Antony Samuel B

Profile

Data Scientist with 7+ years of experience in the retail and supply chain domain. Skilled in R, Python, SQL, Tableau, and GCP with end-to-end expertise in requirement gathering, data analysis, feature engineering, modeling, forecasting, production deployment, and communication of results.

Experience

Senior Data Scientist - Supply Chain — SRM Pvt Ltd (Client: AEO) (Sep 2022 - Present)
Warehouse optimization, forecast evaluation frameworks, and delivery lead time prediction.
Tech: Python, R, GCP, BigQuery, Tableau
Senior Data Scientist - Forecast Rollouts — Pristine Retail Solutions (Oct 2021 - Aug 2022)
Forecasting rollout for new clients, continuous improvement of forecast models, and resolving production issues.
Tech: R, SQL, Time Series forecasting, GLMs
Data Scientist - Forecast Optimization — Pristine Retail Solutions (Jun 2018 - Sep 2021)
Optimized ensemble forecasting models, implemented aggregation services, improved household predictions.
Tech: R, SQL
Junior Data Scientist - Key Value Item Optimization — Pristine Retail Solutions (Jun 2017 - May 2018)
Weekly demand forecasting and key-value item recommendations.
Tech: R, SQL, Deep Learning (MXNet)
Research Scholar — IIT Madras (Jun 2013 - Nov 2016)
Developed aerodynamic flow simulation models in FORTRAN and MATLAB.
Graduate Trainee Engineer — Vestas Technology R&D (Sep 2011 - Sep 2012)
Manufacturing quality performance analysis of blade factories.

Education

MS, Applied Mechanics — IIT Madras, Chennai (2013 - 2016)
BE, Mechanical Engineering — St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai (2007 - 2011)

Skills

Technical: Python, R, SQL, Tableau, RShiny, GCP, Airflow
Core: Data Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Forecasting, Automated Reports

Awards

Frontline Leader Award — SRM (Q2 2023-24)
Trail Blazer of the Year — SRM (2022-23)
Extra Miler — SRM (Feb 2023)

Certifications