Aanika Shah
Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks (Xpanse) | Data Science & IEOR @ UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley double major in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and Data Science.

I believe great product management and engineering stems from a strong foundation of ethics and morals, a creative mindset that is willing to take risks, humility to learn and be wrong, and knowledge of how to find and act upon data.
Palo Alto Networks
https://www.linkedin.com/company/palo-alto-networks
Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
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Net Impact Berkeley
https://www.linkedin.com/company/net-impact-berkeley-undergrad
VP Associate Development
• Lead professional development general meetings for our 44 member organization by hosting speakers and workshops and equipped our 7 new associates with consulting skills through semester-long trainings. [VP Associate Development in Spring 2021]
• Managed 5 PMs and 20 consultants through client acquisition and consulting projects, generating $20K in revenue. [Account Manager in Fall 2020]
• Led a team of 5 consultants to reduce 80% of carbon emissions of a winery in Napa Valley by creating short and long-term greenhouse gas reduction strategies mapped on a dynamic Tableau dashboard. [Project Manager in Spring 2020]
• Created the women’s mentorship program to empower the females in the organization socially and professionally.
•	Created a marketing strategy and data visualizations using Python for an ESG asset management firm [Associate Consultant in Spring 2019]
•	Built a dynamic pricing model for a disruptive distributive power startup that uses blockchain networks [Associate Consultant in Fall 2018]
UC Berkeley
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UC Berkeley Division of Data Sciences
https://www.linkedin.com/company/computingdatasciencesociety
Foundations of Data Science uGSI
•	Assisting Professor Ani Adhikari to teach a class (Data 8) of 1300 students.
•	Leading groups of students through course material on the fundamentals of data science.
Berkeley, CA
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Goldman Sachs
https://www.linkedin.com/company/goldman-sachs
Software Engineer Intern
• Scoped the requirements and implemented data consistency by developing an algorithm to migrate historical data from a document database (MongoDB) to a relational database (MemSQL) for an investment portfolio customization product.
• Enabled 5000+ portfolio advisors to compare historical trends of customized security baskets and benchmarks by building an algorithm to pull data from source databases and store using time machining principles.
New York, New York, United States
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Attendy
Co-Founder
Designed and prototyped a device that uses facial recognition algorithms and temperature analysis to provide seamless and protected access with 97% accuracy to workplaces, replacing the traditional badge-in process for a post-COVID world.
Berkeley, California, United States
AnChain.AI
https://www.linkedin.com/company/anchainai
Machine Learning Consultant
• Led a team of six data scientists to build a random-forest classification tool with over 20 engineered features to detect over 6000 bots among millions of EOS blockchain transactions with 97% accuracy.
• Envisioned and built an MVP of a dashboard for clients to view bot classifications and graphs of previous transactions.
San Jose, California, United States
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VMware
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmware
Strategic Sourcing & Data Analytics Intern
• Reduced liability of temporary worker lawsuits by 12%, by identifying countries at highest risk of misclassification or co- employment of contingent workers using a Python model that analyzed spend and legal implications.
• Saved the company $70K/year by implementing a process to identify and move $500K/year of non-compliant software purchases to compliant spend resulting in usage consistency and redundancy elimination.
• Completed VMware Sales Professional (VSP) Foundation 2018 certification
Palo Alto, CA
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KETOS Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ketosinc.
Software Quality Assurance Intern
• Created a script to automate quality assurance testing of a product dashboard’s UI, using Selenium packages in Python.
• Increased user accessibility of the product’s dashboard by composing 5 white paper proposals detailing UI changes.
• Documented over 50 bugs on Jira.
San Jose, California
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D-Lab UC Berkeley
Data Science Research with Design for Equity Lab
•	Employed quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods to develop more inclusive and adaptive teaching strategies (equity-oriented pedagogy) 
•	Utilized Stata Modeling Software to visualize data
Berkeley, California
UC Berkeley Department of Ethnic Studies
Data Science Researcher
•	Collected data to correlate immigration and imprisonment in Arizona with Dr. Victoria Robinson
•	Created visualizations to show data correlations using Python
San Francisco Bay Area
Quixey
https://www.linkedin.com/company/quixey
UX Design Intern
•	Tested and reported feedback on Quixey's Android app launcher
•	Gained experience on the functionality of tech start-ups
San Francisco Bay Area
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UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research at COSMOS: Chemistry of Life summer program
•	Performed various chemical labs related to renewable energy, organic chemistry, and nanotechnology
•	Wrote a research paper on zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreen
•	Awarded professor recognition for my research paper
Sacramento, California Area
KETOS Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ketosinc.
