Ibrahim Patel

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Head of Data at Orchard Works · Fraud detection · graph analytics, anomaly detection

Orchard Works
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
FMS Delhi
English, Hindi, Kannada
Advising
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Overview

Currently at Orchard Works, where I lead fraud detection with a team of 32. Cut false positives on payment blocks by 26%. Before that: ICICI Bank and Myntra. Board member at a local non-profit.

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  • Advice on fraud detection
  • Working sessions on SQL
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  • Survey or panel invitations
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
anomaly detectionSQLLightGBMrules enginesPythongraph analytics
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Open to advising pre-seed teams on graph analytics

Topics
fraud detection, Python, rules engines
Format
Office hours
Terms
Paid
Capacity
One advisory role at a time
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

22 years of fraud detection. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Bengaluru, Indiasqlgraph analyticslightgbm
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Experience

  1. Head of Data
    Feb 2025 - Present
    Orchard Works · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut false positives on payment blocks by 21%.
    • Replaced 100 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  2. Staff Data Scientist
    Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
    ICICI Bank · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Replaced 66 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  3. Senior Data Scientist
    Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
    Myntra · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  4. Data Scientist
    May 2017 - Feb 2021
    Samsung R&D · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Caught $7 million of fraud in the first year of the new models.
  5. Analytics Manager
    Oct 2014 - May 2017
    Accenture · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Taught SQL to 48 non-analysts.
    • Cut false positives on payment blocks by 46%.

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Education

  1. FMS Delhi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2007 - 2009
  2. NID Ahmedabad
    B.Des, Mathematics
    2000 - 2004

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