Pratik Nachiket Gandhi

Overview

Head of Data at Compass Bio, focused on demand forecasting. Cut forecast error from 30% to 6% across 2345 SKUs. Taught SQL to 124 non-analysts. I host a monthly meetup on demand forecasting.

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Experience

1. Head of Data

   Nov 2023 - Present
   Compass Bio · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Reduced stock-outs by 36% in the first season.
   • Replaced 103 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
2. Senior Data Scientist

   May 2020 - Nov 2023
   Walmart Global Tech · 3 yr 6 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
3. Data Scientist

   Nov 2017 - May 2020
   ITC · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Taught SQL to 105 non-analysts.
   • Cut forecast error from 26% to 8% across 1812 SKUs.
4. Data Scientist

   Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
   Microsoft · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Replaced 95 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
   • Reduced stock-outs by 25% in the first season.
5. Data Scientist

   Oct 2013 - Feb 2016
   Nykaa · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Taught SQL to 142 non-analysts.

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Education

1. IIT Madras

   B.Tech, Economics
   2009 - 2013