Rakesh Thoppaen
Technical Architect, AI, and Data Scientist in Atlanta, USA
With over 13 years of experience in IT, Rakesh brings comprehensive industry knowledge to the table, specializing in building Agile enterprise-grade software. Rakesh's expertise includes developing end-to-end Technical Architecture for Data-Driven solutions, technical design for data-driven applications, and Enterprise Architecture, both in Cloud and On-Premises environments, with strong hands-on Python skills. I am actively involved in RFP (Proposal) submissions, managing timelines, cost estimations, solutioning, and crafting use-cases (PoC).
In addition to Rakesh's technical skills, He excels in Stakeholder Management, Mentoring, and Team Building, particularly in the field of Data Science. Rakesh has a robust understanding of various cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS, along with substantial experience in Machine Learning and SQL. His capabilities extend to building and deploying Generative AI solutions, hosting solutions in Power Apps and Azure Marketplace, and utilizing AutoML tools like DataRobot for feature selection, model building, and MLOps pipeline.
He has successfully managed and technically led Lean and Agile teams, demonstrating proficiency in building deep learning models using Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) with TensorFlow-Keras and PyTorch. My product development experience includes Optical Character Recognition using GraphCNN, and well-exposed in Business Intelligence using PowerBI.
In the realm of Computer Vision, Rakesh has expertise in Image Classification (VGG Class, Inception Class, ResNet) and Object Detection (Faster R-CNN, SSD). His skill set extends to feature selection for machine learning, data analysis, and proficiency in various algorithms such as Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, k-Means Clustering, Decision Tree, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Naive Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Random Forest, and Gradient Descent. I am well-versed in NLP, specializing in Embedding & Transformers like BERT and GPT.
As a quick learner with strong business domain knowledge in Semiconductor, Finance, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, and Manufacturing industries, He can effectively communicate business data insights to both technical and non-technical clients.
Apart from Rakesh's focused full time industry experience, I have also experience in mentoring startups to enable data driven features to their products and line of business in Agritech and Industry 4.0 sectors.