Praveen Kumar Neelappa is an experienced data scientist and consultant currently serving as a Senior Data Scientist Consultant at Citi since September 2021 and as Co-Founder of Physeek Fit - Vegus Innovations since January 2022. Previous roles include consultant positions at TD and Verizon, and a Senior Data Scientist position at Wipro Limited. Additionally, Praveen has worked at Mercyhurst University as a Data Science Consultant and Graduate Research Assistant, as well as at Tesco Bengaluru and Iron Mountain in engineering and data science roles. Praveen holds a Master of Science in Data Science from Mercyhurst University and is pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts in Management from Harvard Extension School, with an earlier Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka.