Hello, I’m SathishKumar Babu, a high-performing Principal Data Scientist with 17+ years of experience across healthcare, banking/finance, and retail. I blend deep analytical skills with leadership and collaboration to design and deliver AI-driven solutions, from data pipelines and ML models to scalable architectures and cloud-enabled apps. I’m passionate about turning complex data into tangible business impact and mentoring teams to deliver high-quality, scalable results. I’m seeking a new opportunity to apply my software engineering background and customer-focused approach to build innovative data products, improve processes, and drive continuous improvement through CI/CD, testing, and robust documentation.

SathishKumar Babu

Hello, I’m SathishKumar Babu, a high-performing Principal Data Scientist with 17+ years of experience across healthcare, banking/finance, and retail. I blend deep analytical skills with leadership and collaboration to design and deliver AI-driven solutions, from data pipelines and ML models to scalable architectures and cloud-enabled apps. I’m passionate about turning complex data into tangible business impact and mentoring teams to deliver high-quality, scalable results. I’m seeking a new opportunity to apply my software engineering background and customer-focused approach to build innovative data products, improve processes, and drive continuous improvement through CI/CD, testing, and robust documentation.

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Hello, I’m SathishKumar Babu, a high-performing Principal Data Scientist with 17+ years of experience across healthcare, banking/finance, and retail. I blend deep analytical skills with leadership and collaboration to design and deliver AI-driven solutions, from data pipelines and ML models to scalable architectures and cloud-enabled apps. I’m passionate about turning complex data into tangible business impact and mentoring teams to deliver high-quality, scalable results.
I’m seeking a new opportunity to apply my software engineering background and customer-focused approach to build innovative data products, improve processes, and drive continuous improvement through CI/CD, testing, and robust documentation.

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Experience Level

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Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

AI Solution Architect at Nuvento Systems Pvt Ltd
March 1, 2021 - November 12, 2025
Defined product vision and roadmap for AI-enabled solutions; prioritized backlog, wrote user stories, and coordinated with the Scrum team to deliver value. Led requirements gathering with stakeholders, conducted market and user research, managed budget, and ensured quality through documentation and training. Acted as product advocate and established continuous feedback loops to evolve the product.
AI Specialist at Union coop
February 28, 2021 - February 28, 2021
Worked on Retail AI use cases including personalized recommendations, customer segmentation, churn modelling, image recognition/object detection, inventory optimization, demand and sales forecasting, assortment and price optimization, and Market Basket Analysis.
Data Scientist at UST Global
August 1, 2020 - August 1, 2020
Led data preprocessing, data validation and integrity checks; gathered and prepared data for modeling; built end-to-end data science projects; defined metrics, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership communications; developed regression and classification models using sklearn; contributed to corporate training and internal projects including chatbots with TensorFlow.
Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys
January 31, 2013 - January 31, 2013
Analyzed, designed and coded healthcare project requirements; prepared test plans; performed SIT/UAT testing; deployed applications; utilized COBOL/JCL/VSAM/DB2; produced specifications; ensured compliance with quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
Mainframe System Programmer at MainTech
June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2010
Installed and customized mainframe OS; expanded DASD/TAPES; conducted training; performed integration testing; tuned system performance; created automation scripts; managed defects and documentation; used MVS, JCL and VSAM.
Project Engineer at Wipro
March 31, 2009 - March 31, 2009
Analyzed, designed and coded migration-related requirements; prepared test plans and scenarios; conducted testing and post-implementation support; performed code reviews and created test automation plans; used PL/I and DB2; contributed to defect management.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) at Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2007
Master of Technology (Data Science) at BITS Pilani, WILP
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Executive Program in Financial Analytics at Indian Institute of Management, Jammu
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024

Qualifications

Azure Solution Architect certification
January 11, 2030 - November 12, 2025
UiPath Automation Developer Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Software & Internet, Professional Services