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Hi, I'm Sharad πŸ‘‹

Senior Risk Strategy Expert Β· PhD Computer Science, UCL Β· Financial Fraud Researcher

I sit at the intersection of data analysis, financial crime, and risk strategy β€” turning complex data into actionable decisions that mitigate cybercrime and keep people safer online. My doctoral research at University College London focused on measuring online financial fraud originating from SMS scams, and I continue to publish at the frontier of this space.


🧠 About Me

  • 🏦 Currently working in fintech as a Senior Risk Strategy Expert
  • πŸŽ“ PhD in Computer Science from University College London (UCL)
    • Dissertation: "Measuring Online Financial Fraud Originating from SMS Scams"
  • πŸ”¬ Active researcher in fraud detection, SMS phishing (smishing), and financial crime analytics
  • πŸ“Š Passionate about translating research into real-world risk systems

πŸ“š Research & Publications

Find my academic work on Google Scholar:

Google Scholar

My research spans:

  • Online financial fraud measurement & detection
  • SMS-based social engineering and smishing campaigns
  • Fraud strategy design in financial services

πŸ› οΈ Areas of Expertise

Risk Strategy          β”‚  Cybercrime Analysis        β”‚  Research
───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────
Policy Design          β”‚  Fraud Pattern Analysis     β”‚  Quantitative Methods
Credit & Fraud Risk    β”‚  Smishing Detection         β”‚  Data Collection
Regulatory Compliance  β”‚  Phishing Detection         β”‚  Academic Publishing
Decision Systems       β”‚  Behavioural Data Analysis  β”‚  Peer Review
                       β”‚  Scam Trend Investigation   β”‚

πŸ’» Tech Stack

Languages & Tools

Python R RStudio SQL Pandas Jupyter Excel Git

Platforms & Risk Tools

Snowflake ThreatMetrix Feedzai


πŸ“‚ What You'll Find Here

Repositories spanning risk, fraud, and data analysis β€” from research-adjacent tooling to practical cybercrime mitigation:

  • πŸ” Fraud & scam analysis β€” datasets, notebooks, and investigative approaches to financial crime
  • πŸ“‰ Risk strategy β€” behavioural scoring, policy design, and strategy simulation
  • πŸ“‘ Cybercrime research β€” SMS/smishing campaign analysis and threat pattern investigation
  • πŸ§ͺ Research code β€” replication materials and data from published work

🀝 Support My Work

If any of my repos were useful to you, consider sponsoring or buying me a coffee β€” it keeps the open-source research going!

Sponsor Buy Me A Coffee


Research is the distance between what we know and what we do about it.

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  1. Talks Talks Public

    Room full of my presentations and publications

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  2. Suggestions-And-Tips Suggestions-And-Tips Public

    Lessons I have learned in my journey, Commonly asked questions about MSc Infosec @UCL, CERN applications, and more

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  3. ccat ccat Public

    comprehensive call data record analysis tool using python and excel macros. Also used geolocation APIs through json files to get latitude and longitude for cellphones using MNC,MCC and CellId

    Python 6 4

  4. WebScrapper WebScrapper Public

    web scrapping with selenium using chrome driver

    Python 3 2

  5. work_hacks work_hacks Public

    scripts that makes work life easy

    Shell 1

  6. global-talent-visa global-talent-visa Public

    My Global Talent Visa Endorsement

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