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His strongest areas include generative AI, natural language processing, large language models, predictive modeling, scalable AWS\-based ETL, model deployment, and strategic analytics\. Shrihan has architected end\-to\-end retrieval\-augmented generation pipelines, fine\-tuned Llama\-3 and GPT\-2 models, and worked with quantization and explainable AI approaches\. At Springer Capital, he analyzes sales and customer data, maintains dashboards used by three business teams, and supported a campaign associated with a 15% increase in customer retention\. His research at George Mason University included Wind Texter, a generative\-AI secure\-data\-encoding system featuring a self\-adjusting arithmetic\-coding algorithm, AES\-EAX encryption, LZ77 compression, and a Tkinter desktop interface\. Shrihan works with Python, SQL, Java, PyTorch, LangChain, Hugging Face, Scikit\-Learn, TensorFlow, AWS, Docker, and related data and cloud technologies\. ## Services - Pandas \(Software\) - Tableau - Microsoft Excel - NumPy - SQL - ServiceNow - Agile Methodologies - Jira - Data Warehousing - Agentic AI Development - Neo4j - MongoDB - Apache Spark - Kubernetes - Amazon Web Services \(AWS\) - Docker - fast api - PyTorch - Machine Learning - Large Language Models \(LLM\) - Unsupervised Learning - Python \(Programming Language\) - MySQL ## Highlights - Analyzes sales and customer data at Springer Capital using SQL and Excel, generating weekly reports that helped reduce reporting time by 30%\. - Built and maintained Power BI and Tableau dashboards used by three business teams to monitor revenue growth, churn rate, and customer\-acquisition KPIs at Springer Capital\. - Cleaned and transformed raw datasets of more than 100,000 records using Python and Pandas for monthly business\-performance reviews at Springer Capital\. - Collaborated with marketing and operations teams at Springer Capital on ad\-hoc analysis that supported a campaign associated with a 15% increase in customer retention\. - Maintained and configured point\-of\-sale database connectivity across Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services campus dining locations, supporting 99\.9% uptime for high\-volume transaction\-data ingestion\. - Managed user provisioning and role\-based access control for Chartwells internal systems, enforcing data\-security protocols and governance standards\. - Automated routine system audits and maintenance at Chartwells with Python scripting, reducing manual troubleshooting time by 15%\. - Worked with vendors during Chartwells software upgrades to oversee data migration and validate integrity between legacy and modern inventory\-management platforms\. - Developed Wind Texter at George Mason University, a modular generative\-AI system using Python, Java, and GPT\-2 for secure data encoding\. - Engineered a Self\-Adjusting Arithmetic Coding algorithm that dynamically selected top\-K LLM tokens, maintained low perplexity, and optimized payload capacity to approximately 4 bits per word\. - Built a Tkinter desktop GUI that visualized AES\-EAX encryption, LZ77 compression, and end\-to\-end Wind Texter workflows\. - Automated data\-collection and reporting workflows with Python and SQL at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD, reducing manual data\-entry time by 40%\. - Designed and maintained Excel and Power BI dashboards at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD to track KPIs and visualize market trends for senior leadership\. - Performed data cleaning and validation across large financial datasets at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD, supporting 99\.9% data accuracy for downstream business analysis\. - Translated complex data findings into business recommendations for cross\-functional teams, supporting investment strategies and risk assessment at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD\. - Architected end\-to\-end retrieval\-augmented generation pipelines and fine\-tuned Llama\-3 and GPT\-2 models to automate complex workflows and support secure data transmission\. - Built scalable ETL pipelines on AWS using S3 and Lambda and deployed models with Docker for real\-time availability\. - Applied predictive modeling, model optimization through quantization, and explainable\-AI approaches to support high\-impact decisions\. ## Experience - **Data Analyst at Springer Capital** (2025\-05\-01–present) — Analyzed sales and customer data using SQL and Excel to identify trends and generate weekly reports, helping the team reduce reporting time by 30% • Built and maintained Power BI / Tableau dashboards used by 3 business teams to monitor KPIs such as revenue growth, churn rate, and customer acquisition • Cleaned and transformed raw datasets of 100,000\+ records using Python \(Pandas\) to ensure data accuracy for monthly business performance reviews • Collaborated with the marketing and operations teams to conduct ad\-hoc analysis, delivering actionable insights that supported a campaign resulting in a 15% increase in customer retention - **Research Assistant at George Mason University** (2025\-06\-01–2025\-09\-01) — Developed "Wind Texter," a modular Generative AI system using Python and Java, leveraging GPT\-2 to model • natural language probability distributions for secure data encoding\. • Engineered a Self\-Adjusting Arithmetic Coding \(SAAC\) algorithm to dynamically select top\-K tokens from the • LLM, ensuring near\-imperceptibility \(low perplexity\) while optimizing payload capacity to ~4 bits/word\. • Built a desktop GUI using Tkinter to visualize end\-to\-end encryption \(AES\-EAX\) and compression \(LZ77\) • workflows, demonstrating proficiency in full\-stack application development\. - **Information Technology Administrator at Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services** (2023\-10\-01–2025\-05\-01) — Maintained and configured Point of Sale \(POS\) database connectivity across campus dining locations, ensuring 