Full-Stack · AWS · ML Open to opportunities

Hi, I'm Mohan Podili

Software Engineer

Grad student at Arizona State University building full-stack experiences on AWS and applying machine learning to real-world problems.

Why Always Me

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SWE
ELITE
MOHAN PS
5+
Projects
2+
Yrs ML
3.87
GPA
95%
ML Acc
AWS
Cloud
React
Frontend

I recently completed my M.S. in Computer Science at Arizona State University, where my coursework included Data Processing at Scale, Applied Cryptography, and Semantic Web Mining.

As an AWS Developer at School Fuel, I work on React-based student and teacher dashboards for the Kairos platform, collaborating closely with backend teams to debug APIs, refine JSON contracts, and ensure reliable data flows across AWS Lambda services.

Previously, as an AI & ML Intern at Tequed Labs, I built machine learning models using Random Forests, SVMs, Linear Regression, and k-means clustering to better understand customer behavior and improve segmentation.

Technical Arsenal

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Python
95
⚛️
React
90
☁️
AWS Lambda
85
🤖
Machine Learning
92
🗄️
SQL & MongoDB
88
🐙
Git & GitHub
89

Featured Projects

2025 – Present Scalable Architecture

Kairos Learning Dashboards

React-based analytical platforms for the Kairos educational ecosystem, providing real-time tracking for students and performance insights for teachers.

React AWS Lambda Node.js Real-time Data
Stack
React, AWS, Node.js
Infrastructure
Serverless (AWS Lambda)
Key Focus
Real-time Data Visualization
Collaborations
Backend & Product Teams

Overview: Building and maintaining high-performance student and teacher dashboards for the Kairos platform, a core product for School Fuel's educational initiative.

What I built: Developing responsive UI components in React, integrating with complex backend services via AWS Lambda, and ensuring seamless data flow through refined JSON contracts.

Technical depth: Focused on state management, efficient API consumption, and debugging cross-service interactions. Constant collaboration with backend teams to optimize API response times and structure.

Impact: Provides educators and students with immediate, actionable feedback on learning progress, streamlining communication and educational oversight across the platform.

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May 2024 Neural Architecture

Beyond BERT: Fake Review Detection

Built and evaluated NLP models to distinguish computer-generated fake reviews from genuine human-written reviews across multiple e-commerce categories.

BERT/RoBERTa NLP SMOTE Scikit-learn
Dataset
20K Fake + 20K Real Reviews
Best Model
Fake RoBERTa
Best Accuracy
98.25%
Best Precision
99.42%

Overview: Built and evaluated NLP models to distinguish computer-generated fake reviews from genuine human-written reviews across multiple e-commerce categories.

What I built: Worked with both classical machine learning approaches such as SVM, logistic regression, and naive Bayes, and deep learning models including BERT and Fake RoBERTa.

Technical depth: The project used a balanced dataset of 20,000 fake and 20,000 real reviews, applied preprocessing and vectorization techniques, and used SMOTE-based augmentation to improve model robustness across categories.

Results: The best model achieved 98.25% accuracy, 99.42% precision, 97.10% recall, and 98.25% F1-score, outperforming the classical baselines and producing a strong benchmark for automated fake review detection.

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Oct 2023 Healthcare Architecture

Secure Patient Services

Researched and designed a healthcare framework that combines machine learning and blockchain to improve patient services while protecting sensitive medical data.

Blockchain (PHC/ERM) IoT Integration Privacy (HIPAA) Machine Learning
Core Architecture
IoT + Blockchain + ML
Blockchain Layers
PHC + ERM Networks
ML Focus
Risk Prediction + Anomaly Detection
Security Focus
Privacy, Integrity, Access Control

Overview: Researched and designed a healthcare framework that combines machine learning and blockchain to improve patient services while protecting sensitive medical data.

Architecture: Studied an integrated model with an IoT data collection layer, blockchain-based transaction and access management, and a machine learning layer for anomaly detection and patient-risk analysis.

Technical depth: Explored architectures with Personal Health Care and External Record Management blockchain networks, privacy-preserving approaches such as federated learning and Hyperledger Fabric-based frameworks, and compliance considerations including HIPAA, DISHA, and COBIT.

