Summary
Sudarshan Gadhave is a data science and engineering leader with over a decade of experience building AI-driven products for finance, legal, and fraud detection domains. Currently Director of Data Science at AppZen, he has led teams of 10+ data scientists to productionize state-of-the-art models and drive impactful automation in finance. His background spans end-to-end data work—from ETL and data engineering at John Deere to advanced model development and deployment at NICE Actimize and Wolters Kluwer, where he helped build an AI legal bill review engine. He combines strong applied ML skills (classification, anomaly detection, imbalance handling, model explainability) with hands-on deployment experience using tools like SageMaker, H2O and PMML. Based in Pune, he pairs technical leadership with community-facing roles in Toastmasters, reflecting an emphasis on clear communication and team development. Colleagues value him for turning complex data problems into pragmatic, production-ready solutions that impact business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
S.S.C Maharashtra Board India, S.S.C Maharashtra Board India at Narayanrao Sanas Vidyalay
B.E Computer Science, B.E Computer Science at Savitribai Phule Pune University
Marathi, Hindi, English