Shahzeb Akhtar
About Shahzeb Akhtar
Shahzeb Akhtar is a Director at UnitedLex with extensive experience in data consulting and machine learning, holding degrees from IIT Kharagpur and Udacity.
Work at UnitedLex
Shahzeb Akhtar has held multiple positions at UnitedLex, demonstrating a progressive career trajectory. He served as Assistant Vice President from 2011 to 2017, where he created an interactive solution for the Sales team that visualized connections among business outcomes, leading to a 30% increase in growth and cross-selling of products. He then transitioned to the role of Senior Data Consultant from 2017 to 2020, focusing on data analytics. Currently, he is the Director at UnitedLex, a position he has held since 2021.
Education and Expertise
Shahzeb Akhtar has a strong educational background in technology and data science. He earned a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, from 2003 to 2007, followed by a Master of Technology (MTech) in the same field from 2007 to 2008. He further enhanced his skills by completing Nanodegrees in Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science from Udacity in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
Background
Shahzeb Akhtar began his career as a Consultant at iRunway from 2008 to 2011 in Bengaluru, India, where he performed statistical analytics on phone data. This work contributed to a favorable settlement in a class action lawsuit by demonstrating significant slowdown after an operating system update. His experience in data analytics laid the foundation for his subsequent roles at UnitedLex.
Achievements
Shahzeb Akhtar has made significant contributions in the field of data science and analytics. He developed a novel algorithm that transformed over 250,000 hierarchically related categorical values into a compact vector space of approximately 100 dimensions. This advancement improved the application of critical patent parameters in Machine Learning models, showcasing his expertise in the intersection of technology and data.