Sushant Prabhu is a data-driven software engineer and MS Data Science graduate from Columbia with 9 years of experience applying machine learning, NLP, and generative AI to business and research problems. He has delivered production-ready forecasting, classification, and NLP systems across Dell and IBM—driving multimillion-dollar savings, automating SKU/license mapping, and shipping AI models with F1 >75% for financial dispute prediction. Comfortable across the stack, Sushant pairs Python/R model development with cloud and data-engineering skills (AWS/Azure, ETL, Power BI/Tableau) to deploy scalable pipelines and dashboards. He combines product thinking and team leadership—building cross-functional roadmaps and managing small engineering teams to launch tools used in global business reviews. His academic and research work spans climate science, graph embeddings, and applied NLP, reflecting a rare blend of industry impact and applied research. A competitive FIDE-rated chess player and active mentor, he brings strategic thinking and coaching experience to technical teams.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary School Certificate Computer Science, Higher Secondary School Certificate Computer Science at Thakur Vidya Mandir High School and Junior College
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE) Minor Specialization in Big Data, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE) Minor Specialization in Big Data at Manipal Institute of Technology
M.S. in Data Science, M.S. in Data Science at Columbia University
German, Sanskrit, Marathi, Konkani, Hindi, English
Contributions:35 PRs, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
bookdownnyc-opendataedavinternetbroadband
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.