Ananda Soundhararajan

Ananda Soundhararajan

Greater Chicago Area
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About

I am a computer science engineer by passion, a seasoned technology executive with 18…

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Experience

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    Foot Locker

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

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    Chicago, Illinois, United States

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    Chicago, Illinois, United States

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    Southfield, MI

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Dayton, Ohio, United States

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    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Lake County Toastmasters Club #652972 Graphic

    VP of Public Relations

    Lake County Toastmasters Club #652972

    - 1 year 9 months

    Education

    Vice President of Public Relations (VPPR) 's primary responsibility is to generate positive awareness of the Toastmasters brand to attract and retain members.

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    Area Director, N45

    District 30 Toastmasters

    - 1 year

    Education

    Area Directors conduct club visits twice a year within their respective areas to understand and support club needs.
    These visits help District leaders understand how to support and meet the needs of each club.
    Area Directors run the area level speech contests and assists in Division and District level contest events.
    Area Directors serves as members of a District Council.

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    VP of Membership

    Lake County Toastmasters Club #652972

    - 1 year

    Education

    The primary responsibilities of this role involve recruiting new members and retaining current club members. The VPM is responsible for supervising the membership application process by collecting all new membership applications, and dues, and submitting the documentation and fees to the Treasurer for processing.

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    Fundraiser

    American Red Cross

    - 10 months

    I raised funds to run the 2020 Chicago Marathon - $1750.

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    Fundraiser

    American Red Cross

    - 11 months

    I raised funds to run the 2022 NewYork Marathon - $5100.

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    President

    Lake County Toastmasters Club #652972

    - Present 1 year 4 months

    Education

    Responsible for the overall operation of the club
    Runs monthly club officer meetings
    Monitors the Distinguished Club Program progress

Publications

  • Machine Learning - Getting Started

    Amazon - KDP

    Do you want to change your career to something more exciting, challenging, and which offers continuous learning?

    If yes, then machine learning is the skill you need to develop!

    This book covers all the fundamentals of machine learning to give you an intuitive understanding of the subject, so by the end of this book, you will find that machine learning is easier than you thought, and you will know if you want to get into machine learning or not.

    This book is for software…

    Do you want to change your career to something more exciting, challenging, and which offers continuous learning?

    If yes, then machine learning is the skill you need to develop!

    This book covers all the fundamentals of machine learning to give you an intuitive understanding of the subject, so by the end of this book, you will find that machine learning is easier than you thought, and you will know if you want to get into machine learning or not.

    This book is for software engineers who want to enter machine learning. Machine learning engineers never have a slow day, given the unseen challenges and problems to solve.

    What’s so special about this book?
    This book outlines the subject of machine learning in clear and simple English. There are easy-to-understand examples so that you can practice along at home.
    Includes the next steps you should take to further your goal of becoming a machine learning engineer.
    Simplifies the complex math and algorithm parts of machine learning and creates fascinating, fun, and intuitive ways to understand the theories required to become a machine learning engineer.
    By the time you finish reading this book, you will be sure of which path to take and what subjects you should learn more about, and you will be brimming with excitement and interest in machine learning.

    You will learn,
    The foundations of machine learning
    Simple explanations of statistics, probability, linear algebra, calculus, and gradient descent required for machine learning
    How to explore the dataset and choose relevant features
    How to build your own supervised models, unsupervised models, and neural networks
    Fundamentals of natural language processing
    How traditional software engineering differs from machine learning
    Next steps you can take to become a machine learning engineer

    If you want to launch yourself into a machine learning career, this book is your first step!
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  • Non-relational systems - overview

    Compuware Corporation

Honors & Awards

  • Employee of the Quarter Award for Covisint (Q4, 2016)

    Covisint

    COVIE Award

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Tamil

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Telugu

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • COJUG

    Central Ohio Java Users Group

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