Anuj Thakur

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Chief Data Officer at Spindle Foods | ex-Dream11

Spindle Foods
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
IIT Madras
English, Hindi, Kannada
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Overview

19 years in data science and analytics, the last 4 at Spindle Foods, where I lead the risk team. Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 3% at flat losses. Replaced 97 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Before that: Dream11 and McKinsey & Company. Cyclist - trying to do a century this year.

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survival analysisSQLcredit scoringPythonmodel governanceXGBoost
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6 data analyst roles open on the risk team in Bengaluru

Role
Data analyst
Level
Mid
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹50-60 LPA
Team
Risk, 16 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Comfort with ambiguity
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp ₹20-52 LPA. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. Chief Data Officer
    Aug 2022 - Present
    Spindle Foods · 4 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Taught SQL to 95 non-analysts.
    • Took the risk models through 4 regulatory model reviews.
  2. Senior Data Scientist
    Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
    Dream11 · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Built the risk models now used in 12 product decisions a quarter.
  3. Senior Data Scientist
    Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
    McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 6 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  4. Data Analyst
    Sep 2016 - Nov 2019
    Nvidia · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 10% at flat losses.
    • Taught SQL to 161 non-analysts.
  5. Senior Data Scientist
    Nov 2014 - Sep 2016
    PwC · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 6% at flat losses.

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Education

  1. IIT Madras
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2003 - 2007

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