99\.9% • uptime for high\-volume transaction data ingestion\. • Managed user provisioning and Role\-Based Access Control \(RBAC\) for internal systems, enforcing data security • protocols and governance standards\. • Automated routine system audits and maintenance tasks using Python scripting, reducing manual troubleshooting time • by 15%\. • Collaborated with vendors to oversee data migration during software upgrades, validating data integrity between • legacy and modern inventory management platforms\. - **Software Engineer Intern at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD** (2022\-11\-01–2023\-07\-01) — Automated data collection and reporting workflows using Python and SQL, reducing manual data entry time by 40% and increasing operational efficiency\. • Designed and maintained interactive dashboards \(using Excel and Power BI\) to track key performance indicators \(KPIs\) and visualize market trends for senior leadership\. • Performed rigorous data cleaning and validation across large financial datasets, ensuring 99\.9% data accuracy for downstream business analysis\. • Translated complex data findings into actionable business recommendations, collaborating with cross\-functional teams to support investment strategies and risk assessment\. ## Education - Master of Science, Data Science — The George Washington University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science — Vardhaman College of Engineering \(VCEH\) ## FAQ ### What does Shrihan do at Springer Capital? Shrihan is currently a Data Analyst at Springer Capital\. He analyzes sales and customer data with SQL and Excel, produces weekly reporting, develops business dashboards, cleans large datasets with Python and Pandas, and collaborates with marketing and operations teams on ad\-hoc analysis\. ### What did Shrihan accomplish at Springer Capital? At Springer Capital, Shrihan identified trends through SQL\- and Excel\-based sales and customer analysis that helped reduce reporting time by 30%\. He built and maintained Power BI and Tableau dashboards used by three business teams to monitor revenue growth, churn rate, and customer\-acquisition KPIs\. He also cleaned and transformed raw datasets exceeding 100,000 records for monthly performance reviews and delivered insights that supported a campaign associated with a 15% increase in customer retention\. ### What is Shrihan’s experience with generative AI, NLP, and LLMs? Shrihan’s generative\-AI and NLP work includes architecting end\-to\-end retrieval\-augmented generation pipelines and fine\-tuning Llama\-3 and GPT\-2 models\. His work is directed toward automating complex workflows and supporting secure data transmission\. ### What was Shrihan’s Wind Texter research project at George Mason University? As a Research Assistant at George Mason University, Shrihan developed Wind Texter, a modular generative\-AI system written in Python and Java\. The system uses GPT\-2 to model natural\-language probability distributions for secure data encoding\. ### What technical work did Shrihan complete on Wind Texter? For Wind Texter, Shrihan engineered a Self\-Adjusting Arithmetic Coding algorithm that dynamically selects top\-K tokens from an LLM\. The algorithm was designed to maintain near\-imperceptibility through low perplexity while optimizing payload capacity to approximately 4 bits per word\. He also built a Tkinter desktop GUI to visualize AES\-EAX encryption, LZ77 compression, and the end\-to\-end workflow\. ### What did Shrihan do at Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services? At Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services, Shrihan maintained and configured point\-of\-sale database connectivity across campus dining locations, supporting 99\.9% uptime for high\-volume transaction\-data ingestion\. He managed user provisioning and role\-based access control, automated routine audits and maintenance with Python to reduce manual troubleshooting time by 15%, and worked with vendors on software\-upgrade data migrations while validating integrity between legacy and modern inventory\-management platforms\. ### What did Shrihan accomplish at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD? As a Software Engineer Intern at BRAINOVISION SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT\.LTD, Shrihan automated data\-collection and reporting workflows using Python and SQL, reducing manual data\-entry time by 40%\. He created Excel and Power BI dashboards for KPI and market\-trend reporting, performed cleaning and validation on large financial datasets to support 99\.9% data accuracy, and translated findings into recommendations supporting investment strategies and risk assessment\. ### What is Shrihan’s educational background? Shrihan holds a Master of Science in Data Science from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Vardhaman College of Engineering\. ### Which programming, data, and analytics tools does Shrihan use? Shrihan’s programming and analytics toolkit includes Python, SQL, Java, Pandas, NumPy, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI, MySQL, data warehousing, Apache Spark, Neo4j, and MongoDB\. ### Which AI and machine\-learning technologies does Shrihan use? Shrihan works with PyTorch, LangChain, Hugging Face, Scikit\-Learn, TensorFlow, machine learning, unsupervised learning, large language models, agentic AI development, predictive modeling, quantization, and explainable AI\. ### What are Shrihan’s cloud, deployment, and delivery skills? Shrihan has experience building scalable ETL pipelines using AWS services including S3 and Lambda, as well as working with AWS SageMaker and EC2\. He also uses Docker for model deployment and has skills in CI/CD, Kubernetes, FastAPI, ServiceNow, Agile methodologies, and Jira\. ### What full\-time opportunities is Shrihan seeking? Shrihan is seeking full\-time opportunities in data science, machine learning, and data analyst roles\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/shrihan\-thokala