Neelakshi Saxena is a data science and strategy consultant with a focus on customer analytics. With an MS in Business Analytics and Project Management from the University of Connecticut, she has extensive experience in data management, providing analytical solutions, project management, and risk and cost management. Neelakshi is a self-motivated problem-solver that loves to play with data, map trends, and provide business solutions. She is a data scientist at heart and emphasizes the phrases, "What happened?", "Why it happened?", and "What next?" in all her work. Neelakshi has worked at top-notch firms in India, Walmart Labs at Walmart, and formerly worked as an Experienced Associate at PwC. Her areas of expertise in data science include machine learning algorithms, regression models, predictive analytics and clustering, decision trees, time series and forecasting, business modeling and optimization, data mining, data visualization, social media analytics, the R and Python programming languages, Hadoop, and Tableau. Neelakshi has managed and led teams that provided analytical solutions, set and managed client expectations, extracted and analyzed data, and presented solutions in accordance with customers' expectations. Her excellent analytical and problem-solving skills make her an ideal candidate for any data science project.