitoring, and champion-challenger validation frameworks to improve production governance and deployment reliability. Collaborated with Credit Risk, Compliance, Fraud Strategy, and Collections teams to build customer segmentation, propensity, and early-risk models, improving targeting of high-risk customer segments. Built retrieval-augmented knowledge assistants using Azure OpenAI, LangChain, embeddings, and vector search to support compliance policy navigation and analyst research workflows, reducing manual knowledge retrieval efforts. Implemented explainability and Responsible AI controls using SHAP, LIME, fairness validation, model documentation, and audit workflows to strengthen model risk management and support regulatory review processes. Developed Power BI reporting frameworks for monitoring portfolio risk trends, model drift indicators, prediction stability, and operational KPIs, enabling proactive model maintenance and faster issue identification across stakeholders.

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Built and deployed credit risk and fraud detection models using Python, PySpark, XGBoost, and LightGBM on Azure Databricks, processing over 30 million monthly transactions across consumer banking portfolios. Developed scalable feature engineering pipelines leveraging Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, and Snowflake to generate risk signals for production ML models, reducing feature generation latency to under one hour. Designed graph-based fraud detection solutions using NetworkX and entity resolution to identify synthetic identities, mule accounts, and coordinated transaction networks. Operationalized end-to-end model lifecycle management through MLflow, Model Registry, automated CI/CD pipelines, drift monitoring, and champion-challenger validation frameworks to improve production governance and deployment reliability. Collaborated with Credit Risk, Compliance, Fraud Strategy, and Collections teams to build customer segmentation, propensity, and early-risk models, improving targeting of high-risk customer segments. Built retrieval-augmented knowledge assistants using Azure OpenAI, LangChain, embeddings, and vector search to support compliance policy navigation and analyst research workflows, reducing manual knowledge retrieval efforts. Implemented explainability and Responsible AI controls using SHAP, LIME, fairness validation, model documentation, and audit workflows to strengthen model risk management and support regulatory review processes. Developed Power BI reporting frameworks for monitoring portfolio risk trends, model drift indicators, prediction stability, and operational KPIs, enabling proactive model maintenance and faster issue identification across stakeholders.

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Built and deployed credit risk and fraud detection models using Python, PySpark, XGBoost, and LightGBM on Azure Databricks, processing over 30 million monthly transactions across consumer banking portfolios. Developed scalable feature engineering pipelines leveraging Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, and Snowflake to generate risk signals for production ML models, reducing feature generation latency to under one hour. Designed graph-based fraud detection solutions using NetworkX and entity resolution to identify synthetic identities, mule accounts, and coordinated transaction networks. Operationalized end-to-end model lifecycle management through MLflow, Model Registry, automated CI/CD pipelines, drift monitoring, and champion-challenger validation frameworks to improve production governance and deployment reliability. Collaborated with Credit Risk, Compliance, Fraud Strategy, and Collections teams to build customer segmentation, propensity, and early-risk models, improving targeting of high-risk customer segments. Built retrieval-augmented knowledge assistants using Azure OpenAI, LangChain, embeddings, and vector search to support compliance policy navigation and analyst research workflows, reducing manual knowledge retrieval efforts. Implemented explainability and Responsible AI controls using SHAP, LIME, fairness validation, model documentation, and audit workflows to strengthen model risk management and support regulatory review processes. Developed Power BI reporting frameworks for monitoring portfolio risk trends, model drift indicators, prediction stability, and operational KPIs, enabling proactive model maintenance and faster issue identification across stakeholders.

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Data Scientist at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
May 1, 2025 - Present
Built and deployed credit risk and fraud detection models using Python, PySpark, XGBoost, and LightGBM on Azure Databricks, processing 30M+ monthly transactions. Developed scalable feature engineering pipelines using Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, and Snowflake to reduce feature generation latency to under one hour. Built graph-based fraud detection with entity resolution to identify synthetic identities and coordinated transaction networks. Operationalized model lifecycle management using MLflow, automated CI/CD, drift monitoring, and champion–challenger validation. Partnered with Credit Risk, Compliance, Fraud Strategy, and Collections teams to deliver segmentation, propensity, and early-risk models. Implemented RAG-based knowledge assistants using Azure OpenAI, LangChain, embeddings, and vector search. Added explainability and Responsible AI controls using SHAP/LIME and fairness validation, supported by documentation and audit workflows. Built Power BI reporting for monitoring risk tre
Data Scientist at Zensar Technologies
March 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Developed recommendation systems using collaborative filtering, matrix factorization, and TensorFlow Recommenders for personalized ranking across retail catalogs (>250,000 products). Engineered feature pipelines using Python, Spark, SQL, and Snowflake to unify clickstream, transaction, inventory, and customer interaction data, reducing feature generation time from six hours to under fifty minutes. Designed and evaluated A/B tests for recommendations and campaigns. Built demand forecasting solutions using Prophet, LSTM, and gradient boosting for 1,200+ SKUs. Created customer lifetime value and churn prediction using survival analysis, behavioral segmentation, and uplift modeling. Implemented semantic product search and ranking with BERT embeddings, maintaining average response latency below 180 ms. Productionized ML services using Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, automated retraining, and monitoring pipelines, reducing deployment cycles to fewer than five business days. Developed semantic s

Education

Master of Science in Computational Data Science at Bradley University, IL
January 11, 2030 - July 23, 2026

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Retail, Professional Services

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