SOUMOJIT KUMAR (Dob–05 Dec, 1986)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree Year Institute/Board %/CGPA
Fellow in Management (PhD) 2012 IIM Calcutta 7.47/9 (Major Area)
Financial Risk Manager (FRM) 2010 GARP, USA Level-I&II
Actuarial Sciences 2012 Institute of Actuaries of India 6 papers cleared (Student)
CFA Level-II candidate 2014 CFA Institute, USA Cleared Level-I
B. E. (Electrical Engineering) 2008 Jadavpur University 8.05/10
Higher Secondary 2004 KanailalVidyamandir 860/1000
 Secondary 2002 Sri AurobindoVidyamandir 717/800
WORK EXPERIENCE 
Target (Bangalore) Lead AI Scientist April 2016- Present
 Developed Target Promo Planning Calendar solution to optimize promotions offering, maximizing revenue lift, in a
budget constraint, in Java framework, using Genetic Algorithms and Branch & Bound implementation
 Spearheaded R based Space Optimizer solution, by estimating the space/revenue relationship using Deep Learning,
Random Forests, XGBoost and optimizing by GLPK solver to recommend optimal space allocation at each item/store level
 Implemented a Python-based Dynamic Programming Smart-Buildings agent which selects optimal appliances settings to
minimize power consumptions in various Target stores, under various business constraints, impacting savings of $15M
 Awarded the BI&A VP Award for leveraging deep math skills; build ML models making an impact of total $60M sales lift
Gap Inc. (Mumbai) Senior Inventory Analyst May 2015- April 2016
 Developed end-to-end multi-time period Price Optimization model using Mixed Integer linear programming (MILP)
techniques for revenue/profit maximization – Java based Gurobi optimizer system enabling $150million benefit.
 Rewarded with EXCEED award for best performance within the organization: project selected as maximum impact.
 Implemented a Lost sales estimation methodology using Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm in R
 Completely revamped Data Visualization methods for modelling used in GAP by using Shiny, Tableau and other tools
Sabre Holdings (Bangalore) Senior Operations Research Oct 2014 – May 2015
 Directed APOS Airline Planning & Operations Simulator) design: APOS used a combination of forecasting (R) and
optimization (ILOG CPLEX) with a C++ interface to maximize airline revenues based on estimated demands.
 Designed simulation studies for major airlines in Revenue management systems (RMS) to show 1-6%revenue growth
 Analyzed airlines’ customer behavior using choice modeling paradigm based on Conjoint Analysis in a R based system.
Independent Freelancer (Bangalore/Kolkata/Mumbai) Data Science Consultant / Analytics Trainer Feb 2013– Present
 Academic Courses: Taught (i) “Fraud Analytics” (30 hour) (2018) (ii) “Framework for Business Analytics” (12 hour)
(2019) to working professionals (2019) (PGDM WP) (iii) “Operations Research” (30 hour) (2019) (iv) “Quantitative
Techniques in Management” (40 hour) (2019) to MBA students (PGDM) in IFIM, a top business school in Bangalore.
 Conducted Corporate Training (3-day course) on “CPLEX & Optimization” to a leading (Big 4) consulting firm (2019)
 Designed optimization, simulation, data mining applications in Python for various companies in different business settings
HDFC Life Ltd. (Mumbai) Management Trainee-Strategy &Product (9 months) Apr 2012– Feb 2013
 Designed Key organization metrics (KPI) for benchmarking the service levels of the company in improving service quality.
 Implemented a recommender system engine to identify potential customers for higher X-sell & up-sell, using customer data
PhD THESIS:(Mathematical Programming for Product Line Decisions: An Integrated Approach)Jun 2008 –Apr 2012
 This dissertation aims at examining the product-line selection problem, to develop an integrated model incorporating
various factors like diverse customer preferences, supply chain constraints, and prevalent market conditions.
 Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) problem is formulated to capture customers’ utility using preference data.
 The model is extended to incorporate manufacturing and supply chain constraints using decomposition based heuristics.
 Modeled optimal strategy of an entrant player on the decision of product offering to a monopolistic competitive market
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
 Papers Cleared: Financial Mathematics (CT1), Finance & Financial Reporting (CT2/CB1),
Actuarial
Probability & Mathematical Statistics (CT3/CS1), Models (CT4), Business Economics (CT7/CB2),
Papers
Business Awareness Module (CT9/CB3).

Scholastic
 All India Rank 23rd amongst 16808 candidates in GATE Electrical Engineering, 2007.
Distinctions  Ranked 208th (among 75,000 candidates) in WBJEE-2004, state engineering entrance exam
Scholarship  FRM Scholarship, 2010- Awarded the prestigious FRM Scholarship by GARP, USA
 Felicitated by Municipal Corporation, Chandannagar for excellence in Class X& XII
Email: soumojitk08@email.iimcal.ac.in, soumojit86@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-7003578304
PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC JOURNALS
 Kumar, S. & Chatterjee, A. K. (2013) A profit maximizing model for pricing and selecting optimal product line
Computers & Industrial Engineering 64 545-551
 Kumar, S. & Chatterjee, A. K. (2013) A heuristic based approach to integrate the product line selection decision to the
supply chain configuration. International Journal of Production Research 51(8) 2399-2413
 Kumar, S. & Chatterjee, A. K. (2016) An improved mathematical programming formulation and application for multi-
attribute choice behavior. International Journal of Operational Research 25(1) 100-113
 Kumar, S. & Chatterjee, A. K. (2015) A Profit Maximizing Product Line Optimization Model under Monopolistic
Competition. International Journal of Production Research 53(5) 1584-1595
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
 Kumar, S. & Sarkar, U. K. (2010) Retailer Product Portfolio Selection & Pricing Problem In: Proceedings of EURO
XXIV Conference on Operational Research Lisbon (Portugal), July 11-14, 2010.
 Chatterjee, A. K. & Kumar, S. (2011) An improved mathematical programming formulation for multi-attribute choice
behavior In: Proceedings of Global Conference on Business and Finance San Jose (Costa Rica) May 24-27, 2011
 Kumar, S. & Chatterjee A.K. (2011) Measuring Customer part utility of multi-attributes based on their preferences and
simultaneous product line design: A mathematical programming approach In: Proceedings of The 21st International
Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Jyvaskyla (Finland), June 13-17, 2011.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
 BIG DATA & HADOOP DEVELOPER (SIMPLILEARN) – Focused on hands-on Hadoop development and architecture
 HADOOP PLATFORM & APPLICATION FRAMEWORK(COURSERA)- Hadoop system and set up directives.
 ALGORITHMIC TOOLBOX(COURSERA)-Advanced Algorithm Implementation and illustration course.
OTHER INFORMATIONS/SKILLS
 Co-instructor &Teaching Assistant for ‘Statistics for Management’ for MBA class of 462 students at IIMC-2011
 Lead Auditor, Quality Management Systems: Based on ISO 90001: 2008 standard; certified by IRCA, 2011.
 Programming Languages Known- C, C++, R, ILOG CPLEX 10.2, SQL, Gurobi, Java, Scala, Hive, Oozie, Python

Email: soumojitk08@email.iimcal.ac.in, soumojit86@gmail.com

Mobile: +91-7003578304