Karan Patel

Data Analyst / Software Developer

I turn data into decisions, and ideas into software.

3+ years building dashboards, KPIs, and the software behind them.

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About

I like sitting between the people who need answers and the data that has them. Over the last few years at Walmart, a wildlife conservation nonprofit, and a couple of tech teams, I've gathered requirements, built dashboards, and chased down why the numbers didn't add up.

What's a little different about me is that I don't stop at the analysis. I have an M.Sc. in Computer Science, I built a citizen-science app (CrocWatch) from scratch, and I'm just as comfortable in an ML pipeline as I am in a spreadsheet. If something needs building, I'd rather build it than hand it off.

Experience

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Technical Lead (Volunteer)

Voluntary Nature Conservancy

Jan 2022 – Present

Includes concurrent Data Analyst Intern scope, Jan 2026 – Present

  • Gathered requirements from non-technical program managers and built 24+ operational dashboards and 35 ad-hoc reports in Power BI and Excel to track KPIs, throughput, and data quality rates.
  • Performed data validation and root-cause analysis on data quality issues and process delays, supporting governance policies that improved completeness and consistency of operational reporting.
  • Facilitated requirements prioritization with operations stakeholders across Agile delivery cycles, keeping analytics deliverables on schedule.
  • Designed predictive ML models analyzing crowdfunding participation trends, improving event planning accuracy and boosting campaign engagement by 15%.
  • Developed CNN-based deep learning image classifiers (TensorFlow, PyTorch) for automated spider species identification, achieving ~90% classification accuracy.
  • Built automated data pipelines for preprocessing biological image datasets, including augmentation, normalization, and feature extraction, cutting data prep time by 60%.
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Department Manager, General Merchandise

Walmart Canada

Oct 2024 – Present

  • Converted stakeholder requirements into Tableau dashboards tracking sales, task completion, on-shelf availability, and inventory health across departments.
  • Drove root-cause and data validation analysis on bin accuracy, overstock, and scanning gaps, turning findings into corrective-action plans that measurably improved department performance scores.
  • Partnered with Assistant Store Managers to define reporting requirements and interpret operational reports, improving inventory accuracy through cross-functional facilitation.
  • Led a multi-associate team through daily operations, seasonal transitions, and company-wide initiative rollouts, aligning priorities across the team.
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Data Analyst / ML Engineer

Beta Code Technologies

Jun 2022 – Jul 2023

  • Built SQL/Python models targeting operational KPIs, driving a 15% improvement in process cycle time, validated pre/post-implementation.
  • Designed automated data validation and monitoring pipelines to track quality and error rates at scale (10M+ records), proactively surfacing anomalies.
  • Built and deployed end-to-end ML pipelines and FastAPI microservices to put trained models into production, cutting API response time 20% and deployment time 40% via MLflow, Airflow, and AWS SageMaker.
  • Delivered recurring functional reports and stakeholder presentations, serving as primary analytics point of contact between engineering and business teams.
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AI/ML Development Intern

GoKidu Technologies Corp. (Remote)

Aug 2025 – Dec 2025

  • Monitored feature performance and data quality in production, tracking latency, error rates, and reliability metrics to catch and resolve issues early.
  • Built and maintained real-time inference data pipelines, owning requirements for data collection, preprocessing, and model update cycles.
  • Integrated mobile apps with AI/ML APIs (image recognition, NLP, recommendation engines), improving feature delivery speed 30% and cutting inference latency 25%.
  • Managed full app release cycles on Google Play and Apple App Store, enforcing security, privacy compliance (GDPR/PIPEDA), and version rollout strategies.

Projects

CrocWatch Data Submission Analytics

Data & BI

Power BI, Excel, SQL, Flutter, Firebase

Mar 2026 – Present

  • Built CrocWatch end to end (Flutter, Firebase), an offline crocodile-sighting app for India's conservation researchers, using AI-assisted development under my own architecture and review.
  • Designed the Power BI/Excel reporting layer tracking submission volume and reviewer workload, cutting validation delays.

PositionTrackr: Automated Job Scraping & Analysis

Data & BI

Python, Google Apps Script, Gemini API, Google Sheets

Mar 2025

  • Automated Python pipeline scraping and classifying tech job listings, cutting manual tracking effort by ~80%.
  • Used the Gemini API to structure job metadata into a live, filterable Google Sheets dashboard.

AI-Powered Stock Technical Analysis Bot

AI/ML

n8n, LangChain, Google Gemini, Telegram Bot API

Dec 2025

  • Agentic stock analysis bot (n8n, LangChain) with session memory for multi-turn Telegram conversations.
  • Applies 200-day EMA and RAG-style context retrieval for automated trend detection.

BugNet: Insect Species Classification (291 Classes)

AI/ML

Transfer Learning, TensorFlow, OpenCV, Pandas

Sep 2023 – Apr 2024

  • Fine-tuned CNNs on a 291-class insect image dataset, reaching ~86% species-level accuracy.
  • Built an augmentation pipeline validated with entomology experts.

NeuroXRay: Radiogenomic Medical Image Classifier

AI/ML

TensorFlow, ResNet, Xception, Streamlit, Optuna

Jun 2021 – Dec 2021

  • Deep learning classifier (ResNet + Xception) detecting COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer, and brain tumors at ~92% accuracy.
  • Deployed via Streamlit and presented at the Derbi Foundation Hackathon.

Skills, Tools & Technologies

Requirements & Analysis

Requirements gathering
Functional specifications
Process mapping
Data mapping & validation
Requirements traceability
Gap analysis
UAT support

Analytics & BI

Power BI
Tableau
Excel (advanced)
Dashboard design
KPI framework development
Reporting automation

Databases & SQL

Complex SQL queries
MySQL
MongoDB
Data warehouse environments

Methods & Delivery

Agile delivery
Root-cause analysis
SLA tracking
Stakeholder facilitation
Continuous improvement (PDCA)

AI/ML Engineering

Relevant if you're hiring for an AI/ML or technical analyst role.

Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn)
LangChain / RAG / Agentic AI
TensorFlow, PyTorch, CNNs, Transformers
FastAPI, Flask, REST APIs
MLflow, Airflow, Docker
AWS / GCP / Azure
Prompt engineering & LLM fine-tuning

Education

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M.Sc. Computer Science

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada

Sep 2022 – May 2024 · GPA: 3.88 / 4.0

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B.Tech, Information Technology

Charotar University of Science and Technology, India

Jul 2018 – May 2022 · GPA: 3.80 / 4.0

Certifications

Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Coursera (Microsoft)

Sep 2026

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Oracle Generative AI Professional

Oracle

Oct 2025

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Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

Coursera (Google)

Jan 2024

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Basic Image Classification with TensorFlow

Coursera

Jan 2024

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Introduction to TensorFlow for AI, ML & Deep Learning

Coursera (DeepLearning.AI)

Jul 2021

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Contact

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