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South Bend, Indiana Area

• Performed value stream mapping as Project Lead within different departments of St. Joseph County, IN in order to initiate process optimization and technology deployment.• Overlooked the transition to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) throughout the County by mapping call flows and streamlining phone data saving the County $300,000 over 5 years.• Performed business development, market intelligence and market penetration activities for a local startup called SlipStream to help grow their customer base from 0 to 8 customers.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

♣ Solved the wrapper efficiency problem due to congestion in the packaging unit using gap analysis to identify bottlenecks, improve product flow and minimize downtime.♣ Performed Simple Root Cause Analysis and downtime studies to investigate primary factors disrupting product flow and analyze the optics mechanisms detecting the congestion.♣ Integrated our final solution for the wrapper efficiency problem to ConAgra’s Continuous Skills Development Program to enhance continuous improvements at the facility.

Hyderabad Area, India

♣ Overlooked Facility Layout Planning for a new block of the bulk-drug manufacturing facility to make decisions on optimal locations for the manufacturing equipment.♣ Championed the creation and maintenance of Continuous Improvement activities at the facility including the Waste Reduction and 5S Audits using Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen activities.♣ Self-directed a Standard Operating Procedure for Labor Management by creating a strategy to effectively sustain training for the relatively low skilled incoming employees.♣ Performed statistical and data analysis on MiniTab to obtain optimal production quantities.

Mumbai Area, India

♣ Streamlined the shipping scheduling process creating a database on Microsoft Access and by providing recommendations on how to reduce waste in terms of time, cost and resources.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Purdue Indian Cultural Society Purdue Indian Dance Club

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Placed 1st in Purdue University Cricket Club's Fall 2014 tournament, Intramural Soccer for 7 semesters, Purdue.