Dr. Madana Bachika

Dr. Madana Bachika has over 13 years of experience in the field of data science. In 2021, they began working as the Managing Director & Head of Operations (India) for Anicca Data Science Solutions. In 2020, they worked as Lead Data Science - Customer Data & Analytics for Gap, where they supported various business units of the Brands “GAP”, "Gap Outlets", "Old Navy", "Banana Republic" etc. with Data Science requirements, and designed and developed demand forecast models at Style-Store level to generate weekly forecasted demand across brands. In 2019, they worked as Chief Data Scientist for Nisum, where they developed Machine Learning models for various milestones of customer order fulfilment across BU’s for a leading retail client. In 2018, they worked as Lead Data Scientist, DTC & Retail Analytics Services for VF Corporation, where they supported various business units of the Brand “The North Face” with Data Science requirements, and developed Time Series forecast models at Style-Store level to generate weekly forecasted demand across Territories. In 2016, they worked as Data Scientist for Sears, where they developed Forecasting, and Optimization models to address various stages of supply chain, fulfillment and Optimization. In 2015, they worked as Senior Data Scientist for Brillio, where they provided technical direction and establishing strategic roadmaps for developing big data infrastructure and analytics platform for Microsoft, to understand and optimize Azure infrastructure and capacity fulfillment. In 2012, they worked as Research Scientist, Data Science & Analytics for StubHub Inc., (eBay Inc.,) where they delivered analytical solutions to realize $30M savings in fraud prevention and streamlined effort to increase customer engagement and conversion within a secondary ticket market place. In 2009, they worked as Sr. Lead Analyst, Knowledge Services for Infosys, where they provided analytical support for iCloud and corresponding features at Apple computers to understand the performance of iCloud right from its unveiling. In 2008, they worked as Associate Consultant, Knowledge Services for Infosys BPO, where they provided analytical support on Bing search engine performance and advertiser churn analysis for Microsoft to understand its search engine performance. In 2007, they worked as Analyst, Analytics Research and Modelling for BA Continuum Solutions Private Limited, where they provided analytical support to the Bank of America for various functional areas using Minitab and SAS.

Dr. Madana Bachika began their educational career in 1997 when they earned their Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Statistics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University. Dr. Madana then went on to earn a P G Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Hyderabad in 2004-2005. Dr. Madana followed this up with a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Statistics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in 2003-2006, and finally completed their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Statistics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in 2006-2008.