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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

First Year Seminar for Business Pre-Majors (BA 100) – Fall 2024• Managed and facilitated weekly seminar sessions, focusing on academic success strategies, time management, and student well-being, ensuring smooth execution of class activities and discussions.• Developed and implemented course content, creating a structured teaching flow by organizing lesson plans, reflective assignments, and discussion-based learning modules using Canvas LMS.• Led collaborative workshops and guided students in setting personal and academic goals, utilizing communication skills to foster engagement and build a community among first-year students.• Coordinated with faculty and staff to streamline resource distribution, academic advising, and counseling, ensuring students' access to key support systems.• Provided feedback and mentoring to students on time management, academic strategies, and personal development, enhancing their transition to university life.• Maintained meticulous records of assignments, participation, and feedback, managing grading and evaluation of student performance in line with university policies.• Utilized strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills to manage classroom dynamics and address individual student concerns, ensuring the course objectives were met efficiently and within deadlines.

San Diego, California, United States

In my role at SDSU's Procure to Pay (P2P) department, I support procurement processes, contract administration, and overall operations efficiency. Key responsibilities include managing data flow, communication, and enhancing process automation across the department.• Automation via Python Programming: Designed a Python-based tool to search and retrieve specific Standard Purchase Orders and Contract Agreement files from a database of over 10,000 records, reducing file search times from 15-20 minutes to less than 2 seconds. This automation enhanced retrieval efficiency by 99%, leading to significant time savings and improved document management accuracy.• Process Optimization & KPI Management: Developed and implemented key performance indicators (KPIs) to streamline contract and lease negotiations, as well as purchasing services. These KPIs improved operational transparency and efficiency for the procurement of equipment, supplies, and services.• Project & Task Management: Managed Excel-based work trackers and organized electronic and hard-copy files, improving tracking and reporting on procurement tasks and deadlines. Assisted in planning and executing purchasing functions while adhering to compliance with state mandates and campus policies.This role has allowed me to apply my technical and project management skills, bridging software development with operational processes to support procurement and contracting goals.

San Diego, California, United States

- Conducted in-depth research on U.S. Covid-19 data using Python libraries like Pandas, and SciPy, analyzing trends in infection rates, mortality rates, and vaccination efforts.- Engineered a predictive model using ARIMA and Random Forest machine learning techniques to forecast policy interventions during the pandemic, in order to improve decision-making efficiency.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Implemented an end-to-end product strategy, involving product roadmapping, prioritization, and execution of a Map view web application displaying counties impacted by hazardous weather 7 days in advance for potential power shut-offs.- Led programming efforts for ‘Search’ and ‘trend analysis based article suggestion’ features while collaborating with cross-functional teams from conception to execution, improving user satisfaction ratings by 15%.- Directed agile-scrum rituals, overseeing Scrum Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, and Sprint Retrospective, resulting in delivery of 30+ client requirements, encompassing phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Developed responsive, multilingual, WCAG-compliant pages using React.JS, integrating Adobe Analytics and RESTful APIs to improve web application accessibility, lowering frustration scores by 28%.- Created a resource center web application using React.js, RESTful APIs, and Drupal, enabling customers to seek guidance related to SCE.com web applications, resulting in a 60% increase in query resolution and a 40% reduction in customer complaints.- Built 5+ documentation sets, including Product Requirements Document (PRD), Business Requirements Document (BRD), and Efforts Estimation to standardize documentation for a project team of 20+ developers, data engineers, and program managers.

Pune, Maharashtra

Master Of Science - Ms, Management Information Systems

Be - Bachelor Of Engineering, Information Technology

Diploma, Computer Engineering, First Class With Distinction