Haritha Harikrishnan

Haritha Harikrishnan

Senior Data Scientist
UAE

About Me

Data Scientist with 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying machine learning solutions across banking, aerospace, and logistics sectors. Specialized in credit risk analytics, with a proven record of t…

Experience

Assistant Manager - Retail Risk Analytics

Emirates Islamic Bank · Dubai, UAE
Feb 2023 - Present · 3 years 9 months

<p>Develop and validate machine learning models, retail credit risk scorecards, and decisioning frameworks supporting lending, collections, and portfolio risk management.<br>
Lead portfolio and through-the-door analytics across Personal Finance, Vehicle Finance, Home Finance, and Credit Cards, monitoring delinquency, losses, customer behaviour, sourcing quality, employer/industry exposure, and portfolio performance.<br>
Engineer risk-monitoring and early-warning frameworks to identify portfolio deterioration, delinquency movement, and emerging risk segments, enabling proactive credit risk management.<br>
Support retail credit policy and strategy enhancements through portfolio performance analysis and risk segmentation, while assessing the impact of policy changes on delinquency, losses, approval outcomes, and portfolio quality.<br>
Lead AECB 3.0 score migration and policy recalibration, which aligns to risk appetite.<br>
Conduct impairment, NPL flow, and portfolio deterioration analyses, providing senior management with data-driven assessments of portfolio health and emerging credit risks.<br>
Identified profitable customer segments for targeted credit expansion, contributing to AED 13M in strategic credit limit increases through targeted portfolio analytics.<br>
Serve as Retail Risk Analytics SPOC for SAS-to-Python migration, developing reusable Python modules and migrating analytical workflows and portfolio monitoring processes from SAS to Python.<br>
Engineer SAS/SQL ETL pipelines and datamart quality controls supporting portfolio analytics, data integrity, and recurring risk reporting.<br>
Deliver CBUAE regulatory analytics and reporting across BRF, FIRP, and Market Conduct requirements, and partnering with Policy, Collections, Product, Finance, IT, Data Engineering, and Data Governance stakeholders to translate data into business insights.</p>

Machine Learning Researcher

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) · Dubai, UAE
Nov 2020 - Feb 2023 · 2 years 3 months

<p>Built and deployed deep learning models for object detection and image segmentation using Tensorflow and OpenCV for high-resolution KhalifaSat imagery.<br>
Developed software for radiometric and geometric validation of satellite imagery in the DMSat1 mission.<br>
Satellite image analysis using Python, ArcGIS, and OpenCV across DMSat1, DubaiSat2, and KhalifaSat missions.<br>
Designed mission planning software for MBZ-Sat, enabling data-driven scheduling for operational efficiency.<br>
Represented MBRSC at the IAF 11th International Parliamentary Meeting, highlighting AI contributions to UAE’s space innovation.<br>
Conducted deep-learning hackathons and training sessions for university students.<br>
Contributed to peer-reviewed AI research publications (IEEE, SPIE, Springer), advancing the center’s applied AI capabilities.</p>

Data Science Intern

Hapag Lloyd AG · Dubai, UAE
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020 · 2 months

<p>Developed and integrated Python-based analytics pipelines for real-time shipment tracking, increasing tracking accuracy and reducing manual errors.<br>
Partnered with operational stakeholders to integrate AI analytics into logistics processes, improving visibility and turnaround time.</p>

Business Intelligence Intern

Incubeta MENA · Dubai, UAE
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020 · 6 months

<p>Created end-to-end business intelligence dashboards integrating Google Ads and Analytics data for executive decision-making.<br>
Designed front-end and back-end architecture using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, improving campaign analytics efficiency.</p>

Skills

Predictive Modeling Deep Learning CNN RNN LSTM Model Validation Data Architecture ETL Automation SAS SQL Model Lifecycle Management Python PyTorch TensorFlow Keras OpenCV Power BI Tableau AI Strategy Development Team Mentorship Business-Technical Translation Ethical AI Stakeholder Alignment Decision Intelligence Credit Risk Modelling Portfolio Analytics Financial Analytics Credit Policy Decision Strategy Regulatory Risk Satellite Imagery Computer Vision Logistics Analytics AI Governance AI Ethics ArcGIS Google Ads Google Analytics PHP MySQL JavaScript
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