HAHemanth Akkenapally
Data ScienceAnalyticsData EngineeringResearch

Building intelligent data systems from pipeline to insight.

I'm Hemanth — a data and systems professional with experience across data science, analytics, cloud platforms, data engineering, and research-focused problem solving.

Hemanth Akkenapally
3+
Years Experience
10+
Projects
2
Publications
MS
Data Science, UMBC

About

A bit about me

A background spanning analytics, data engineering, systems work, and research-focused problem solving.

I completed my Master's in Data Science at UMBC and built experience across analytics, reporting, ETL workflows, cloud data platforms, dashboarding, validation, and technical systems. My background lets me work across both business-facing and engineering-focused environments.

I am also strongly interested in research. I enjoy exploring applied machine learning, NLP, computer vision, biomedical systems, and RF engineering problems, especially when research ideas can be translated into practical systems and measurable outcomes.

Focus

Areas of focus

A portfolio built across data, cloud, systems, and research-oriented engineering.

Data Science & Analytics

Applied machine learning, experimentation, KPI design, forecasting, business analysis, and decision-ready reporting.

Data Engineering & Cloud

ETL/ELT pipelines, data validation, warehousing, cloud platforms, APIs, and scalable analytics workflows.

Systems Engineering & Biomedical

RF systems, biomedical modeling, simulation-driven engineering, telemetry, and technical system design.

Research & Publications

Interest in research-oriented problem solving across NLP, computer vision, biomedical systems, and RF engineering.

Projects

Featured work

Selected projects across business analytics, machine learning, NLP, and applied engineering.

Business Analytics · Data Quality · KPI Strategy

E-Commerce Data Challenge

Performed end-to-end analysis on 244,179 unique orders across 25,001 customers, covering revenue, profit, referral economics, Black Friday impact, and customer segmentation.

PythonPandasPlotlyMatplotlibData CleaningKPI Design
NLP · Streaming Analytics

BERT vs LSTM Sentiment on X

Built a large-scale sentiment analysis pipeline on social media data using BERT and bi-LSTM models, with cloud-based ingestion, model serving, and monitoring workflows.

PythonBERTLSTMAWSNLPStreaming
Deep Learning Research

Pneumonia Detection using VGG16

Built a transfer learning pipeline on chest X-ray data using VGG16, applying augmentation, staged fine-tuning, and structured evaluation to improve classification performance.

PythonTensorFlowKerasVGG16Computer Vision

More data science projects

Applied machine learning, analytics, NLP, and computer vision projects that reflect both technical depth and practical impact.

NLP Research

Named Entity Recognition with BiLSTM

Implemented a named entity recognition model using embeddings and BiLSTM sequence modeling, improving recognition performance through careful training and optimization.

PythonTensorFlowKerasBiLSTMNLP
Computer Vision Project

Automatic License Plate Detection

Built a YOLOv4-based license plate detection workflow and integrated it into an application for real-time visual inference and practical evaluation.

PythonYOLOv4OpenCVStreamlit
Sentiment Analytics · Data Pipeline

TweetSense

Created an end-to-end sentiment analytics workflow for large-scale tweet data, transforming raw text into structured insights, validation outputs, and dashboard-ready results.

PythonNLPAWSAPIsAnalytics Pipeline

Systems engineering projects

Engineering-focused work across RF systems, biomedical modeling, cloud-native services, and applied system design.

RF · Biomedical Research

Catheter Electrode Phase Shift Analysis

Designed catheter electrode models in HFSS to study phase reversal frequency shifts, tissue proximity effects, and electric field intensity, then bench-validated results.

HFSSPythonVNAOscilloscopeRF Simulation
Biomedical Safety Research

SAR & Thermal Safety Envelope

Built EM and thermal simulation workflows to estimate SAR distributions, hotspots, and safe operating envelopes for biomedical ablation systems.

HFSSCOMSOLSAR AnalysisBiomedical Modeling
RF Systems Engineering

Impedance Matching & Coil Sensing

Designed sensing coil and impedance matching workflows, tuning resonance and Q-factor using circuit analysis and RF design concepts for sensing-oriented engineering systems.

HFSSANSYS CircuitSmith ChartRF Design
Cloud · Systems Engineering

Cloud-Native Analytics & Streaming Microservices

Built event-driven services and analytics workflows using APIs, containers, and orchestration patterns, with CI/CD and monitoring for scalable deployment.

PythonJavaKafkaSparkDockerKubernetes
Cloud Deployment Project

Web Server on AWS

Built and deployed a web application on AWS using compute, storage, database, and routing services, with deployment, security, and operational best practices.

FlaskAWS EC2RDSS3Route 53

Experience

Education & work

Professional work across health data, analytics, enterprise reporting, and data systems.

SIGT LLC

Health Data Engineer & Systems Analyst

Jan 2025 – Present

  • Built Python and SQL workflows to ingest, validate, and transform laboratory, telemetry, and engineering datasets into structured, decision-ready outputs.
  • Worked on data profiling, mapping, lineage, validation, and anomaly detection to improve data quality and support cross-functional technical analysis.
  • Created dashboards and reporting workflows to communicate operational metrics, thresholds, and insights to engineering and business stakeholders.

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Business & Financial Data Analyst / Data Engineer

Sep 2021 – Jan 2023

  • Worked with SQL, Python, Snowflake, and enterprise business data to transform, validate, and analyze large datasets for reporting and decision support.
  • Built reporting outputs and dashboards for portfolio performance, customer segmentation, and analytics use cases across business teams.
  • Documented requirements, data logic, reporting definitions, and process flows while collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Cisco

Data Analyst Intern

May 2019 – May 2021

  • Developed ETL-style workflows using SSIS and Azure Data Factory to automate extraction and transformation of operational and network-related datasets.
  • Wrote SQL and Python scripts for KPI generation, reporting, and data validation.
  • Built dashboards and structured reports that improved visibility into business and technical performance metrics.

Skills

Tools I work with

A combined stack covering analytics, data science, engineering, cloud, visualization, and research-oriented technologies.

Analytics & Data Science

PythonSQLRPandasNumPyscikit-learnTensorFlowKerasPyTorchNLPComputer VisionStatistical Modeling

Data Engineering

ETL/ELTApache SparkKafkadbtSSISAzure Data FactoryAirflowData ValidationData ProfilingData Lineage

BI & Visualization

Power BITableauStreamlitQuickSightLookerPlotlyMatplotlibDashboardingKPI Design

Cloud & Platforms

AWSAzureSnowflakeRedshiftBigQueryPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDB

Systems & Tools

DockerKubernetesJenkinsGit/GitHubREST APIsFastAPIFlaskGraphQLLinux

Research Interests

Applied Machine LearningNLPComputer VisionBiomedical SystemsRF SystemsTime SeriesResearch-Driven Engineering

Publications

Published research

Research work reflecting my interest in RF systems, electromagnetics, and applied engineering.

A Compact Frequency-Reconfigurable Antenna with Enhanced Bandwidth for WLAN Applications

IJCRT, 2021

Research on a compact frequency-reconfigurable antenna design focused on bandwidth improvement and WLAN applications.

A Compact Metamaterial-Based Dual-Band Antenna with Improved Gain for WLAN

IJRASET, 2021

Research on a dual-band antenna using metamaterial concepts to improve gain and return loss for WLAN use cases.

Contact

Let's work together

I am open to opportunities across data science, analytics, data engineering, systems engineering, and research-oriented technical roles.

📍 Halethorpe, MD  ·  +1 (667) 406-4046