Contact Information
- Name: Neelayan Sikdar
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Followers: 14,000+
- Connections: 500+
Current Role and Company
- Position: Product Manager at Contlo
- Role Overview: Active hiring manager looking to expand the team in Bangalore. Specific roles include Graphic Designers, Market Researchers, and Sales Development Representatives, with a preference for freshers with internship experience or candidates with 0-5 years of experience. Immediate joiners are preferred, and the position will adhere to US timings.
Education
- Degree: Bachelor’s in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering
- Institution: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
- Years: 2018 - 2022
Professional Experience
Contlo
- Position: Product Manager
- Responsibilities: Leading the efforts to build a dynamic team, including fresh recruits and professionals in various roles such as graphic design and market research.
SuperAGI
- Previous Role: Product Manager
- Responsibilities: Building AGI infrastructure, involved in the development and deployment of autonomous AI agents.
Amazon
- Role: Specific position not detailed, but listed as a former employer
Online Presence and Contributions
- LinkedIn Activity: Regular posts about open positions at Contlo and insightful reposts about hiring practices.
- Unique Selling Points: Multiple posts indicating active engagement with job seekers and those interested in the technology and AI space. Contributions include articles on SuperAGI infrastructure and periodic hiring alerts.
Certifications
- Introduction to Software Product Management - Coursera, Dec 2020
- Algorithmic Toolbox - Coursera, Jul 2020
- Deep Learning Specialization - Coursera, May 2020
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects - Coursera, May 2020
- Convolutional Neural Networks - Coursera, Mar 2020
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization - Coursera, Mar 2020
- Sequence Models - Coursera, Mar 2020
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Coursera, Oct 2019
- Machine Learning - Coursera, Aug 2019
Projects and Achievements
- Forecasting of Electrical Meter Readings of Buildings in Delhi NCR
- Duration: Feb 2020
- Methods Used: Time series models (ARIMA, CNN-LSTM, VAR, FB Prophet) and supervised learning approaches.
- Outcome: Successful mapping of trends and seasonality using graphs and plots.
- Prediction of Customer Lifetime Value for customers of an Auto Insurance Company
- Duration: Sep 2019
- Methods Used: Feature Engineering, Hyper-Parameter tuning, Random Forest model achieving MAPE value 9.67%.
- Outcome: Identified profitable customer types and improved revenue prediction accuracy.
Languages
- English: Professional working proficiency
- Bengali: Native or bilingual proficiency
- Hindi: Native or bilingual proficiency
Honors & Awards
- Inter IIT Sports and Games Gold Medalist - IIT Kharagpur, Dec 2019
- Best Athlete - Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir, Oct 2017
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) - Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir, Oct 2017
Recommendations
- Tanuj Madan: Praised for problem-solving skills, deep-diving, and delivering solutions efficiently. Strong recommendation for full-stack roles.
- Ajita Mishra: Noted for fast learning, design implementation, and ownership qualities. Recommended as a full-stack developer for handling complex projects.
Additional Activities
- YouTube Channel: Engages as a YouTuber with a subscriber base of over 15,000.
- Posts on LinkedIn: Active discussions on work-life balance, hiring trends, and corporate insights.
Note: Information focuses on relevancy and potential leverage points for a sales background context.
