I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of experience delivering data analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across payments, banking, public sector, retail, aviation, and consulting. I excel at designing end-to-end ML pipelines, cloud-native platforms on AWS, and collaborating with product teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into production-ready AI/ML solutions. I am passionate about building scalable systems with strong governance, observability, and impact across high-volume environments.

Pavana Sree Prathyusha Kollu

I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of experience delivering data analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across payments, banking, public sector, retail, aviation, and consulting. I excel at designing end-to-end ML pipelines, cloud-native platforms on AWS, and collaborating with product teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into production-ready AI/ML solutions. I am passionate about building scalable systems with strong governance, observability, and impact across high-volume environments.

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I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of experience delivering data analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across payments, banking, public sector, retail, aviation, and consulting. I excel at designing end-to-end ML pipelines, cloud-native platforms on AWS, and collaborating with product teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into production-ready AI/ML solutions. I am passionate about building scalable systems with strong governance, observability, and impact across high-volume environments.

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Work Experience

Sr. AI/ML Engineer at Fiserv
December 1, 2023 - Present
Designed and deployed an Intelligent Payment Routing & Authorization Optimization platform using Python, Scikit-learn, PySpark & AWS. Built a cloud-native, microservices-based ML system with real-time inference APIs, batch training pipelines, and event-driven data ingestion to dynamically select optimal payment routes, improving authorization success rates and reducing network declines. Implemented end-to-end ML lifecycle including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, deployment, monitoring, and governance for high-throughput, low-latency decisioning.
AI /ML Engineer at Regions Bank
March 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023
Developed a cloud-native, microservices-based ML architecture supporting batch and near real-time scoring for retail & commercial banking workflows. Built scalable data ingestion and feature pipelines, integrated with OLTP systems, REST APIs, S3, DynamoDB, and relational databases; deployed models using AWS SageMaker and Lambda with CI/CD.
Data Scientist at State of Utah
November 1, 2019 - February 1, 2022
Developed predictive analytics and risk assessment solutions, built centralized lakehouse-style analytics architecture for multi-agency governance, performed data cleaning, feature engineering, and modeling (Linear/Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, clustering, NLP), and deployed risk scoring and anomaly detection using AWS-based pipelines with CI/CD and dashboards for stakeholders.
Data Analyst at Publix Super Markets
July 1, 2017 - October 1, 2019
Analyzed sales, inventory, and customer data; designed BI dashboards in Tableau/Power BI; built scalable data pipelines and data quality checks; delivered ad hoc analyses and forecasting support to merchandising and operations.
Tableau Developer/Data Analyst at Alaska Airlines
January 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Designed and developed interactive Tableau dashboards to analyze flight operations, delays, cancellations, and customer service metrics; implemented complex SQL extractions and KPI standardization; produced standardized dashboards and analytical reports.
Data Analyst at Accenture
April 1, 2014 - November 1, 2015
Supported enterprise reporting and analytics initiatives by analyzing operational and transactional data; built standardized reports and dashboards; performed data validation, trend analysis, and ad hoc investigations; delivered governance-ready documentation.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science Engineering at Gitam University
June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Government, Retail, Software & Internet, Travel & Hospitality, Professional Services