Rakesh Y.

Rakesh Y. is an accomplished data scientist with extensive experience in developing advanced data science assets and forecasting models. As Lead Data Scientist at Upwork since April 2025, Rakesh is focused on enhancing supply-demand marketplaces. Prior to this role, Rakesh held the position of Senior Data Scientist at CVS Health, where an ensemble time series forecasting model was developed, improving forecast accuracy significantly for over 1.5 million retail SKUs. Rakesh's career also includes roles as a Technical Writer at Flexcompute, a Research Scientist at Harvard University, and a Machine Learning Research Intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. Rakesh earned a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from The University of Göttingen and an Integrated Master of Science in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.