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EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (ISB) Apr 2015 - 2016
Post-Graduate Programme in Management (Intended Major: Operations, Strategy & Leadership)
Philips Blueprint Case Competition : 1 of 7 to be shortlisted of 200+ teams Campus finalists, currently in 3rd round
- Innovative new product launch for Philips in healthcare cloud and Internet-of-Things domain
C.M.R Institute of Technology, Bangalore Jun 2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication
Developed a vehicle management system to manage traffic based on lane density - 6 week summer project
Presented strategy & recommended use of IT in election campaigning to member of legislative assembly
Professional Certifications
SAP Certified Technology Associate System Administration (Oracle DB) with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
SAP Certified Technology Associate Operating System & Database Migration for SAP NetWeaver 7.30
EXPERIENCE
Dell, Bangalore, India Jan 2014 to Apr 2015
ERP Senior Analyst Consulting, Modernization & Delivery
Secured $750k deal from a Fortune 500 client - spearheaded proof of concept from proprietary hardware to Amazon cloud
Accelerated pre-sales & RFP/RFI response by 25%, used targeted questionnaire for architecture & disaster-recovery projects
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Planned and delivered business-units strategic 1 Middle-Eastern client in record time - 3X faster than standard offering
Subject Matter Expert Operating System and Database Migration for SAP (Linux, AIX, Oracle, DB6 & HANA)
- Achieved 20% reduction in system downtime, led a 6-member team on a CPU parallelization pilot study
- Achieved savings of $32,000, conceived and led initiative to cut annual training costs for partner status maintenance
Awards & Achievements:
- Youngest Senior Analyst in technology modernization practice with 3.5 years of experience, (average is 6 years)
- Gold Award, top 1% in business-unit of 3000+ for wide reaching financial impact across Dells multiple business-units
- Dell Champion, top 10% in customer service & operational excellence at client site - highly critical CEO level escalation
AT&T, Bangalore, India Dec 2011 to Jan 2014
Staff Associate SAP Hosting & Application Services
Reduced cost of ownership by 50%, attained savings of US$ 76,000 per month for one of Canadas largest coffee chains
Lead consultant for 3 multinational clients & rated in top 5% for end to end implementation and customer satisfaction
- Lowered annual customer costs by US$ 300k by improvising storage solutions for regular redundant backups
- Reduced time (by 33%) to Go-live for Greenfield implementations by leveraging use of idle processing capacity
- Achieved 100% improvement in time spent on monthly ERP tax updates for select US clients
Spearheaded an effort to investigate & recommend strategies for AT&T to provide clients with unique value added services
- Pilot project to reduce data growth on Oracle by 10-30% - project implemented now by 30+ clients of AT&T.
- Reduced time on initial provisioning by 80%, redesigned SAP deployment for new clients using unattended scripts,
Improved average Net Promoter Score, integral role in developing key relations with clients & renewing 2 contracts
Led a team of 4 associates to mentor, coach & evaluate 12 trainees on ERP architecture, forming our internal support team
Initiated monthly technical & domain knowledge share sessions, top 1% in contributor points for internal knowledge base
Awards & Achievements:
- Fast-track promotion to role of Client Technical Lead in December 2012 within 1 year of joining, (average is 3 years)
- Recipient of AT&T Circle of Champions, 1 in 16 of the 2400+ global employees for exceptional leadership skills
CapGemini, Bangalore, India Jul 2010 to Nov 2011
Senior Software Engineer Local business services
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Ranked 3 in a batch of 90 campus hires after 3-months of internal immersion and business technology training camp
Co-led a team of 5 to design and develop monthly invoices processing in SAP for a new telecom service entrant
- Awarded CapGemini Project-Star top 10%, most promising associate in a client project - subsequently hired by AT&T
Extra-Curriculars
Entrepreneurial
Conceptualized www.skillfire.in a nascent technology skill learning platform targeted at industry novices in India
- Designed an online market place for professionals to trade niche skills that are not available in traditional channels
Leadership & Initiatives
Founding member and volunteer, AT&T Fun Fridays - An initiative aimed at getting cross functional teams to work better
Co-ordinator 08/09, Cultura annual college festival - drew sponsorship of 16 lacs, increase of 60% over previous years
AT&T Elevator Pitch Winner (100+ entries), given an opportunity to present innovative business idea to Vice-President
Sports & Interests
Represented Bangalore East in district level athletics (100m, 200m & 4x100m relay), three time gold medalist in 100m
Professional T-20 player in intra-city leagues - active member, coach and co-owner of Royals Cricket Club in Bangalore
An avid Formula-1 fan and a go-kart/single seater enthusiast since 2005, regular participant at weekend track days
