Akshay Jain

About Akshay Jain

At The Home Depot, my leadership in audience marketing initiatives has been pivotal, orchestrating the use of machine learning to achieve significant revenue growth. Our team\'s strategic customer targeting and channel optimization efforts have not only resulted in a notable $20M additional revenue but have also streamlined operations, evidenced by a $500K cost saving from the creation of a personalized marketing platform.The competencies honed over the recent years, particularly in large-scale data processing and time series forecasting, have enabled my team and me to deliver data-driven insights that fuel strategic decision-making. By nurturing cross-functional collaboration and championing a culture of innovation, our projects have made a lasting impact, ensuring The Home Depot continues to be at the forefront of data science application in retail marketing.

Experience

1. Data Science Manager - Audience Marketing

   The Home Depot

   Feb 2021 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Led a team of 12 onshore and offshore Data Scientists to provide ML/Analytics support for audiencemarketing initiatives across Paid/Owned/Retail Media platforms.• Orchestrated the development of ML models in GCP, enabling strategic customer targeting and channeloptimization; achieved an outstanding $20M in additional revenue growth.• Negotiated data partnership contracts with vendors to create THD\'s Marketing Personalization Platform, resulted in $500K in cost savings.• Conducted impactful business reviews with Senior Leaders to communicate the outcomes and potentialof Data Science projects, leading to increased cross-functional collaboration.• Launched comprehensive development programs for associates, resulting in an impressive 80%reduction in attrition rate, driving team stability and boosting overall productivity.

Education

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  MS, Business Analytics

  2011 — 2012

• Wright State University

  Masters, Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• SRM University

  B.tech, Biotechnology

• Udacity

  Nanodegree, Data Scientist

Skills

• Cluster Analysis
• Ampl
• Principal Component Analysis
• Statistics
• R
• Sas
• Statistical Programming
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Predictive Modeling
• Research Project Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Data Mining
• Sas Programming
• Regression Testing
• Analytics
• Predictive Analytics
• Jmp
• Sas E-Miner
• Statistical Modeling
• Linux
• Factor Analysis
• Demand Forecasting
• Operations Research
• Design of Experiments
• Regression Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Segmentation
• Regression
• Spss
• Quantitative Analytics
• Arena Simulation Software