Raghav Arora

Raghav London, United Kingdom raghav.arora666@gmail.com +447833820291

About Me
4 years of experience in data sciences, engineering, and analytics, with a proven ability to generate insights for
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stakeholders.
Effective communicator, delivering clear and concise reports on data analysis and insights.
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Thrives in fast-paced environments, excelling at delivering results within challenging timeframes.

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Recognized for creating a highly praised engine by Microsoft FTEs.

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Professional Experience
Leeds University Union, Student Platform Technician 01/2023 – 09/2023 | Leeds, United Kingdom
Reduced yearly software expenditure by 60% through effective cost management.
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Streamlined communication by transitioning from Gsuite to M365, facilitating a hybrid work environment.
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Maersk, Data Engineer 07/2021 – 09/2022 | Bangalore, India

Reduced ETL time by 50% through Python, SQL, and Azure service-based end-to-end ETL pipeline management.
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Achieved highly optimized solutions with Python Thread Pool Executor and Databricks' DAG optimizer for parallel
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execution.
Successfully delivered 5+ projects using SDLC, specializing in analysis, deployment, documentation, and Agile
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methodologies.
Improved pipeline efficiency by implementing Parquet performance enhancements through Databricks and Data Lake
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integration.
Designed a Team notification and validation framework using Databricks and WebHook. for enhanced communication,
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saving approximately 15% of daily time on validation, execution, and failure checks.
Slashed project delivery time by 40% by streamlining code and establishing standardized frameworks for data
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processing.
Automated data extraction, delivering 100 Excel reports via Azure Logic App and Power Automate.
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Optimized Power BI loading time from 1 hour to 2 minutes using DAX optimization.
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Achieved 75% reduction in data processing time, enabling real-time and historical updates for 100+ million rows with a
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Big Data OLAP Model using Azure SQL Server and Azure Analysis Services.
Microsoft (Via MAQ Software), Data Engineer 04/2019 – 07/2021 | Hyderabad, India
Developed an efficient end-to-end system using DAX/MDX, Azure Services (ADF, ADLS, Databricks, Azure Data Warehouse),
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and Power BI for enhanced data processing and analysis.

Achieved a 90% improvement in Excel report performance by optimizing Power Pivot, DAX measures, and formulas.
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Transformed a Power BI report into an Azure Analysis Services (AAS) solution, reducing project delivery time by 99%.
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Automated project rollover with SQL, DAX, and Excel formulas, minimizing manual effort and errors.
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Ensured code quality, data accuracy, and integrity while delivering cloud-based solutions.
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Implemented Build and Release automation in Azure DevOps for efficient and reliable deployments.
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Served as a technical lead for two teams and trained new members.
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Migrated multiple solutions from on-premise to Azure cloud, enhancing performance and ensuring seamless project
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transition with minimal future intervention.

Skills & Certification

Data Analysis and Manipulation (SQL, Python, R, DAX,C#,C++) | ETL (Azure data Factory, SSIS)
Version control (Gtihub, Azure DevOps) | Automation (Logic app, power automate)
DBMS (Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, MySQL, SSAS/AAS (OLAP))
Business Intelligences (Power BI, Excel, Tableau, Celonis, Business Analytics And Decision Sciences)
Big Data (Data Lake, Blob, Data Warehousing, Databricks, Jupyter Notebook, Active Directory)
AI (Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Statistics, Probability,Statistical Analysis)
Certified Microsoft Azure Data Engineer and BI Developer | Certified Celonis Process Engineer

Education
MSc Data Science and Analytics, University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom
B.E. in Computer Science Engineering, Chitkara University Punjab, India
 Projects
Road Safety Data Analysis | Python, Tableau
Overview: Led a dynamic project analyzing England's road safety data (STATS19), uncovering casualty demographics,
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local authority patterns in killed or seriously injured (KSI) incidents, and detailed insights into KSI pedestrian cases.
Achievements:
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Addressed data quality challenges using advanced Python techniques.

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Produced an eight-page report showcasing adept use of Python and Tableau for data analysis and visualization.
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Skills: Python, Tableau, Data Visualization

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Criminology Statistical Analysis | R

Overview: Undertook a challenging statistical analysis project focusing on criminology, investigating the correlation
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between serial killer's motives and the age at which they commit their first murder.
Achievements
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Executed intricate data cleaning and preprocessing using R.

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Proposed distribution models for age at the first kill based on motives.
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Skills: Statistical Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
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Cancer Mortality Prediction | Machine Learning

Overview: Implemented advanced analytical techniques to predict cancer mortality rates in US counties utilising Machine
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Learning models using Liner Regression with OLS, Lasso, Ridge.

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Conducted thorough exploratory data analysis and addressed outliers.

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Developed and compared Linear Regression models and employed Random Forest for feature importance analysis.
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Skills: Machine Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Model Development

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Patient Mortality Prediction post-Heart Attack | Machine Learning

Overview: Analyzed a dataset for predicting 1-year patient mortality post-heart attack, establishing a machine learning
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pipeline and comparing Logistic Regression classifiers with and without L1/L2 regularization.
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Identified the best-performing classifier through rigorous evaluations.

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Quantitatively compared the chosen classifier with a Random Forest model.

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Skills: Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Model Interpretation

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Image Classification with MLP and CNN | Deep Learning

Overview: Accomplished Image Classification with expertise in implementing and fine-tuning multi-layer perceptron
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(MLP) and convolutional neural network (CNN) models on the Tiny ImageNet dataset.
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Demonstrated adaptability through transfer learning with pre-trained AlexNet weights.

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Utilized grad-CAM visualization for insightful model interpretation.

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Skills: Deep Learning, Python, PyTorch, Model Development

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Image Caption Generation | Deep Learning

Overview: Image Caption Generation showcasing proficiency in end-to-end model development using PyTorch and
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Python libraries on a subset of the COCO dataset.

Achievements:
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Evaluated model performance using BLEU score and cosine similarity metrics.
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Demonstrated expertise in vocabulary building and text pre-processing.

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Skills: Deep Learning, Model Development, Evaluation Metrics

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Mushroom Edibility Classification | R

Overview: Executed a mushroom edibility classification task in R, implementing a Simple Decision Tree and a One-Hot
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encoding followed by a Decision Tree model.

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Simple Decision Tree exhibited superior performance.

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Conducted cross-validation over 100 iterations, consistently favoring the Random Forest model.
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Skills: Classification Modeling, Evaluation Metrics, Cross-Validation, R

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