Summary
Overview
Business Development & Practice Management
Work history
Education
Skills
Timeline
Publications
References
Vikram Mitra

Vikram Mitra

London,ENG
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney

Summary

With 11 years of industry experience, I have leveraged data science and agile project management methodologies to develop data products that solve a range of business challenges. As an experienced manager, I have managed teams & stakeholders throughout the entire product development lifecycle. I have developed numerous products utilizing AI/ML and data science, successfully scaling them into production-ready applications on various cloud platforms. I'm experienced in LLMs, predictive modelling, NLP, and creation of data products using business intelligence tools. I'm also skilled at statistical analysis, data mining, and identifying opportunities to optimize business processes for creating data-driven insights. My proficiency extends to using cloud services (primarily AWS), DevOps and collaborating cross-functionally to drive impactful business outcomes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Business Development & Practice Management

  • Led AI/ML product initiatives from concept to closure, driving >$300k annual revenue through cloud integration.
  • Managed product lifecycle, from AI-driven solution ideation to implementation; authored AI/ML thought leadership whitepapers.
  • Partnered with AWS & Dataiku for ML & analytics solution deployment.
  • Strengthened relationships with partners, senior management, and C-level executives to align product vision with corporate goals.
  • Conducted market assessments to maintain product competitiveness and innovation.
  • Provided regular Management Information (MI) updates to track project objectives and timelines, ensuring strategic alignment.

Work history

Director - Data Science

FTI Consulting Inc.
01.2023 - Current
  • Document Intelligence: Developed a solution using OCR and AI to automate data extraction from documents, significantly reducing manual analysis time and securing a $600k client deal.
  • Responsible AI Framework: Created a framework for ethical AI/ML practices in compliance with the EUAI Act, guiding the firm's AI projects.
  • Data Engineering & Analytics: Led projects generating over $200k in revenue by solving business challenges with a small team.

Manager - Data Science

Deloitte LLP
11.2019 - 12.2022
  • Detection of Accounting Anomalies & Fraud Detection: Led a team to create a machine learning fraud detection engine for Deloitte UK, becoming an "Audit Product of the Future" and integrated into wide audits.
  • Credit Risk Model Reviews: Developed IRFS9 credit risk models within the Audit team to challenge client loss provisioning assumptions, aiding in Audit opinions.
  • Automated Email Scanning: Created an NLP tool for email sentiment analysis and high-risk keyword detection, saving analysts over 50% of their email analysis time.
  • Automation of Compliance Risk Reporting: Led an 8-person team in a UK bank project to automate compliance risk reporting, producing hundreds of dashboards for near real-time monitoring.

Lead Data Scientist

MUSO TNT Ltd.
09.2018 - 10.2019
  • Developed ML customer segmentation models, tripling ad campaign CTRs and maintaining low CPAs for a betting agency.
  • Managed and improved a data science team's code quality and ML development practices.

Senior Bioinformatician

e-Therapeutics plc
07.2017 - 08.2018

Developed network analytics algorithms for company's Network Driven drug Discovery platform which was used to identify novel drug compounds.

Senior Bioinformatician

Proteome Sciences plc
05.2013 - 06.2017
  • Developed statistical models and data pipelines for clinical and 'omics' data analysis, aiding big pharma from study design to result interpretation.
  • Contributed to 38 publications and 3 patents with 440+ citations.

Education

PhD in Natural sciences and Mathematics -

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
04.2009 - 04.2013

MSc. in Bioinformatics - undefined

University of Exeter, U.K
01.2007 - 04.2009

Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology bioprocess engineering - undefined

Visvesvaraya Technological University, India
01.2003 - 04.2007

Skills

  • Cloud services - AWS (Elastic Compute, EMR, IAM, SageMaker, Athena, BedRock)
  • SQL - MySQL , Microsoft SQL server
  • NoSQL - MongoDB
  • Programming - Python (PyData Stack) , R (Tidyverse Stack )
  • ML-Libs - TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, H2o
  • LLM Stack - LangChain , Hugging Face Pipeline, LlamaIndex
  • DevOps - Github, AzureDevOps , Docker
  • PM - JIRA and Confluence

Timeline

Director - Data Science - FTI Consulting Inc.
01.2023 - Current
Manager - Data Science - Deloitte LLP
11.2019 - 12.2022
Lead Data Scientist - MUSO TNT Ltd.
09.2018 - 10.2019
Senior Bioinformatician - e-Therapeutics plc
07.2017 - 08.2018
Senior Bioinformatician - Proteome Sciences plc
05.2013 - 06.2017
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands - PhD in Natural sciences and Mathematics,
04.2009 - 04.2013
University of Exeter, U.K - MSc. in Bioinformatics,
01.2007 - 04.2009
Visvesvaraya Technological University, India - Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology bioprocess engineering,
01.2003 - 04.2007

Publications

  • Google Scholar profile - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VikramMitra&user=ei2MedcAAAAJ
  • Bridging the Gap Between Artificial Intelligence Implementation, Governance, and Democracy: An Operational and Regulatory Perspective
  • Patents - Materials and methods for diagnosis and prognosis of liver cancer - US-2016320395-A1
  • Biomolecule relating to Alzheimer's disease - JP-2021073455-A
  • Materials and methods relating to pancreatic cancer - EP-3033624-A2


References

References available upon request.
Vikram Mitra