Sirish Upadhyay is an accomplished data scientist and technical manager with a demonstrated track record of success in the field of analytics. A graduate of Pepperdine University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, he has also studied at Wharton Executive Education. He is a principal data scientist at Palo Alto Networks, where he previously served as director and senior manager of data science. Prior to his tenure with Palo Alto Networks, he held various senior-level positions at Symantec, where he specialized in customer analytics and business insights.

Sirish brings a wealth of experience to his work, having developed proficiency in numerous analytics platforms, statistical modeling tools, and databases, including KNIME, R, SAP HANA, Teradata, Microsoft SQL Server/Transact SQL, and Oracle/PL-SQL. He also has extensive experience with big data technologies such as Google Cloud/GCP, Hadoop, and Impala. In addition, Sirish is proficient in reporting tools such as Salesforce.com/Einstein Analytics, Tableau, and QlikView.

As a hands-on manager of teams that work with complex, disparate data sets on multiple platforms, Sirish prescribes actions to global business owners to drive top-line growth. He is deeply committed to using his skills and expertise to help businesses thrive and grow.