Sridhar Kothalanka

Sridhar Kothalanka is a seasoned Sr. Data Scientist and Sr. Cloud Solution Architect with a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in the United States.

His professional journey encompasses diverse roles in software development, focusing on technologies such as Data Science, Big Data, Data Warehouse, IP/RAN Networks, Network Management, Azure, and IoT.

In his role as a cloud solution architect, Sridhar aids the manufacturing industry in their digital transformation endeavors by facilitating the migration, optimization, and modernization of their solutions, while also bridging the gap between IT and OT.

His tenure as a data scientist involved collaborating with domain experts to construct ML models for Ericsson, predicting intricate issues in Radio networks, Manufacturing, HW services, and Sales domains. He also contributed to the 7 Eleven marketing team by developing ordering AI and affinity models, with a focus on deploying models in production and presenting insights to clients worldwide.

Sridhar's expertise extends to designing and constructing data lakes and data pipelines on MapR (Hadoop) using Spark, Scala, Shell scripts, SQL, and oozie. He has adeptly handled semi-structured data (XML) and unstructured data (logs) by implementing parsers.

His educational background includes a BE in Electronics & Communication and an MBA with a specialization in Marketing and Finance.

Sridhar holds a multitude of certifications ranging from cloud platforms to programming languages, demonstrating his proficiency in areas such as Azure Solutions, IoT, Data Science, Python, and more.

He excels in Kubernetes, Azure, IoT, Python, Data Science, Scala, Spark, PySpark, SparkNLP, R, Databricks, Shell Scripting, Azure ML, and an array of other technologies in the cloud and data domains.

Throughout his career, Sridhar has held key positions at renowned companies such as Microsoft, 7-Eleven, Ericsson, Cisco Systems Inc, World Access Inc., Tektronix, and BFL Software Limited.

His skill set encompasses a broad spectrum of tools and languages, including DevOps practices, Network Management, Agile methodologies, Java, C, C++, MySQL, Tableau, and various web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.