Pooja Ujwal T Makhija Email & Phone Number

Vadodara, Gj, In

Vadodara Area, India

Vadodara Area, India

Texas,United States

• Oversee, develop, manage, and collaborate on funded research projects.• Interface with new and existing partners to align goals, develop grants, and communicate project success.• Co-author abstracts, research-focused web content, and project reports.• Current and past projects include: Southwest Border Non-Profit Resource Center (Ongoing). Develop and manage the implementation of streamlined standard operating procedures and data management infrastructure for nacent organizations. Graduate Student Recruitment Study (Ongoing). Assist in managing a study to ultimately reengineer the recruitment process to increase enrollment; includes IRB approval, focus groups, and analysis. Research Assistant, Winter Texan Report (2010). Managed data analysis focused on gauging health literacy of Winter Texans to enhance tourism and market analysis. Program Coordinator, Manufacturing Health Literacy Study (2010). Plan and facilitate a comprehensive regional industry survey (relationship development, project management, data analysis).

Mumbai Area, India

• Established strong client-focused business partnerships to deliver mission-critical customized business and training solutions for the financial, petroleum, consulting, and IT industries. • Led a team to design strategy, initiate, plan, and implement training departments for multiple clients.• Conducted market analysis to understand client’s strategic and business opportunities, brand building, infrastructure development, and procedures for personnel recruitment, training and development.

• Established and enhanced business partnerships with multinational clients of India’s leading outsourcing provider to understand business processes and oversee the implementation of training solutions.• Partnered with client leadership to understand business, conduct gap analyses, and develop training content.• Projects included: Virgin Atlantic (2006-2008). Managed quality, manpower recruitment, and training process involving 600 employees across two business centers. Air Mauritius (2006). Led the design and implementation of training strategy and standard operation procedures to transition business centers in London, Paris, Switzerland, and South Africa to Mauritius. Travelocity (2004-2005). Consulted with business leaders to implement and manage enterprise-level training programs to transition the organization towards a customer-focused business model. Travelocity (2004-2005). Led training for a re-engineering project that generated $2 Million by consolidating voice data processes across 3 business units.

Gurgaon, India

• Designed a corporate leadership training plan to ramp up middle management training.• Delivered classroom training on organizational culture, communication, and business processes.

Gurgaon, India

• Provided financial and customer support advising for an Australian company (Coles Myer).

Executive Education Program, Goldman Sachs 10-000 Women Program

Master Of Business Administration, Health Economics

THESIS “Use of preventive care in hispanic manufacturer workers in South Texas." ABSTRACTS Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s.

Ma, History

Ba (Hons), English