Dev Akshay Rao

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Senior Data Scientist, Larch Care - Spark · Prophet · time series

Larch Care
Zurich, Switzerland · CET (UTC+1)
9+ years experience
Humboldt University of Berlin
English, German, French
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Overview

Currently at Larch Care, where I work on demand forecasting. Taught SQL to 98 non-analysts. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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Skills
SparkPythoninventory optimisationtime seriesProphet

Experience

  1. Senior Data Scientist
    Aug 2024 - Present
    Larch Care · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Zurich, Switzerland
    • Built the forecasting models now used in 8 product decisions a quarter.
    • Reduced stock-outs by 21% in the first season.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  2. Data Scientist
    May 2021 - Aug 2024
    Philips · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Zurich, Switzerland
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  3. Data Analyst
    Feb 2019 - May 2021
    Roche · 2 yr 3 mo · Contract · Zurich, Switzerland
    • Reduced stock-outs by 38% in the first season.
    • Replaced 32 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  4. Data Scientist
    Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
    Novartis · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Zurich, Switzerland
    • Taught SQL to 56 non-analysts.

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Education

  1. Humboldt University of Berlin
    BA, Physics
    2013 - 2016

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