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Irvine, California, US

• Consult with Customers on project goals.
• Own overall relationship with clients including adoption, retention and satisfaction. and drive product roadmap.
• Design, build, and deploy use cases and processes, and core training programs.
• Whiteboard Data Architectures with customer including Data Catalogues, Machine Learning, AI tools and data science workbench.

Provide Strategic business consulting and technology solutions fueled by data insights.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Question and communicate the data approach in the big data space using hadoop architecture and ensure compliance to regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate data integration of large volumes of data including structured and unstructured data involving complex rules.
• Mentor peers on emerging trends and industry best practices in analytics, reporting, visualization, data discovery and modeling.

• Led the development and product team in creation and launch of a new patented data analytics tool that leverages big data capabilities.
• Developed reports using Sqoop to export data into Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) and Hive.
• Spearheaded a team of 27-person and conducted customer discovery and direct consumer research to determine feature set, customer need, product roadmap and launch markets.
• Designed custom analytics for risk management, working with multiple/large datasets and transforming them into actionable dashboards. Used linear regression models.
• Assisted in model building and model training for conversational analytics leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Facilitated data integration of large volumes of data including structured and unstructured data coming from SAP ERP systems.

Valparaiso, Indiana, US

• Assisted writing center Director in developing a comprehensive marketing plan for the Center and increased student visits by 40%.
• Mentored students across disciplines on various writing topics such as how to effectively communicate, how to use clear and concise sentences, how to organize idea to ensure proper flow of thoughts, how to write thesis.
• Identified patterns in writing and made suggestions on corrective actions to avoid presenting misleading information.
• Guide students in developing thesis or research papers and help with the process of idea generation.

Paris, FR

• Client: ANZ Bank
• Worked within big data environment including Hadoop, Pig, Hive and MapReduce to extract data from SQL Server and Teradata into HDFS staging layer
• Identified and recommended preventive actions and process improvements for Inland Revenue's Employer contribution program.
• Provided technology and process leadership to develop BI reports and analytics roadmap in collaboration with key stakeholders to draw conclusions for data driven business decisions.
• Led a team of developers, and QA resources in the development and delivery of complex ETL/BI solution within four weeks by identifying data needs and managing release backlogs.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: Contact Energy
• Developed and supported customer and employee-facing reporting, BI data visualizations, and analytics using SQL Server, in-house tools, Excel and other BI tools.
• Installed and configured HDFS, MapReduce and HIVE solution.
• Analyzed and consolidated data from multiple sources and generated business critical reports and drew valuable insights for futures trading.
• Worked closely with corporate finance, spot traders and forward markets team in the analysis of potential transmission risks and opportunities.
• Collaborated with business data analysts and market participants to deliver real time system that supports hedging strategies thereby allowing to manage risks from large, unpredictable differences in wholesale.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: Spark NZ
• Lead the migration of 62 applications for complex re-engineering program by consulting diverse cross section of business users to understand business objectives.
• Mobilized and led team to provide data analytics services.
• Conducted go, no-go meetings with effective moderation and negotiated defect versus enhancement discussions with multiple vendors by leveraging the ability to connect with people easily.
• Facilitated data profiling, cleansing and prep activities across downstream and upstream applications, managed and tracked data mapping changes and drove joint design sessions with business users and analysts.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: NetApp
• Worked as an individual contributor to deliver business insights through data analysis in areas of sales order management.
• Managed the initiative for knowledge Management system and streamlined incident management process workflow.
• Established client objectives and Collaborated with senior stakeholders and enterprise architects in developing data framework.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: New York City Housing Authority
• Built a close knit system that ensure data integrity and security by implementing audit process.
• Provided directions to the business team by leveraging the existing audit data.
• Developed Cause and Effect matrix and improved quality management and change management process.
• Lead multiple requirement gathering sessions and joint review sessions.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: Vodafone, AustraliaVodafone’s IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) Phase II was a majorupgrade project over the earlier Phase I for Vodafone ANZ.
• Recommended analytical solutions and approach to postpaid product lines..
• Drove knowledge sharing and learning and development sessions.
• Developed business tools to ensure correct compatibility and eligibility rules are applied while customizing a bundle product.
• Performed GAP analysis and maximized team performance.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: Thomson Reuters, UK
• Received Delivery Excellence award for proactive involvement and dedication to client’s success
• Identified trends in service requests for Reuters 3000 Xtra.
• Emerged as a single point of contact for entire Reuters Service Request process area.
• Defined, Measured and Designed Six sigma implementation ensuring 100% client satisfaction.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Client: PrudentialPrudential’s group insurance application was developed by sun microsystems and given to IBM forregression testing.
• Designed test plan, developed test cases, performed test data setup and test execution using winrunner automation tool for regression testing.
• Obtained IBM spot award for active contribution to the project and excelled results.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Intelligence/Analytics

Master'S Degree, Computer Science And Technology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science