Tharun Katakam

I am passionate Data Analyst professional with experience working with and extracting value from large unstructured data sets across the Edtech sector. I have acquired skills in recommending and developing continuous improvements in various process that impact product information ingestion and content contextualization for the company's diverse client base. I have developed a strong understanding the business requirements so as to formulate the problems to solve and restrict the slice of data to be explored, collecting data from various sources, performing cleansing, processing, and validation on the data subject to analyze, in order to ensure its quality. I am proficient in exploring and visualizing data, performing statistical analysis and experiments to derive business insights, and clearly communicating the findings from the analysis to turn information into something actionable through reports, dashboards, and presentation. From my Master of Science, Business Analytics (Data Science Graduate Certificate) from University of Cincinnati, I have gained an insight on evaluation of business analytics approaches, relevant business analytics tools and techniques, and creating business strategies using data and statistics. I have acquired basic knowledge of topics relating to Data Mining, Statistical Methods & Modelling, Big Data Integration, Optimization, Probability Methods, Data Visualization with Tableau, Simulation Modelling etc. Additionally, I possess skills required to collaborate with business partners, data scientists and IT teams to create and implement world class data products and solutions and support in business and data analysis exercises. Moreover, I am an excellent communicator who exhibit strong professional integrity and discipline that aligns with the company's culture. If you feel, I could be a strong addition to your team, please feel free to connect with me at: tharunkatakam@gmail.com