Karthik Kodakandla

Senior Data Analyst at ForwardLine Financial

Karthik Kodakandla has a diverse work experience in data analysis and data science. Karthik currently works at BriteCap Financial as a Senior Data Analyst, where they have been since 2022. Prior to this role, they worked as a Data Analyst at the same company from 2022 to 2022.

Karthik also has experience working at Ecolab as a Data Scientist in 2021, where they created customer datasets, built prediction models, and developed recommendation systems using various data analysis techniques. Additionally, they built web applications and dashboards to provide insights to stakeholders.

Karthik gained experience in data analytics consulting through a virtual internship at KPMG in 2021. During the internship, they conducted data cleansing, preprocessing, and designed interactive dashboards to showcase trends and predictions.

In 2020, they worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at California State University - East Bay. Previously, they worked at Shell as an MI Designer/Developer from 2017 to 2019, where they implemented machine learning models to predict discounts and presented actionable insights to the business.

Karthik also worked as a Business Intelligence Developer at Medtronic in 2017 and as a Business Intelligence Consultant at IBM from 2012 to 2017. In these roles, they resolved security issues, automated data processes, and built data models.

Overall, Karthik has demonstrated a strong skill set in data analysis, machine learning, data visualization, and business intelligence throughout their work experience.

Karthik Kodakandla received their Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Information Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, from the year 2007 to 2011. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Business Analytics at California State University - East Bay, from the year 2020 to 2021.

In addition to their formal education, Karthik has obtained various certifications. These include SQL Hackerrank (Intermediate) from HackerRank in September 2021, The Complete SQL Bootcamp 2021: Go from Zero to Hero from Udemy in January 2021, Problem solving (Basic) from HackerRank in November 2020, Python (Basic) from HackerRank in November 2020, and Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) from Scrum.org in September 2019.

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San Diego, United States

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ForwardLine Financial

ForwardLine was founded in 2003 by a team of entrepreneurs and finance professionals committed to providing small business owners an alternative financing solution. A nationwide supplier of financing to small businesses, ForwardLine uses technology and non-traditional credit algorithms to finance 98% of U.S. businesses that banks consider too smalland too risky for a business loan. Determined to help small businesses grow, ForwardLine forever changed the small business lending landscape by inventing a viable alternative to traditional lending institutions—one that would provide simple, honest, attainable financing. This new financing model was based on a business’ credit card sales, rather than its assets, and is now widely known as a merchant loan and merchant cash advance. Today, ForwardLine has given thousands of small businesses across the country the freedom to grow with low competitive rates. Applying for a business loan from ForwardLine is fast and simple with their 2-minute online application, instant credit decision, and funding the next business day.