Mohammed Topiwalla
Lead Data Scientist - Fraud Prevention Group
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMohammed Topiwalla is a Lead Data Scientist specializing in fraud prevention with nine years of experience building detection systems and driving analytics at Wise, where he progressed from Data Scientist to lead the Fraud Prevention Group. He blends technical rigor from an IT background with an MBA in Data Science to translate complex risk signals into scalable, production-ready models and product metrics. Known for moving quickly from hypothesis to measurable outcomes, he has deep domain expertise in transaction fraud, behavioral analytics, and operationalising models in high-throughput payment environments. Based in Stony Stratford, he pairs hands-on modelling and engineering experience with product sensibility, having started his career in software engineering and analytics across consulting and enterprise roles. An analytical generalist comfortable with both strategy and implementation, he often bridges data science, product, and engineering to reduce fraud loss while improving user experience.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
bsc Information Technology, bsc Information Technology at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and EconomicsMaster of Business Administration - MBA Data Science, Master of Business Administration - MBA Data Science at Bologna Business SchoolPhysicsChemistry and Computer Science; Science and English, PhysicsChemistry and Computer Science; Science and English at R.D.National College of Science and CommercePost Graduate Diploma Data Analytics Big data, Post Graduate Diploma Data Analytics Big data at S P Jain School of Global ManagementSSC, SSC at ST Stanislaus High School
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Italian
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Github Skills (7)
pandas6
sql6
python6
dataframe6
mysql6
r-package1
julia1
Github contributions (5)
mmd52/HR_Employee_Attrition
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:44 commits, 40 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
mmd52/PMS_Analysis
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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