Hareesha D.

Hareesha D. has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. They began their career at American Express as a Programmer Analyst in 2012, before moving on to Choice Hotels International as a Java Analyst in 2013. In the same year, they also worked as a Programmer Analyst at American Express. They then joined Nike as a Software Analyst in 2015 and later went on to work as a Software Engineer Consultant at Apple from 2017 to 2019. Most recently, they have been employed at LendingClub, where they have held various roles including Software Engineer Big Data, Sr Software Engineer Big Data, and currently Lead Software Engineer.

Hareesha D. obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, which they completed between 2006 and 2010. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer from Oracle in June 2017. Hareesha also earned the Practical Data Science certification from UC Berkeley Extension in December 2019. Furthermore, they have obtained several certifications related to machine learning, including Advanced Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning Specialization, Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, and Machine Learning, all from Coursera. Hareesha acquired the Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals certification from Databricks in August 2023 and the Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 in August 2022.