Product Development Research team for developing lenses (optics design) using SLA printing, at scale, to concentrate and split light

Areas: Construction & Facilities, General Assembly, Paint• Tested a pilot GA Shop Self-Purchase Order Program, resolving 13 projects worth ~$4M, previously blocked due to operational errors like rejections, workflow inconsistencies, open invoices, Goods Received check discrepancies, and inaccurate quoting.• Executed 2 projects worth ~$5M for Fire Enclosures and Factory Aisleway, with complex scope, design & procurement changes.• Executed multiple work orders for Construction and Facilities projects, and negotiated payment terms for 80% improvement. • Improved Design & change management of open jigs project with supplier, to hand over to Production Engineering team.

Areas: Strategic CAPEX (Material Flow, Spares, Controls, Program Management)• Procured $3 million worth Spares, with 15-20% cost reduction per program through direct procurement of 100+ part manufacturers for 5 integrators through 30+ OEMs. Made need-to-consumption Ops BPM with Purchasing, Maintenance, ME • Standardized supplier scoping questions, scoped 50+ Material Handling OEMs, and onboarded 10 global suppliers for new factory • Supported 5 global manufacturing capital projects worth $6 million across manufacturing engineering and operations through supplier readiness, quote evaluation, design evolution, supply chain risk mitigation, and change order management. • Re-engaged and built relationships with Material Handling supplier base. Identified critical suppliers through RFx engagement. • Developed equipment design optimization plan for Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS), Conveyors and AGV/AMR to reduce capital cost per production unit. • Researched product design tradeoff, and standardized baseline system technical specification checklists (SoR), approved suppliers and documented procurement timeline by capital equipment type to reduce design lead time. • Established manufacturing, & procurement strategy for new factory equipment worth $100million+ to present to VP & CFO. • Built a pre-filtered supplier database, tagged by quality, equipment type, supplier rating, onboarding status & specialization. • Implemented a bi-weekly newsletter for Capital Procurement program updates to x-functional departments & C-suite. • Introduced a supplier scorecard with equipment quality & performance metrics. Selected criteria through multiple focus groups with Manufacturing Engineering & Production Control team. Built tableau dashboard for analytics tracking.

• Developed a program strategy for student retention, re-assess target students and improve program offerings. Collaborated closely with client (Directors of Programs, Marketing, and Admissions in Krannert Business School). • Benchmarked current program against competitor schools. • Surveyed focus groups to understand current state. • Created a Quality Survey for Baseline Operations assessment. Used Lean & Six Sigma methodologies for analysis.

• Devised a standard system for routine data collection on KPI and input metrics, from 30 manufacturing sites.• Focused on reducing time to collect data, as well as maintaining quality processes. Ran simulations & testing.

a16z, Series E • Worked on an integrated systems workforce management solution for skilled trades, with Product & Engineering. • Constructed enterprise data models. Improved process & data flows with internal stakeholders like Sales, & Sourcing using BPM. Specifically, worked on planning systems integration with Salesforce, Bullhorn, Paylocity, Zendesk, etc. • Developed success metrics at various program levels to track the worker journey in the integrated systems, & identify operational inefficiencies. • Analyzed areas of the process that can be automated with RPA & Retool development. Interviewed functional stakeholders to document daily operations to translate to the digital ecosystems. • Contributed to critical decisions in meetings with PM, Product & Ops managers. Holistically reviewed engineering work, bi-weekly.

• Collaborated with the e-Learning team to migrate driver exams to FlixUni app, and improve exam rates with BusPartners. Also worked with engineering team to improve UI & features on internal asset management tool• Initiated a plan to improve SalesForce processes within Operations. Made KPI reports on PowerBI for BusPartners

• Part of the Purdue Data Mine Corporate Partners Projects • Social media text analysis, using web scraping and NLP in R & Python• Focus on sentiment analysis and data analysis using social media API. Specifically worked with customizing a sentiment analysis system to help understand brand image on social media sites.

Project Manager, AI Segment Lead Consultant• Developed a case for investment in Intelligent Automation for Eli Lilly to implement across their value chain (including supply chain, operations, manufacturing, marketing, sales, finances, legal and drug development)• Worked with the client and drafted project requirements, scope statement, & WBS documentation. Defined success metrics with KPIs & led the team as subject expert in applied AI.• Validated product strategy with market trends. Collected relevant data from competitors to benchmark and conduct competitive analysis. Built a maturity model to assess current state, identify areas of growth and validate strategy.

Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Segment Lead Consultant• Conducted a Strategic risk assessment in the RR Supply Chain, including manufacturing, supply chain & human capital. • Researched & analyzed implementation of scalable technical solutions, like contact tracing, predictive modeling, digital twin technology, and automation for various segments, in the Aerospace & Defense sector. • Devised a plan with 3% projected savings by digitizing the global supply chain & presented to company executives.

• Collected and cleaned data to support the entire Purdue student government for its data needs • Implemented strategies to ensure PSG gets data from all the various demographics of Purdue students• Attended & workshops on data related topics to educate the team • Visualized data using tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc

- Developed various solutions with an interdisciplinary team to structure Purdue campus operations in Residential Life to prevent the spread of COVID

- Organized and supervised weekly hall wide events - Cooperated with neighboring residence halls to plan university wide residence hall events- Worked with Advisor to spend the allocated $40,000+ budget for improving the residence hall- Managed and lead various Senate Committees assigned to different events throughout the year - Worked with Marketing and PR Directors to promote events through flyers and social media to increase attendance by 200%