Venkata Tharun Kumar Ponnaganti

Venkata Tharun Kumar Ponnaganti currently serves as a Data Analyst 3 at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, a position held since October 2023. Previously, Venkata was a Graduate Assistant at the Darla Moore School of Business from August 2022 to May 2023, and an Applied Data Scientist at dunnhumby from June 2021 to August 2022, where key contributions included managing client deliverables for the retail market in China and Thailand. Venkata also worked as an Associate Data Analyst at Rigkno Tech Private Limited from August 2017 to December 2020, focusing on improving data accuracy, and gained further experience as a Data Analyst at ANZ in August 2020. An early career role included a Data Engineer Internship at Visakhapatnam Port Trust from May 2016 to March 2017. Venkata holds a Master's degree in Business Analytics from the University of South Carolina, as well as degrees in Computer Science from both Andhra University and Great Lakes Institute of Management.