Karan Joshi (MBA, PMP)

Phone: 757-***-**** http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshikaran Email: acen0i@r.postjobfree.com

Performance-focused leader with cross-functional experience in Process Improvement, Project Management,

Business and Data Analytics. Technical skills include: MS Office, MS Project, CA Clarity, MS Visio, MA Access,

Tableau, SAP-ABAP, C++, C, Java, SAS, SQL, Forecasting and Budgeting.

Primary Skills

Business Process Analysis and Improvement

Requirements specification gathering and documentation

User-focused functional design and testing

Certified Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP)

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

EXPERIENCE

Interbake Foods, Richmond, VA October 2013 – March 2014

Project Manager

Performed the analysis, planning and execution of W&M field consulting project to improve CRM

departments operations through better utilization of ERP-LX.

Documented existing business processes for legacy system and identified scope for improvement.

Created project work schedule, budget plan, and delegated tasks.

Managed changes in project scope, identifying potential crises and devising contingency plans.

Communicated project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

Achieved accolades from client for accomplishing critical project within tight schedule and budget.

Nationwide Insurance, Columbus, Ohio May 2013 – August 2013

IT Process Management Intern

Created project portfolio management processes for directors and managers to easily monitor and oversee

operations of over 100 projects; developed CA Clarity tool based performance metrics.

Analyzed the issue of project estimation variance within the portfolio and created guidelines for better

forecasts during the planning stage.

Led a team to build a more manageable and effective HRIS system for employee performance evaluation

using Lean methodologies; reduced process overhead and lead time by more than 85%.

Managed vendor procurement process to implement Workforce Management system for Interns at

Nationwide.

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India June 2008 – May 2012

SAP-HR Consultant

Spearheaded a multicultural team, as a Project Quality Assurance Manager of an SAP HR implementation

project; achieved improved quality of deliverables and highest compliance rating.

Managed the offshore project team operations by maintaining status reports, issue logs, change requests,

risk register and resource utilization matrix.

Designed and implemented tool that significantly reduced time and complexity to perform standard HR

actions in SAP system; used as prototype to win project worth $5 million.

Developed User documentation and scripts for functional usability testing and system training.

Collaborated with technical team to design as well as implement customized user interfaces and reports.

Mentored trainees and taught several training programs in SAP competency group.

EDUCATION

The College of William and Mary, Mason School of Business, Williamsburg, VA May 2014

Master of Business Administration

Vice-President, Consulting Club.

Academic Class Project with Riverside Health System – redesigned organizational structure of Quality

Assurance department and augmented processes to ensure better compliance.

Winner of Deloitte Data Analytics Case Competition

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, India May 2008

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Technology

Designed and implemented data management solution for S.E.C division of Indian Railways and received

letter of appreciation from S.E.C.R. senior management.

Honors & Awards

Received appreciation in the form of Project Star Award at Capgemini for overall contribution.

Adjudged as the Best table topic speaker by Toastmasters club

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi and Rajasthani.

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