M.S in Business Analytics (G.P.A: 3.6)  <Aug 2015 – May 2016>                               W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

M.B.A in Retail Management – Marketing  <Jun 2011 – May 2013>                     Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai, India

B.Tech in Information & Communication Technology  <Jun 2007 – May 2011> SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India

Intern – Business Intelligence/Analytics                                                                          Sep 2016 – Ongoing

RxDataScience, New York, NY

[Analytics Start Up providing Intelligence to Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Domains]

• Mining high volume CMS data in Q from Kdb+ database to create compliance reports for competitive benchmarking
• Developing widgets and visualizations as add-ons to the CMS Data Prep Business Intelligence tool
• Administering demonstrations to prospective clients to pitch the benefits of adopting the product

Intern – Data Quality Assurance                                                                                          Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Valley Metro RPTA, Phoenix, AZ

[Unified Public Transportation System in Phoenix Area, AZ]

• Identified discrepancy trends in data collection process through time series analysis on ridership data and demonstrated ridership dip of 20% reported in F14 to be inaccurate
• Presented insights to leadership team and recommended implementable, low cost solutions to optimize ridership data collection process and received appreciation for the data analysis skills displayed

Business Partner Analyst – Marketing & Sales Operations                              Jun 2013 – Nov 2014

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Chennai, India

[$17.8B Fortune India 500 Company – Largest Utility Vehicle & Light Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer in India]

• Created ad-hoc performance and ROI reports for business partners by tracking and analyzing KPIs and provided insight based strategic recommendations
• Designed & Led implementation of to-go market strategy by analysing historic sales data with Tableau and defining new micro neighbourhoods to focus on and increased market share by 12%
• Optimized inventory in real time with time series forecasting and redesigned safety stock levels to reduce excess by 16%
• Partnered with recreational off-roading groups to conceptualize and drive customer engagement campaign and developed social media content across official digital handles, as in-state Product Champion

• MS Excel (5 Years)
• R (1+ Years)
• Python (1+ Years)
• Tableau (2 Years)
• MySQL (2 Years)
• Machine Learning (1+ Years)
• Predictive Modeling (1+ Years)
• SAS (1+ Year)
• SPSS (1+ Years)
• Azure ML (1+ Years)

Business Consulting, Creative Presentation, Marketing Management, Optimization, Statistical data analysis, Team Leadership, Team Management

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