Mahesh Rao
Senior Data Scientist
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMahesh Rao is a Senior Data Scientist with an 8-year trajectory from neuroscience PhD research to production-grade machine learning and cloud-based data platforms. He combines rigorous experimental design and hypothesis-driven thinking with hands-on experience deploying ML services, telephony/Realtime LLM integrations, and Azure/AWS infrastructure at companies like Decode Health and Asurion. Comfortable mentoring and leading DataOps, he has a track record of translating biomedical and genomics data into scalable pipelines while overseeing junior engineers and establishing best practices. Mahesh also brings educator experience from Nashville Software School, where he launched students into data careers and designed curriculum—an uncommon blend that sharpens his ability to communicate complex technical ideas. Outside of work he pursues maker hobbies like woodworking and screen printing, reflecting a pragmatic, iterative approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Vanderbilt UniversityData Science, Data Science at Nashville Software SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology (Neuroscience), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology (Neuroscience) at Carleton College
Github Skills (7)
python4
jumpstart1
jupyter-notebook1
jupyterlab1
analytics1
jupyter1
data-science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
raom1/NIH-grants
May 2018 - Dec 2020
Analysis of grants awarded by the NIH over time to identify recent and long term trends in funding for research areas
Contributions:35 commits, 6 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 7 months
grantspythonlong-termnihfunding
raom1/understanding-random-forest-classifiers
Jun 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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