Harshini K Aiyyer

Product-Focused Data Scientist & AI Technologist

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Bengaluru, IN

About

Highly innovative and results-driven Data Scientist and AI Technologist with proven experience in developing and deploying ML-powered systems, agentic AI solutions, and user-centric analytics dashboards. Expert in designing end-to-end data pipelines that translate complex data into actionable insights and intuitive user experiences. Possesses a strong foundational understanding in LLMs, behavioral analytics, forecasting, and MLOps, coupled with a builder mindset and a passion for ethical, impactful AI products.

Work Experience

Data Science & Analytics Engineer

Hydratech ICT Solutions

Jan 2024 - Present

Driving data-driven decision-making and product enhancement through advanced ML and analytics solutions for a portfolio of rental properties.

  • Engineered an ML-powered pricing optimization system for over 10,000 rental properties sourced from aggregators, significantly enhancing pricing accuracy and driving revenue growth.
  • Designed and implemented behavioral analytics models to derive actionable insights into guest booking patterns, occupancy rates, and price elasticity, directly informing property owner strategies.
  • Developed comprehensive analytics dashboards to visualize and monitor critical KPIs including occupancy, price elasticity, booking trends, and seasonality, providing actionable insights for over 1,000 property owners and 100,000+ historical bookings.

Data & Analytics

Equinix

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Leveraged advanced statistical methods and forecasting models to derive insights and improve operational efficiency for large-scale datasets.

  • Conducted advanced statistical analysis (Kruskal-Wallis, regression modeling) on large-scale datasets (1.5M+ rows), extracting key insights to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Developed and optimized rules-based forecasting models across 15+ categories, leveraging Mean Absolute Error (MAE) for enhanced prediction accuracy.
  • Collaborated with 50+ stakeholders to design and implement tailored dashboards, resulting in a 15% reduction in cross-functional delivery bottlenecks across teams.

Education

Computer Science and Engineering (with Business Analytics)

Vellore Institute of Technology

Courses

  • Machine and Deep Learning
  • Statistics
  • NoSQL Databases
  • Big Data Engineering
  • Financial Analytics

Projects

Kotori.ai – Agentic AI for Empty Nest Syndrome

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

An AI-powered chatbot designed to provide empathetic and multi-step support for women experiencing Empty Nest Syndrome.

ForensicOps: MLOps for Forensic Audit

Jun 2022 - Mar 2023

A complete MLOps solution for detecting financial anomalies in healthcare claims.

StorePulse: B2B Product Analytics & Customer Insights

Mar 2022 - Nov 2022

A Snowflake-based retail data warehouse for product analytics and customer insights.

ForeXplorer – Forex arbitrage pipeline

Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

An automated ETL pipeline for forex arbitrage detection and market analysis.

PortOpt: Portfolio Risk Metrics

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

A portfolio optimization tool for balancing risk and return using Indian market data.

Temporal Profiling of European Honeypots

Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Analysis of SSH honeypot network flow records to identify cyberattack patterns.

RLTrader: Stock Trading with Reinforcement Learning

Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

An AI-powered trading agent utilizing Deep Q-Networks and LSTM for optimal strategy learning.

Awards

Best Paper Award for Computing category

IEEE, 3rd Conference in Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies

Nov 2021

Awarded for the publication 'Cryptocurrency and Associated Bourse Analysis using ML and Knowledge Graphs'.

Publications

Cryptocurrency and Associated Bourse Analysis using ML and Knowledge Graphs

IPACT

Nov 2021

Presented at the IEEE, 3rd Conference in Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies 2021, receiving the Best Paper Award for Computing category.

Languages

English (Fluent)

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

  • Python
  • R
  • SQL
  • Git
  • Jupyter
  • Streamlit
  • MongoDB
  • Neo4j
  • Docker

Machine Learning & Modeling

  • Scikit-learn
  • Regression
  • Classification
  • Clustering
  • Time Series
  • A/B Testing
  • Pandas
  • Numpy
  • TensorFlow
  • Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI)
  • Recommender Systems
  • Reinforcement Learning

Data Science Concepts

  • Statistics
  • NLP
  • Behavioral Analytics
  • Forecasting

Big Data Engineering & Cloud

  • Apache Spark (PySpark)
  • MLflow
  • RESTful APIs
  • BigQuery
  • Azure Databricks
  • Snowflake
  • Airflow

Data Visualization & Reporting

  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Looker Studio
  • Seaborn
  • Dendrograms
  • Efficient Frontier Plots

MLOps

  • DVC
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions