Vishal Poddar

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates12 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Experienced in quantitative trading and portfolio management.
  • Co-founded innovative platforms in social media and home automation.
  • Proven track record in optimizing manufacturing processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quantitative Finance and Technology expert with experience in Social Media and IoT.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Manufacturing Process Optimization

Other Skills

AlgorithmsCC++Data AnalysisHTMLJavaJavaScriptMatlabMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePhotoshopProgrammingPythonScilabSolidworks

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Quantbox research

Portfolio Manager

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Altitude trading

Portfolio Manager

May 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alphagrep securities

Quantitative Trader

Nov 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kivi capital

Quantitative Researcher

Feb 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Nomura

2 roles

Senior Analyst

Promoted

May 2018 – Feb 2019 · 9 mos

Analyst

Jul 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Trell - visual local discovery platform

Co-Founder

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 · 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Trell is a micro-blogging platform for people to share and explore experiences using photos and short videos.

Personify

Co-Founder

Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

  • Building home automation solutions with intuitive interfaces and smart switchboards.

Hostel 5, iit bombay

Warden Nominee

Jul 2014 – Jun 2015 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Nominated by the hostel warden to look after the smooth functioning of the hostel.
  • Awarded Organisational Color.

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Summer Intern

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Nasik Area, India

  • Automate Manufacturing Process
  •  Rectified 2 fault areas in capacitor manufacturing; proposed design for sorting & classifying capacitors using Solidworks
  •  Optimized the unskilled labour effort to increase efficiency by 75% per shift; realized savings of INR 0.72M annually
  • Analysis of Slow Moving and Non-Moving (SMNM) Inventories
  •  Identified & tracked contributors to analyse factors for piled up inventories; proposed ways to increase profit by 8%
  •  Enhanced inventory flow plan by cost analysis of distribution system

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Hospitality and PR Head

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Led a 2 tier team of 150+ Volunteers & 250+ Contingent Leaders to accommodate needs of 50K visitors & 75 int’l artists
  •  Managed cash and kind deals worth INR 5M across 10+ sectors, including firms such as DHL, Ramada Hotels, etc.
  •  Reduced window waiting time by 40% and eased handling of over INR 6M by pioneering an online booking system
  •  Persuaded authorities to increase campus accommodation (25% y-o-y), generating additional cash income of INR 3M
  •  Revamped water distribution; 10 fold increase in water dispenser distribution addressing needs of 2500+ visitors
  •  Expanded social media outreach (100% y-o-y) via engagement based campaigns; 1st festival to reach 100k likes on FB

Hostel 5, iit bombay

Maintenance Secretary

Jul 2012 – Apr 2013 · 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Awarded Hostel Organisational Special Mention for exemplary contribution as maintenance secretary

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

B.Tech + M.Tech

Jan 2011 – Jan 2016

ILVA

High School — Science and Mathematics

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

South Indian Cultural Assocition

High School

Jan 2004 – Jan 2009