Shamel Merchant
Project Leader at BCG X
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShamel Merchant is a project leader and data science executive with 16 years of experience applying AI and machine learning to energy systems and commercial analytics, currently leading advanced-analytics teams at BCG and BCG X in New York. He blends deep technical expertise from a PhD in chemical engineering and hands-on computational chemistry contributions (including back-end work on the well-known ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py) with product-focused delivery of personalization, pricing and forecasting platforms that have driven material client value. Previously he led ExxonMobil’s data science group, operationalizing petabyte-scale sensor, NLP and causal-inference solutions to improve asset reliability and safety. Comfortable translating C-level strategy into technical roadmaps and vendor decisions, he is skilled at turning R&D and IP into deployable business advantage. A valedictorian-turned-practitioner, he pairs rigorous scientific thinking with practical implementation across cloud, ML and analytics stacks.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Chemical Engineering Practice, Master of Science (MS), Chemical Engineering Practice at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering, Valedictorian, Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering, Valedictorian at Institute Of Chemical Technology
Hindi, Urdu, English
Github Skills (7)
kinetics10
chemistry10
thermodynamics10
computational-chemistry10
reaction10
python10
react10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py
May 2013 - Aug 2014
Python version of the amazing Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Computational Chemist
Back-end Developer / Computational ChemistContributions:27 commits, 3 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Shamel primarily contributed to the enhancement and maintenance of the Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) Python code base. Their work involved refining atom energies, including the addition of new model chemistries and updating existing ones. The user also addressed issues such as math overflow errors and unit discrepancies, ensuring the accuracy and robustness of thermodynamic and kinetic calculations. Additionally, they made documentation updates.
mechanismchemical-engineeringchemistrypythonreaction
shamelmerchant/RMG-Java
Jun 2010 - Jan 2015
Contributions:30 commits, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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