Mostafa Gilanifar

Lead Data Scientist @The AES Corporation

Indianapolis, IN, US

Led multiple data science projects from ideation through production deployment, mentoring team members to promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and effective communication.• Developed and deployed an AI model for Estimated Time of Restoration (ETR) predictions, successfully integrated into the Outage Management System (OMS), significantly improving outage response accuracy.• Designed and implemented a weather-normalized revenue and rate prediction model using a hybrid of Symbolic AI and machine learning, enabling resource planning and commercial teams to make informed, data-driven decisions.• Created and deployed an AI-driven energy theft detection system using heterogeneous ensemble anomaly detection algorithms, resulting in substantial annual cost savings.• Contributed to enterprise initiatives including cloud migration (AWS/GCP), enhancing data quality and governance frameworks, and fostering strong cross-functional team collaboration.