Work Experience

Two decades building data-driven products, AI platforms, and enterprise solutions across banking, sports-tech, cloud, and telecom.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Senior Manager — Data & Decision Science · Dec 2021 – Present

Bengaluru, India

One of the earliest members of the Data & Decision Science team at CBA India. Key contributions:

Established a high-performing Data Science function from the ground up in India
Leading multiple strategic AI initiatives to improve processes and deliver brighter outcomes for customers
Driving adoption of AI and ML across business units

Cricket.com · Sep 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, India

Note

Due to regulatory changes, few products including cricket.com has shut down its operations in late 2025.

Lead Data Scientist · Sep 2019 – Dec 2021

Established and led the Data Science team of cricket.com
Built Criclytics — an industry-leading prediction engine for match outcomes and real-time insights
Introduced the Fantasy Research Centre with optimised fantasy team strategies using Linear Optimisation
Developed models for performance forecasting, player & team Elo ratings, post-match analysis, and playoff simulations
Created a content recommendation system to enhance user engagement and personalisation
Delivered end-to-end ML pipelines and deployed models as scalable APIs
Contributed to user and marketing analytics through data pipelines and A/B testing

10 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru · New York · St. Louis

Consulting Technical Manager · Mar 2019 – Sep 2019

Lead Architect for a Hybrid Cloud Solution with Predictive Analytics, integrating CX on cloud with on-premise order orchestration, service fulfilment, monetisation, and analytics for the communications industry

Senior Principal Consultant · Nov 2015 – Feb 2019

Led end-to-end architecture, business process framework, and ML framework design
Built models for customer segmentation (clustering) and churn prediction (classification) to improve experience and retention

Principal Consultant · Oct 2012 – Oct 2015

Led development and delivery of solutions on Oracle's RODOD (Rapid Offer Design & Order Delivery) framework

Senior Consultant · Apr 2009 – Sep 2012

Development and delivery of solutions on Oracle BRM (Billing & Revenue Management)

Senior Programming Subject Matter Expert · Jul 2005 – Mar 2009

Limassol, Cyprus

Development Team Lead for Amdocs Engineering and Implementation Teams
Worked on Amdocs Activation Manager (AAM) and Partner Revenue Management (PRM) products

Software Developer · Jun 2003 – Jul 2005

Kolkata, India

Core Development Team member for Unicorn 6.0 product
Focused on Inventory Management, Dealer Management, and System Administrator modules