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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Mumbai Area, India

Setting and breaking standards for alcoholic beverages in India. Leading a team of extremely talented individuals that launched India's first super-premium, all natural, small batch craft cider - ThirstyFox!

Greater Boston Area

Developed a top-down market model to identify the overall market size and market share for plastic colorants in North America, high growth market segments.Conceptualized, planned and launched a comprehensive lead management process to oversee a sales pipeline of $50M.Analyzed incremental headcount resource requirements to efficiently service newly identified leads totaling $5M.Trained sales managers and sales force on using value propositions and needs based interviewing to uncover unmet needs of the customer thereby identifying additional growth potential.Instituted a weekly reporting and tracking process for the lead management process; developed metrics and KPI’s to measure and track performance of sales managers.Analyzed data to investigate reasons for customer churn.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for forecasting fixed and variable operating expenses in the order of $350M, for all business segments and data centers for Amazon Web services.Built and enhanced financial models to forecast and report on all elements of the AWS financial statements, reported on the financial performance and prepared weekly, monthly and annual financial reviews including variance analysis.Developed a methodology to accurately assign costs between AWS’s internal and external usage.Coordinated annual company-wide goal setting process and implemented process improvements that were recognized by senior management.Partnered with the fixed assets accounting team to complete the monthly close process, including Internal Use Software Capitalization (SOP-98).Coordinated with the corporate FP&A team to manage the AWS Chart of Accounts hierarchies.Spearheaded process improvements in headcount reporting and SOP-98 collections that resulted in a 75% reduction in cycle time. Devised best practices and procedures for accounting, collections and reporting.Managed headcount forecasts, budgets and transfers for Amazon Web Services.

Greater Seattle Area

Analyzed investment criteria, detail cash flows and investment assumptions and presented an investment memorandum to portfolio managers and senior investment team.Prepared equity research notes and presented analysis on equity investment opportunities from the diversified chemicals sub sector of the S&P 500 for a $1.7B fund.

Everett, Wa

Developed financial model to assist with benchmarking, target setting and forecasting sales across international markets.Analyzed past performance and developed metrics to track trends in market share. Assisted and supported the corporate planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting processes. Researched various economic metrics to benchmark sales and revenues across countries.

Bellevue, Wa

Developed a model to assess financial impact of inaccuracies of forecasting errors and identified sources of cost reduction to the order of $5 million.

Responsible for overseeing various operational functions of the business. Conducted market research and identified new customers for launch of new line of engineering plastics products, resulting in monthly production of 5 tons of engineering plastics.Analyzed daily production data and identified opportunities to increase production capacity by 30%. Researched and developed a new generation of plastic nanocomposites: currently in customer trials in Europe and India. Initiated and implemented a system for waste classification that enables easier sale of process waste and generates revenues of approximately $10,000 per month.Spearheaded an initiative to reduce manual labor on the shop floor by introducing electric forklift trucks and automatic bag printing machine. Collaborated with the I.T. Department to develop, program and integrate a sales forecasting model and raw material inventory management system into the existing ERP system.Managed approximately 100 employees, including technical staff, shift supervisors, and workers.

Designed, programmed and launched web based system to calculate tax savings and print IRS acceptable Tax Reports, for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Units. Co-Authored publications:C. Goulding, J. Goldman, S. Sheth 2007. Tax Deductions Brighten Returns on Lighting Upgrade and Very Efficient HVAC Systems May Qualify for Tax Deductions Building Operating Management.Collaborated on making amendments and revisions to the Federal Energy Tax Policy Act of 2005.

Streamlined operational procedures for Research and Development Department. Refined procedures based on guidelines from Development Laboratories and Process Development.Assisted in the development of processing procedures, which were standardized across the Research and Development Department.Recommended improvements in procedures, methodology and technique leading to improved and efficient standard operating procedures.

Performed experiments to test hypothesis of various relationships and co-authored paper.

Master, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Elected VP of Student Affairs and member of the MBA Student Administration. Member of Operations Club, Finance.

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIChE

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering