Vedha Santhosh

Safety - AI Event Detection Improving our detection of dangerous driving behaviors like speeding using data from our AI dashcams. My computer vision sign detection feature is covered in the Samsara blog below.

Cloud Platform - Reports Shipped Advanced Custom Reports, a custom report builder directly within the Samsara platform.

- Managed an office of 40 student volunteer developers to lead product development and feature updates for our flagship campus technology products (Berkeley Mobile app, Berkeleytime course discovery web portal) - Advised student leadership and campus administrators about technology-related policy and initiatives - Received Chief Appointed Officer of the Year accolade due to my contributions and collaboration

- Organized various mentorship programs throughout semester to help members gain exposure to academic and professional opportunities - Spearheaded development of club culture by coordinating first ever retreat

- Proposed new safety features for Berkeley Mobile app and generated launch roadmap for enhanced access to information from WarnMe alerts - Interviewed UCPD Sgt. Vincent and other stakeholders during feature ideation

- Addressed procurement needs of large health client undergoing divestiture - Created a Python program to parse common supplier contract clauses, saving team hours of manual analysis.

- Managed semester-long engagement with Nexus, YC S21 fintech startup - Directed team in market research and product design deliverables

- Recommended relevant angel investors and VCs to help client secure investments in next fundraising round - Presented competitor analysis and next steps

- In addition to Business Analyst responsibilities, handled logistics of infosessions for marketing the organization to prospective new members

- Compile research driven recommendations and create deliverables for nonprofits and minority-led small businesses in a team of fellow students

- Implemented QA process for internal support tools. - Contributed to developing dashboards of success and efficiency metrics for support engineers.

- Developed dashboards translating business stakeholder needs into technical requirements - Migrated reporting data source from Teradata to Azure Synapse Server - Leveraged Celonis process mining data to build anomaly detection model for Accounts Payable team, revealing thousands of potential manual errors in processing supplier invoices

- Automated payroll for program mentors saving 15 hours per week. - Proposed data driven strategies to increase engagement and retention in mental health program. - Conducted user interviews and collected qualitative data on product market fit

- Organized B2B startup resource fair, helping startups save thousands in operational expenses. - Assist the SkyDeck executive team in tracking prospective SkyDeck startups and founders through F6S, SkyPortal, and other community channels. - Helped international founders refine their pitches and adjust to the US market.

- Attained HIPAA and CITI certification to work with sensitive patient data. - Analyzed survey data for two studies in the Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research.

Coursework: Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (cofounder of NeoNiche, later accepted into Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator), Richard Newton Lecture Series, Internet of Things Challenge Lab