Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sep 2020 – Dec 2020 · 3 mos

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Working with C-suite executives to address technology adoption issues and strategy formulation.
• Specialization in developing and analyzing technology innovation strategy for Fortune 500 organizations along with product market fit analysis.
• Providing consulting services for disruptive technologies such as smart contracts, distributed cloud services and centers of excellence along with M&A knowledge.
• Providing consulting services towards implementation of the newer generation of ERP services.
• Working on Technology Innovation strategy consulting project for leading Oil and Gas client from Canada and United States.

Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 · 4 mos · Calgary, Canada Area

• Implemented agile project management in product development through frequent releases of prototype consistent with customer requirement refinement. Resulted in increased rate of prototype adoption by 80% within 2 months.
• Secured Tecterra grant of $400,000 for innovation; Proposal development required client management, consumer research, collaboration and coordination amongst stakeholders at six teams within the organization.
• Completed statistical modelling of product revenue data using R and SQL, resulted in identification of two poorly performing cost categories that were impacting profitability and revenues.

Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 · 4 mos · Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

• Built a venture over the summer to ease the transition of international students joining University of Calgary by providing service to reserve accommodation and food services before arriving in Calgary.
• Secured a seed funding of $5000 from University of Calgary for my venture, the funds were utilized to develop prototypes of product and undertake consumer analysis.
• Acquired 34 customers within first month of launch, who utilized the service in September 2018.

Jan 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

• Assisting Prof. Maliheh with Ethical Leadership course, coordinating various communications for 170 students.

Oct 2017 – Aug 2018 · 10 mos · Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

• The majority of the research conducted at the Mutuality and Reciprocity Lab focusses on how employers can establish and maintain positive relationships with their employees.
• We examined factors that have a positive (trust, commitment, support, participation) and negative (breach of promises, workplace mistreatment, cynicism) influence on this relationship.

Jul 2016 – Jun 2017 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Built relationships with client leadership team to ensure successful negotiation of three new contracts for Ernst and Young within a year. Contributed to the outstanding revenue performance of the business unit in 2017.
• Developed risk assessments for clients including Adobe and Unilever, while leading teams to understand cyber security infrastructure to implement solutions; resulted in a reduction of data breaches by 24% in a year.
• Managed a team of four to restructure a word search algorithm using C# and shell scripting; this project increased efficiency of internal audits by reducing report generation time by 4 hours.
• Participated in developing cyber security infrastructure blueprints by analyzing root causes of failures; resulted in decreased service ticket count by 15% for clients such as Adobe, Microsoft and Infosys.
• Presented the final advisory report to client management team for four major projects led as a Consultant.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• Bootstrapped the venture, setup communication channels, served as the delivery agent, and managed two individuals in India, who were from underprivileged backgrounds.
• Acquired seed funding through initial investment of $4000 from local patrons and investors.
• Led product management and marketing responsibilities; increased revenue by 40% per month.

Jul 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Designed a system failure detection and alert system using C# and SharePoint for all quantitative trading desks across the globe, resulting in reduced service interruptions by 40%.
• Led IT project team to analyze and solve frequent Bloomberg integration issues, reducing disruption time by 20%.
• Led Windows patches update for global workstation group, responsible for security and functioning of 1800 workstations and 300 servers, which include trading desks.
• Authored 160 documents for the knowledge base of the IT team to streamline service delivery operations.
• Built tracking system for IT assets through SharePoint automation with C# for back-end processing; helped reduce service tickets logged for lost devices by 25%.

Jun 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• RAAG - The youth club of Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering is steeped in tradition to release annual magazines for the entire college.
• Served associate editor a year before I took on the role as Editor in Chief.
• Edited and printed 400 copies of the youth magazine for 2 years.
• Planned and designed the budget and accounting methods to track expenses.
• Acquired sponsorship through extensive corporate interaction and networking.