Hi, I'm Shamanth Chedde.

About

I am a new graduate from the University of Toronto working as a Data Analyst and I am looking to build a career Data Science! I love analzying data to solve problems and I enjoy building software applications that can assist with analysis. I am continuously learning new skills and concepts and I try to apply what I've learned by taking on some exciting projects. Have a look around and feel free to contact me if you wish.

Interests: Sports, Music (Guitar), Film and TV Shows, Video Games, Fiction Novels
Languages: English, French

Experience

Service Data Analyst
  • Analyzed service and survey data to identify deficiencies in the Financial Aid Office’s operations and delivery
  • Implemented strategies and new workflows to improve day-to-day operations and increase client satisfaction
  • Presented findings and recommendations to senior management to provide ideas on how to improve services
  • Tools: Excel, R, Google Forms, PowerPoint, Word
Oct 2020 – Apr 2021 | Toronto, Canada
Special Projects Software Developer
  • Implemented a user-friendly website with React for researchers to easily upload and analyze data
  • Investigated issues in code to improve functionality and efficiency of website by 10%
  • Tools: JavaScript, React, Material UI, HTML, CSS, SASS, SQL
Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 | Toronto, Canada
Research Assistant
  • Developed Python scripts to automate the collection of bibliographic data on published papers
  • Implemented new features to improve the design and functionality of the research group’s website
  • Designed a workflow to easily maintain and update the website
  • Tools: Python, HTML, CSS, Jekyll, GitHub Pages
Jan 2020 – Mar 2020 | Toronto, Canada
Project Data Analyst (Co-op)
  • Analyzed project data to design new workflows that streamline processes and improves team performance by 10%
  • Performed cost-effective analysis on over 1000 reports to minimize the cost of data migration
  • Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word
May 2019 – Aug 2019| Toronto, Canada
IT Architect/Business Analyst Assistant (Co-op)
  • Implemented document parsing algorithms in Java to boost the accuracy of search results by 8%
  • Performed weekly dashboard testing on Power BI reports to increase data quality by 5%
  • Developed landing page of the branch SharePoint website with JavaScript and CSS to present branch information and dashboard
  • Tools: Java, NoSQL, Microsoft Power BI, SharePoint, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Sep 2018 – Dec 2018| Toronto, Canada
Research Assistant
  • Cleaned large data sets using Excel (pivot tables, IF statements) to prepare data for analysis for research paper
  • Tools: Excel
Jun 2018 – Aug 2018| Toronto, Canada
Business Analyst (Co-op)
  • Oversaw production of a new branch SharePoint site and dashboard to display branch information
  • Produced business requirement documents to provide developers specifications of the product
  • Wrote detailed concept documents to collect information on proposed system enhancements
  • Tools: SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Jan 2018 – Apr 2018| Toronto, Canada
Research Assistant
  • Developed ETL scripts in Python to efficiently collect brain imaging data from database for brain activity analysis
  • Tools: Python
Sep 2017 – Dec 2017| Toronto, Canada

Education

University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Degree: Bachelor's of Science
Majors: Computer Science
Minors: Statistics, French
CGPA: 3.29/4.00

    Relevant Courses:

    • STAC67 - Regression Analysis (A+)
    • STAB57 - Introduction to Statistics
    • CSCA08 - Introduction to Computer Science
    • CSCC10 - Human-Computer Interation (A)
    • CSCC69 - Operating Systems (A-)
    • STAC50 - Data Collection (A)
    • CSCD43 - Database System Technology (A-)

Projects

Screenshot of web app
Categorical Data Analysis Project

An analysis using logistic regression to determine the factors that influence the presence of brown fat in humans.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: R, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Performed exploratory analysis on 26 variables to develop logistic regression model that predicts presence of brown fat with 95% confidence
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Human-Computer Interaction Project

A prototype of a website designed after researching user needs and identifying issues in the graduate education problem space.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: Excel, Figma, Google Forms, PowerPoint, Word
  • Collected and analyzed survey and interview data on user needs to identify problems faced in post-graduate studies
  • Developed a prototype and performed A/B testing to assess the usability of the proposed solution
django web app
NBA Fantasy Dashboard

A dashboard board created in R Shiny that shows the predicted stats of an NBA player based on a regression model.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: R, R Shiny, Python, Excel
  • Implemented ETL scripts in Python to create a database of performance data of over 500 players
  • Developed linear regression model that best predicts the statistics of a player with 95% confidence using R
  • Created dashboard using R Shiny to interactively visualize predictions made by data model
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The BRIDGE Hackathon (Placed 1st place)

A marketing strategy created to help increase attendance at university sporting events.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Analyzed demographic and sales data to create marketing strategy that will increase attendance at sporting events
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The Brock Datathon

A mathematical model developed to help predict the prices of housing.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: R, SAS, Excel
  • Formulated mathematical model using a dataset of over 79 variables to predict house pricing

Skills

Languages

Python
R
Java
SQL
C
SAS
NoSQL
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript

Tools

Excel
R Shiny
Microsoft Power BI
Linux
Git
SharePoint
PowerPoint
Word
MongoDB
IBM Watson

Libraries

Pandas
Beautiful Soup
React
NumPy

Teaching Experience

Part-Time Tutor
  • Prepared lesson plans to teach high school students topics in mathematics and computer science
  • Assisted students by explaining difficult concepts improve their understanding of course material

Contact

Resume