Vassante Kumar
Location
Richardson, TX
Chennai, India
Education
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The University of Texas at Dallas
August 2023 - May 2025
degree
Master's
majors
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Business Analytics
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Anna University
Work Experience
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Caterpillar
Senior Data Analyst
Chennai, TN, India
April 2021 - July 2023
company
Caterpillar
title
Senior Data Analyst
overview
• Improved customer lifetime value (LTV) prediction accuracy by 18% by developing regression models using Lasso
and Ridge Regression to identify high value customers.
• Implemented JIRA-driven data audits, resulting in 14% increase in accuracy across vendor management systems.
• Built multiple dashboards using PowerBI to monitor vendor performance across categories. Based on these
results, renegotiated contracts with multiple vendors resulting in an annual cost savings of $265,000.
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Caterpillar
Data Analyst
Chennai, TN, India
January 2019 - March 2021
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CATERPILLAR
Business Intelligence Intern
Chennai, TN, India
July 2018 - December 2018
Skills
Ability to Speak in PublicAdaptabilityAmazon Web ServicesAnacondaAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA)Apache FlumeApache HadoopApache HiveApache SparkApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)AutomationAvroBig DataBlockchainBudgeting SkillsBusiness AnalysisCloud ComputingCloudera ImpalaComet ProgrammingComputer ProgrammingConfluenceConstructionContainerizationCost ReductionC++ (Programming Language)Critical ThinkingCustomer SatisfactionDatabasesData CleansingData CollectionData FilesData VisualizationDecision TreesEndocrinologyForecasting SkillsHadoop Distributed File SystemHTMLJIRAJSONJupyterKerasKnowledge of EngineeringKnowledge of StatisticsLeadershipLogistic RegressionMachine LearningMatplotlibMechanical EngineeringMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMultivariate RegressionNumerical AnalysisNumPyOperations ResearchOracle ApplicationsPandasPartial Differential EquationPersuasivenessPower BIPredictive Data AnalysisPsychologyPysparkPython (Programming Language)PytorchRegression AnalysisRelational DatabasesResearch SkillsRisk AnalysisScikit LearnSnowflakeSQL DatabasesSqoopStock MarketsSupply Chain ManagementSupport Vector MachineTableau (Software)Team WorkingTensorflowTesting SkillsTime SeriesVisualization
Volunteer
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Comet Cupboard
August 2023 - present
Hobbies
Badminton
Table tennis
Football
Cricket