Yash Gaikwad
Portfolio

This program isn’t just a degree — it’s a full-stack data strategy experience. At UMass Amherst, I’ve tackled the entire analytics pipeline: from querying structured and unstructured data using SQL and Python, to building machine learning models that forecast demand, segment customers, or predict churn. Courses like Data Mining and Machine Learning challenged me to extract meaning from noise; Business Intelligence taught me how to transform that meaning into action.

I’ve mastered Data Visualization using real-world KPIs, enhanced executive reporting, and used Cybersecurity principles to secure pipelines and data flows. Meanwhile, Digital Marketing Analytics and Supply Chain Intelligence gave me a vertical edge — understanding analytics in marketing and operations contexts.

This program has made me fluent not just in tools, but in thinking — analytically, strategically, and systematically.

My engineering education is where I learned to think like a systems designer — approaching problems from the ground up, building scalable logic, and writing efficient, optimized code. Courses like Big Data Analytics and Design & Analysis of Algorithms gave me the mindset to interrogate complexity. I learned to create reliable applications, structure efficient data systems, and debug intelligently.

My undergraduate capstone involved publishing research on machine learning-based sign language translation, combining accessibility with AI innovation — and landing me a peer-reviewed publication in IEEE.