Engineering Intern
•	Built an arduino circuit to display the flow rate of a water pump
•	Prototyped a sound dampening enclosure for the water pump
•	Built a prototype testing unit with a team of mechanical engineers
•	Researched chemical contaminants of potable water from different sources for the chemical engineering team
•	Received best intern recognition from Founder and CEO (2017 Nasdaq Milestone Maker)
San Francisco Bay Area
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Lumentum
https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumentum
Legal Department Intern
•	Organized and submitted legal paperwork
•	Learned about optic fibers and lasers that are used in communications
•	Gained knowledge on the process of divesting business
San Francisco Bay Area
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Industrial Engineering
Bachelor of Science - BS
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/school/berkeleyengineering/
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Data Science
Bachelor's degree
University of California, Berkeley
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Mountain View High School
AirJacket
- Designed and prototyped a low cost, high fidelity, all weather jacket	
- Completed preliminary business plan and user testing
http://www.comfortandclimate.weebly.com
IEOR Alumni Database
Pioneered a networking relational database for faculty, students, and alumni of the UC Berkeley IEOR department to facilitate mentorship and professional development relationships.
Certificate in Design Innovation
University of California, Berkeley
Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology
University of California, Berkeley
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Sean Lin
亚马逊网 - Software Development Engineer
Berkeley, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yutonghuang
Yutong H.
Product & Data Science @ Google
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meg-khurana
Meg Khurana
Data Science Intern at Reddit, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanyingwang
Ying Wang
Data Science at Google
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenjjchen
Helen Chen
Data Science @ Facebook
Saratoga, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-h-0199a9208
R H.
UC Berkeley
Sunnyvale, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yihan4li
Yihan Li
Data Science Manager at Facebook
Menlo Park, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-dhalwani
Priya Dhalwani
Data Scientist at Lumentum Operations
Milpitas, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-loe-7359821a4
Alexis Loe
SEL Team Member at SFSU with Global Classroom
San Francisco, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cal-sean-obrien
Sean O'Brien
Research Assistant in BAIR Robot Learning Lab
United States
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamta-singhy
Mamta Singh
Senior Optical Engineer at Lumentum
Santa Clara, CA
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Sean Lin
Data Scientist
Taiwan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-lin-16b81aa4
Sean Lin
Student at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
https://in.linkedin.com/in/mustafamirzaberkeley
Mustafa Mirza
Business Development Manager at Mirza International Limited
New Delhi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/coteparker
Parker Côté
Computational Research Technician at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | UC San Diego Alumni, Class of 2021
Greater Boston
https://dk.linkedin.com/in/amruta-duduskar-293a7389
Amruta Duduskar
SAP Solutions Architect at Solar Danmark A/s
Denmark
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparnadhinakaran
Aparna Dhinakaran
Co-Founder at Arize AI - We're hiring!
Berkeley, CA
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/chunzhoucmu
Zoey Z.
Sr. Manager, PI&E @Electronic Arts | ex-Uber, Spotify
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfernandez2
Chris Fernandez
Co-founder & CEO at EnsoData
Madison, WI
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        Aanika worked for me for 12 weeks as an intern in the summer of 2019. During that time, I was very impressed by her analytic, program mgt. and presentation skills. Aanika is able to very quickly grasp the major issues in a project and think through potential solutions. She proactively planned mitigation strategies for potential future issues as well. This level of maturity and thought is truly impressive in someone so early in their career. I highly recommend Aanika and belive she will be an asset to any compnay that she decides to join.
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Audit Senior at Adler Shine
London Area, United Kingdom
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Net Impact Berkeley Alumni Network
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Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Alumni & Friends
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