Nikhil Kakara
Worcester
Summary
Business Analyst with over 3 years of experience in market research, compliance, and data analytics. Skilled at transforming complex data into actionable insights through Power BI, SQL, Excel, and Python. Recognized for process improvements, stakeholder collaboration, and creating dashboards that support executive decision-making. Passionate about business intelligence and delivering measurable value across operations, sales, and client services.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Compliance Associate Sr
Amazon
Hyderabad
04.2022 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Hyderabad, IN
- Facilitated stakeholder meetings to gather business requirements and identify process inefficiencies
- Analyzed over 50 executive-level escalations and proposed data-driven system enhancements
- Collaborated with data and product teams to develop 'PASS' feature, reducing appeal resolution time by 84.6% across 18.2k cases
- Conducted root cause and scenario analysis to propose cost-saving initiatives saving 8 FTEs
- Created documentation for improved workflows and change proposals
- Hyderabad, IN
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics - Concentration in Al and Marketing
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Worcester, MASkills
- SQL
- Python
- Power Bl
- Tableau
- Excel (VBA, Power Query)
- AutoML
- Flowise Al
- Data Cleaning
- ETL
- Data Visualization
- Scenario Analysis
- Predictive Modeling
- Regression
- T-tests
- Chi-Square
- SOP Development
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Certification
- Data Preparation in Excel
- Data Modeling in Power BI
- Create Digital Marketing Dashboards in Tableau
- Application of Data Analysis with R
Projects
Financial Dashboard for Owens Corning, Tableau, Excel, Built an interactive dashboard integrating social and financial data to uncover $150K in workflow inefficiencies, Conducted scenario analysis and benchmarking to propose a projected $150K revenue recovery Airbnb NYC Data Analysis, Python, Analyzed 48K+ listings using clustering and regression; improved pricing strategy accuracy (R² = 0.87), Created 10+ visualizations to present pricing trends and market segmentation insights AI Chatbot for Student Advising, LangChain, Flowise AI, Pinecone, Developed AI chatbot to assist in academic planning; achieved 85% accuracy in course recommendations, Designed conversational AI pipeline and optimized retrieval speed (avg. response time: 2.5s)
Publications
Behavioural Risk Factors and Chronic Disease Prevalence Across the United States, Kakara, N., 2024, ResearchGate, Explored correlations between behavioral risk factors and chronic disease prevalence using statistical and geospatial analysis
Awards Recognition
- Rock Star Award, Amazon, Q4 2022
- Difference Maker Award, Amazon, 02/01/23
- Promoted to Business Operations Specialist, Within 1 year
Timeline
Product Compliance Associate Sr
Amazon
04.2022 - 12.2023
Master of Science - Business Analytics - Concentration in Al and Marketing
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
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