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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Managing the conferencing and well-being portfolio for Commercial PCs.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

AWS is the world’s leading cloud-computing solutions provider with 1M+customer base and $9B annual revenue• Identified root cause for AWS customer attrition through market research and competitive analysis• Prioritized AWS strategic customer segment and spearheaded engagement to help them understand, allocate, and control their cloud infrastructure costs thereby slashing 12% of cloud spend ($216M) • Conceptualized recommendation tool that will save over $5B cloud costs for 30K AWS clients over the next 36 months, reduce AWS operational costs by $8M, and increase AWS adoption rate by 6.4%• Materialized implementation strategy for the recommendation tool by proactively partnering with 5 largest AWS service teams involving 108 stakeholders (6 VPs, 9 Directors, and 37 Account Managers)

• Evaluated US peanut industry value chain worth $2B through consumer behavior/demand forecasting• Presented findings and devised go-to marketing/pricing strategy by closely working with the C-Suite • Mitigated risks by proactively engaging scientists and gathering academic data on clinical trials

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

• Initiated Arsenal JV worth $100K with Goan Soccer Academy by performing market research and identifying the need for international soccer infrastructure for domestic soccer talent• Established a model for selected 80 players who got a trial at Indian Super League (national) and English Soccer League (international)• Initiated partnerships with 3 schools to promote grass-root level soccer• Negotiated with chief-stakeholders from Goa Government and Arsenal Soccer Schools for designing the JV model

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Associate – Solution Consultant (2013-2015)• Managed 4 major towers for Amgen– SCM, Manufacturing, Inventory Management and Quality as Solution Architect. Handled 30+ critical applications and was System Owner for 9 major ones• Designed blueprint landscape for 34 employees and stakeholders for understanding interfacing of towers; Improved compliance efficiency from 83% to a target 99% within 8 months• Initiated and led a paper-saving initiative across all Cognizant locations in India that saved 10 million pages/year and improved resource utilization by 42%; received personal appreciation from the CEOProgrammer Analyst – Validation Expert (2011-2013)• Validated Philips healthcare system by performing Risk Analysis, Defect Prevention and System Design and facilitated activities between client, onshore and offshore team across 2 projects worth $550K• Proposed and materialized one-size-fits-all shop floor solution for Sika, Philips and MWV that earned a revenue of $930K and later was used as a benchmark solution for prospective clients with a cumulative forecasted revenue of $280K; won Innovation of the Year award for the solution• Led a Centre of Excellence project comprising 15 associates and helped build core competency for Engineering and Manufacturing Solutions; fastest growing horizontal at Cognizant

• Partnered with upcoming restaurants and devised their go-to-market strategy by positioning them among other players by hosting a website• Increased peak-season revenue by 22% and average revenue by 8% through social media platforms• Promoted low-profile Goan restaurants by showcasing unique cuisines online through SEO techniques • Optimized supply chain by reducing supplier expense by 3% and improved sales through coupons

Pune, Maharashtra, In

Implemented resource applications system for Persistent Systems.We developed an SMS Gateway application that interfaced with the internet for functionalities such as database retrievals, search engine and emails. The requests were sent either text (SMS) or Bluetooth which ensured free communication and retrieval of information.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) - Full Time, Management Consulting

Product Executive Certificate, Product Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering