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Neom

Neom

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Leading organization wide initiatives for optimizing IT processes , resolving data leaks and building data strategies for faster systems.

Chicago, Illinois

Program management for upgrading the IT infrastructure & linked applications and subsequent decommissioning of old infrastructure for leading pharmaceutical headquartered in Japan Responsible for developing Infrastructure upgrade strategy and decommission plan while working closely with IT stakeholders, application managers and business teams  Defined the requirements for upgraded infrastructure ensuring compatibility with current applications and transition plan for switching the teams to upgraded environment Defined a standardized process and identified tools and templates to be used during the course of the retirement cycle for each system and attached applications Led a team of 20+ offshore and onshore team members to ensure adequate testing of upgraded environment, UAT and Production deployment. Key Upgrade projects include: MSBI Farm Upgrade  Project manager for upgrade of existing MSBI farm from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 and SQL servers from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012 and Configuration of new servers with SharePoint 2010 and SQL server 2012Informatica and UNIX upgrade Managed multivendor team to successfully execute and test HP UNIX upgrade from 11.23 to 11.31 and Successfully led Cognizant’s first team to perform in-place upgrade of Informatica PowerCentre from 8.6 to 9.5 Smooth transition to upgraded environment with less than 0.001% job failure( 1 in 10,000 runs) was highly appreciated by Client teams Sample Management Database Decommissioning Worked with business, leagal and IT teamsto understand the critical data fields that should not be decommissioned and would be required in future to assist legal hold responses to PDMA Designed data blueprint to facilitate movement of critical data to legacy databases with controlled access and decommission unused data/systems complying with PDMA guidelines

Chicago, Illinois

Sample Management Integration Development and implementation of Sample Management application for leading pharmaceutical headquartered in Japan Liaised with business and IT stakeholders to understand current sample management process and implement sample management application with a leading outsourced sample management vendorPerformed data analysis to define metadata and transaction data feeds from CRM systems and enterprise data warehouse to be used for Sample managementConducted multi vendor requirement gathering exercise with Client Business and IT teams, Sample Management vendor, and EDI (Electronic data exchange) vendor capturing various data transfer and security requirementsDesigned jobs schedule to incorporate various system interdependencies to ensure data accuracy and onetime delivery of data to vendor.Evaluated historical Sample Management MDM systems to identify requirements for a single consolidated system and decommission unused data/systemsInteracted with client legal, compliance and sample operations teams to develop data migration strategy and transfer data to a single integrated system complying to PDMA requirementsOverall responsible for document management and project management activitiesSocial Media Marketing in Life Sciences Conducted extensive research to indentify role of social media as marketing channel in life sciences industry Evaluated 350+ online social media programs covering online channels like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Online Communities, Blogs etc to understand inter-linkage between Therapeutic area and online marketing channelDeveloped potential marketing strategy models for launching online marketing campaigns targeting selective patient communities , Health Care Professionals and Care givers

Pune, India

Global Sales and Marketing Reporting Experience1.Development of a interactive global brand performance reporting dashboard spanning across 113 countries and top 20 brands for a global pharmaceutical leaderLiaised with business and functional stakeholders for defining reporting metrics, conducting risk engineering and high-level review sessions, to derive and execute action plans meeting deadlines with BIC standards. Performed GAP analysis of business rules, business and system process flows and data sources to highlight critical project risks. Ensured data accuracy leading to less than 0.01% UAT defects and all compliance requirements met to the standards.Developed high level data model blueprint to enable data integration for facts and dimensions data available from 5 different source systems2.Development of Static sales and marketing spend reports for pharmaceutical leader headquartered in Switzerland, EuropeInteracted with client’s MIS team to understand current reporting challenges and MDM capabilitiesPrepared reporting catalogue identifying reports structure and key data metrics to be reported.Validated existing reporting framework for migration to new platform and identified new enhancement opportunities hence enhancing end user experienceConducted risk engineering, Prioritized business and systems problems and conducted impact analysis for data accuracy. Global “Indirect Spend” Consolidation Reporting – A Feasibility Study – Client amongst top 5 global pharmaceutical drug manufacturersConducted detailed brainstorming sessions with key business stakeholders to define indirect spend categoriesPerformed capability analysis to map current reporting systems and identify improvement opportunitiesPerformed detailed technical, operational and economic (cost/benefit) analysis to determine potential savings and legal/operational roadblocks.Recommended strategy for project execution along with cost estimates, challenges and benefits

Gurgaon, India

-Setting up an efficient and productive mechanism to measure the client processes against industry benchmarks -Consulting and mentoring on various industry wide diagnostic engagements to identify the key business drivers and hence develop a commercial proposal for various Genpact engagement -Authored, composed and designed a unique diagnostic methodology to be executed globally on various clients and business units-Received appreciation notes from CFO of leading US based truck leasing and logistics company for successful execution of diagnostic and consulting engagement -Successful project mentored the first end to end diagnostic engagement for largest banking client in UK and leading Indian telecom service providerProcess Assessment and Advisory services for Fortune 500 company with operations in more than 130 countriesConducted detailed client stakeholders interview to define problem definition and assess the cause of the sameDeveloped problem prioritization metrics and conducted stakeholder analysis to smoothen project executionConducted detailed process gap analysis, process mapping exercise, stakeholder validation to develop AS IN process mapsInteracted with various industry experts and forums to derive improvement opportunities and recommendations Developed detailed TO BE project maps with state of art recommendations and project execution planRecommended strategy to improve process efficiency by 5% and hence delivering a potential impact to reduce annualized gross loss by ~USD 15.6 MMExecuted key recommendations as part of pilot project team

-Consulting on development and deployment of Business process measurement system-To identify and explore business drivers for feasibility of LNA methodology to reduce process error limits -Awarded a PRE PLACEMENT OFFER in recognition of outstanding performance

Pgdm, Marketing And Strategy

Activities and Societies: PRiSM, Pool Enthusiast -PR Head and Core member, Marketing Cell, IIM Lucknow -Head, Publicity team and Corporate.

B.E., Electronics And Communication Engineering

Summer internship with Bharti Airtel Ltd on various wireless and Networking technologies Summer internship with Indian Airlines to study.