Rishav Chakravarty
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Analytics / Data Engineering

Data collection, datasets, databases and reporting workflows, led by the multi-university scraper and Power BI reporting.

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Rishav Chakravarty

Amherst, MA 01002

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sep. 2025 - May 2027 (Expected)

Master of Science in Data Analytics & Computational Social Science (DACSS) · Amherst, MA

The University of Texas at Austin

Jan. 2024 - Sep. 2024

Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science & Business Analytics · Austin, TX

Virginia Tech

Aug. 2021 - May 2024

Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Minor in Computer Science) · Blacksburg, VA

Relevant coursework

  • Data Science Fundamentals
  • Text as Data
  • Social Media Analysis
  • SQL & Database Management
  • Python for Data Science
  • Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Research Design
  • Machine Learning for Social Scientists

Experience

Zad Holding Company Q.P.S.C.

Mar. 2021 - Aug. 2021

Data Analytics Intern · Doha, Qatar

  • Built datasets, database structures, and Power BI reporting workflows to support operational analysis and reduce manual reporting.
  • Completed a client analytics project for Ooredoo Qatar using customer usage data, statistical inference, and Power BI to develop a mobile data-plan recommendation.

Steve Fisher Consulting

May 2025 - Apr. 2026

Data Analytics & Strategy Consultant · Menifee, CA

  • Analyzed client engagement, retention, and conversion data to support business and digital strategy decisions.
  • Built KPI dashboards and predictive models for marketing, operations, and customer behavior; improved client-facing workflows and reporting.

ProDose

Sep. 2026 - Present

Product Manager · Amherst, MA

  • Lead product development for a smart medication dispenser with a five-person UMass Mechanical & Industrial Engineering senior capstone team.
  • Translate product requirements into CAD, 3D-printed prototypes, test plans, design refinements, and manufacturability decisions.

Simple Coaching Inc.

Mar. 2025 - Aug. 2025

Digital Strategy & Analytics Consultant · Remote

  • Used customer journey, SEO, and performance analytics to improve service pages, digital strategy, and customer experience.
  • Worked with leadership on new service offerings, digital audits, website improvements, and data-informed outreach.

Projects

Campus Safety Alerts Dataset

UMass Amherst

Python, BeautifulSoup, pdfminer.six, requests

  • Built source-specific scrapers for 10 universities and standardized 519 HTML/PDF safety documents into a traceable multi-source dataset.

Mental Health Signal on Reddit

UMass Amherst

Python, NLP, scikit-learn, Transformers, Plotly Dash

  • Collected and analyzed 25,886 posts and comments from three mental-health communities; compared three sentiment methods and three classifiers, conducted topic analysis, and built an interactive dashboard.

Evolution of the Billboard Hot 100

UMass Amherst

D3.js, Three.js, JavaScript, Python

  • Joined Billboard chart history with Spotify audio features and built an interactive scrollytelling analysis covering 24 years of popular music.

Technical skills

Languages
Python, SQL, R, JavaScript, Bash
Data Engineering
Pandas, BeautifulSoup, requests, pdfminer.six, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Data Cleaning, Web Scraping
Platforms / Tools
Google Cloud, Docker, Git, Power BI, Plotly Dash, Node.js

Honors and awards

The Action Taker Award: Recognized by LISC Massachusetts & the IXL Center for digital strategy and analytics work completed through the LISC Digital Growth Accelerator.

KickStart VT Seed Grant Winner - CalendAI: $500 seed grant from the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs at Virginia Tech.

Future Founder Startup Award - Minute Pitch Competition: $300 award from the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship at UMass Amherst.