Kartik Thakur

Research Assistant

Research Foundation for the SUNY•  December 2018 - March 2020

• Spearheaded the implementation of building features and machine learning classifiers from data and predict writing, interaction and composition habits of users by applying data mining and social engineering techniques Coordinated with research teams on a DARPA funded project at multiple locations to understand research requirements, design and architect real-time distributed and reliable data pipelines thereby improving performance metrics by 20-30% • Attended JPL-Nasa hackathons and delivered quarterly insights on setting up Data Infrastructure pipelines that influenced major decisions that reduced costs by 40% • Improved Predictive modeling by 20% compared to traditional figures by analyzing real-time email responses through REST API’s • Configured Kafka message queues to stream emails from Amazon work mail to the classifiers to run the analysis for optimization • Achieved 25% better returns vs a historic performance by building and deploying Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters to break up monolithic app into microservices, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed

Data Engineer

Accenture•  June 2015 - June 2018

• Worked with Microsoft (Client) in Enterprise commerce for large and critical web-based and database applications • Provided bug resolution for high priority data infrastructure issues and minimized errors up to ~95% • Enhanced the client applications by creating 100% accessibility compliant UI following the WCAG guidelines • Automated regression and end to end data pipelines with selenium and coded UI, eliminating 500 hours/year of manual work • Served as functional SME for core data migration project providing recommendations for improvement and technical expertise alongside project life cycle resulting in the delivery of the project on time • Launched a high-impact mentor-ship program for entry-level analysts, increasing onboarding efficiency by 30%