My contribution: Served as deputy leader, overseeing team progress, quality-checking reports, organizing shared documentation, and contributing ongoing research to ensure architectural integrity.

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Internship Project Customer Analytics

Mall Customer Clustering

Built a customer segmentation pipeline using unsupervised learning to help marketing teams identify shopper groups with similar spending behavior.

K-Means Hierarchical Clustering Seaborn Pandas
Algorithms
K-Means, MiniBatch, Hierarchical
Dataset Features
Age, Income, Spending Score
Optimal Clusters
5 (Elbow Method)
Tools
Python, Pandas, Sklearn

Overview: Built a customer segmentation pipeline to help marketing teams identify shopper groups with similar spending behavior and plan more targeted campaigns.

What I built: Preprocessed mall customer data in Python, explored distributions, visualized relationships, and applied unsupervised clustering methods to segment customers.

Technical depth: Used the elbow method to choose 5 clusters, based clustering on behavioral attributes such as annual income and spending score, and excluded gender to avoid adding weak or unnecessary separation to the process.

Outcome: Produced interpretable customer groups, including low-income/low-spending and high-income/high-spending segments, that could support marketing strategy decisions.

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2022 Institutional Platform

Academic Evaluation System

Role-based web platform (Student, Faculty, Admin) for automated faculty performance reporting and structured academic feedback management.

PHP MySQL Role-Based Auth Data Reporting
Users
Student, Faculty, Admin
Stack
PHP, MySQL, JS
Environment
XAMPP + Apache
Core Output
Faculty Grade Reports

Overview: Built a web-based academic evaluation system to replace manual feedback collection and help institutions generate structured faculty performance reports.

What I built: Developed workflows for students to submit ratings, for faculty to view results, and for admins to manage classes, subjects, questionnaires, restrictions, users, and reports.

Technical depth: Designed a complex relational schema in MySQL with tables for evaluations, faculty, questions, academic terms, and class restrictions, ensuring data integrity and efficient reporting.

Why it matters: The system automated institutional evaluation at scale, drastically reducing manual overhead and organizing academic feedback loops.

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2022 IoT Vision Architecture

Driver Drowsiness Detection

Built an IoT-based real-time drowsiness detection prototype using Eye Aspect Ratio (EAR) and facial landmarks to monitor a driver’s eye behavior and trigger safety alerts.

Raspberry Pi OpenCV & Dlib Computer Vision Python
Modules
Capturing, Detection, Correction
Hardware
Raspberry Pi + NoIR Camera
Libraries
OpenCV, Dlib, Imutils, Pygame
Detection Logic
EAR + Facial Landmarks

Overview: Built an IoT-based real-time drowsiness detection prototype to monitor a driver’s eye behavior in low-light conditions and trigger safety alerts.

Architecture: Designed the system around three stages: capturing video through a night vision camera, detecting facial landmarks and eye state from frames, and correcting unsafe conditions through alerts.

Technical depth: Used computer vision techniques including face tracking, eye landmark extraction, and Eye Aspect Ratio-based feature analysis, supported by Python libraries such as OpenCV, Dlib, Imutils, and Pygame.

Outcome: The system emphasized low-latency real-time monitoring, robust low-light operation, and immediate audiovisual warnings to reduce the risk of fatigue-related incidents.

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Career Timeline

Aug 2025 – Present
AWS Developer
@ School Fuel
Building React-based student and teacher dashboards for the Kairos platform. Collaborating with backend teams on AWS Lambda services, debugging APIs and refining JSON contracts.
May 2025
M.S. Computer Science
@ Arizona State University
GPA: 3.87/4.0
Coursework: Data Processing at Scale, Applied Cryptography, Semantic Web Mining
2023
AI & ML Intern
@ Tequed Labs
Built machine learning models using Random Forests, SVMs, Linear Regression, and k-means clustering to improve customer segmentation and behavior analysis.
May 2023
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
@ JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore
GPA: 8.67/10.00
Coursework: Data Structures and Applications, Object Oriented Concepts, AI & ML

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