Archit Umrao

About Archit Umrao

As a Data Science Leader with 7+ years of experience, I drive AI/ML and GenAI innovation for significant business outcomes. I specialize in precise forecasting, GenAI product development, and advanced analytics, translating complex data into actionable strategies that enhance revenue, optimize operations, and fuel business growth.At Dream11, I\'ve led initiatives delivering industry-leading forecasting accuracy (5% MAPE monthly), reducing critical calibration errors by 50%, and engineering GenAI systems that cut instrumentation time by 85%. My work spans forecasting, real-time predictive modeling, and building GenAI solutions.Previously at Mastercard, I pioneered an ML-driven fraud detection engine reducing fraud volume by 87% and developed a critical COVID-19 hotspot prediction system for national governments (85%+ recall). My early internship experience involved engineering an Article Recommendation Engine using NLP and Autoencoders, which increased average session length by 10% and achieved 75%+ Top-10 Recall.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Data Science & Analytics

   Dream11

   Jul 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Led and mentored a Projections team, developing advanced forecasting models that directly informed key business decisions on spend, marketing allocation, and revenue optimization.• Drove GenAI innovation by building multimodal LLM and RAG systems for event instrumentation, leading to a notable reduction in instrumentation time.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Chemical Engineering

  2014 — 2018

• Army Public School, Kanpur

  Science

  2012 — 2014

• Army Public School, Kanpur

  High School

  2010 — 2012