
Abstract: Stanley Black and Decker, has 60,000+ products in its portfolio and sells products in 90+ countries. A large portfolio of products, customers serviced through different business models drives the need for a robust approach to manage customers to drive commercial excellence. This talk will cover technical challenges related to scaling compute architecture, engineering complexity, modeling approaches and limitations, challenges of integration of AutoML engines, challenges of architecting for future algorithm inclusion to handle the complexities of product and business model heterogeneity while building a maintainable system future proofed for business continuity. Additionally, the speaker will cover the full scope of what a transformational challenge this situation provides and the operating model to implement this challenge and generalize the approach to Product and Service companies
Bio: Prabhakar Narasimhadevara, Director of Data Science, Advanced Analytics and Data Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker (Atlanta, GA). Prabhakar is responsible for delivery of data engineering and analytics solutions in Stanley Black & Decker organization. He has significant experience delivering analytical solutions in the healthcare, automotive, industrial distribution, industrial manufacturing, digital marketing and services industries. Many of his projects involved Machine learning, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, architecture, strategy development, implementation and process improvement

Prabhakar Narasimhadevara
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Global Director of Data Science | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
