Join MS DS Director, Professor Jeremy Teitelbaum, as he moderates a discussion with program alumni about their experiences in the program, and moving into industry. 

Sathwik Bollepalli is a Data Scientist currently working in the insurance industry, where he focuses on building data-driven solutions to support underwriting and risk analysis. He earned his Master of Science in Data Science from the University of Connecticut. Originally from India, Sathwik enjoys playing cricket and boxing, and he is currently exploring a small e-commerce side hustle. 

Aryan Kumar is a Data Scientist at Travelers Insurance on the Personal Insurance R&D Specialty team, where he builds pricing and machine learning models supporting specialty products like boat/yacht, umbrella, landlord, and personal articles. He earned his B.E. in Computer Science Engineering from PES University (2023) and his M.S. in Data Science from UConn (2024) and joined Travelers full-time in 2025 after interning there. 

Ali Serrantino graduated from the online Master’s in Data Science Program in December 2025 and works as a Clinical Research Assistant at the New England Sickle Cell Institute and Connecticut Bleeding Disorders Center at UConn Health. Her work focuses on supporting industry-sponsored clinical trials through patient interaction, clinical data management, and the development of reports for state and national registries and databases. Ali is particularly interested in the intersection of data science, analytics, and healthcare. 

Jen Nguyen is a Data Scientist on the Applied AI & Analytics team at The Hartford, where she works on building and deploying machine learning solutions to support business decision-making. She earned her Masters in Data Science from UConn in 2024.