Suma Karanam

Richmond, CA · (408) 508-9097 · sumakarnam@gmail.com

I am a Data Scientist with a strong background in Mathematics currently working at an adtech firm specializing in running omni channel digital ad campaigns


Experience

Data Scientist

Frequence

Building data driven solutions to optimize performance and delivery of omni channel digital ad campaigns

Mar 2022 - Present

Mathematics Instructor

Mathnasium of Albany-Berkeley

Teaching precalculus, geometry, algebra to more than 20 students in grades K-12

Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

Volunteer Garden Manager

UC Village Community Garden

Managing day to day administration, communications, website and other volunteers of a 2.5 acre community garden with more than 100 gardeners

Jan 2019 - Present

Lecturer

School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Taught college algebra, calculus, linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations to more than 10 classes of undergraduate students

Aug 2009 - Aug 2013

Research Intern

Raman Research Institute

Simulated and designed Ion traps using Mathematica and optimized design parameters given the constraints of the experimental setup

Jun 2006 - Sep 2006


Skills

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis and Visualization
  • Machine Learning techniques such as Logistic/Linear regression, Random Forests, Gradient Boosting, Cluster Analysis, Neural Networks

Projects

Bid Optimization

Automate bid adjustments for digital ads to reduce spend

Inventory Targeting Optimization

Analyze inventory won on digital ad campaigns using clustering to inform inventory targeting strategy for improving campaign performance metrics

Ventilator Pressure Prediction

Predict airway pressure in the respiratory circuit of an open source ventilator attached to an artificial test lung using tree based machine learning models

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Web APIs and NLP

Scrape data from two subreddits and build a classification model to identify the subreddit a post came from using ensemble methods

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Predicting Home Prices

Analyze housing data and predict home prices with a linear regression model tuned to minimize RMSE

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Education

General Assembly

Data Science Immersive
Data Science and Analytics
Nov 2021

University of Minnesota

Master of Science
Mathematics

GPA: 3.92/4

Aug 2013

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bachelor of Technology
Engineering Physics

GPA: 8.7/10

Aug 2008


Interests

Apart from being a Data Scientist, I am an avid gardener and violinist. I manage a large community garden in Albany, CA and play Indian classical music on the violin. I immensely enjoy teaching vocal music to my three wonderful students.