Darius Kharazi
Lead Data Scientist
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDarius Kharazi is a Lead Data Scientist based in Columbus, Ohio with eight years of hands-on experience building production-ready ML and big data solutions across retail and consulting environments. He has progressed through multiple roles at Abercrombie & Fitch—spanning network optimization, personalization, real estate analytics, and now leading data science—demonstrating an ability to translate complex models into business impact. Technically fluent in Python, R, SQL, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, and cloud warehousing, he pairs statistical rigor (XGBoost, TensorFlow, NLP) with practical data engineering to ship scalable pipelines and visualization-driven insights. Darius has built web services and apps (Flask, Dash) for model deployment and operational analytics, and brings real-world experience integrating geospatial and safety prediction systems. Known for explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, he focuses on actionable algorithms that improve decision-making across operations and personalization.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Data Analytics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Data Analytics at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (17)
portable10
gradient10
dataflow9
spark9
gbm9
xgboost9
java9
scala9
machine-learning9
distributed-systems9
dask9
boosting9
scalable9
python8
big-data8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dkharazi/customer-centricity
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:97 commits, 94 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
dkharazi/bert-news
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:30 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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