SHOBHANA MANOKARAN (CAPM, Six Sigma Green Belt)

**** *** **** *********, ******* TX 77058

Contact: 832-***-**** Email: acghli@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: pub/shobhana-manokaran/81/3b/3a4/

BUSINESS ANALYST

Over 2 years of experience, and Indigenous & International exposure in managing & delivering projects for reputed accounts;

key contribution in developing project management plans and process engineering & improvement practices

Sound understanding of business processes, creating business blueprints, to -be processes and functional design documents

based on user requirements. Possess a unique blend of knowledg e in business operations management and proficiency in

understanding business issues and data challenges, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and rev iewing and editing

requirements and specifications

CREDENTIALS

Master of Science (MS) in Engineering Management from University of Hou ston-Clear Lake, TX, GPA 3.77/4 2014

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from SRM University, India, GPA 3.92/4 2012

Certifications:

Certified Associate in Project Management from Project Management Institute - PMI License# 1743486

Joint Certification in Project Management and Six-Sigma Green Belt from University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) from SCRUMstudy

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages C, C++, ASP.NET

Database Packages MySQL, PL/SQL, SQL Server, UML, Informatica, Toad

Web Development Tools HTML, XML, CSS, VB Script

Project Management Software MS Project 2013

Quality Software Minitab 2014

Simulation Software @Risk, CAPSIM Business Simulation, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

MS Office Application MS Excel - Excel H-Lookup, V-lookup, Macros, Solver, Regression Analysis

EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX Since Jun 2014

Assisted the professor in teaching, grading, course evaluation, research and development for Project Manageme nt and New

Business Development

Recognized, respected & nurtured the creative potential of each student . Evaluated timely submissions of assignments and

provided guidance for graduate students on their Curriculum, Assignments, Projects and overall performance improvement

Student Assistant at Alfred R Neumann Library University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX Feb 2014 - May 2014

Supported professor, students & staffs select books, articles, research papers & other resources from libraries across the world

Provided solution for copy rights issue and improved the service by reducing the mailing cost by 30%

Assistant System Engineer TATA Consultancy Services, India Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

Project Undertaken:

Client: TCS Internal Role: Team Lead

Provided application maintenance and enhancement support for the software applications. Conducted continuous integration

with additional responsibility of validated architecture and design

Performed technical root cause analysis and outlined corrective action as well as analyzed and resolved performance issues an d

other limitations

Client: The Hartford Financial Services Group, CT Role: Data Analyst, Information Management

Liaised with customers for technical requirements and conducted analysis of corporate -wide business problems to be solved

Designed business objects using Informatica and d eveloped the database using Oracle DBM. Migrated ETL of flat files to Oracle

DB using PL/SQL and Toad as the IDE

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Projects Undertaken:

Business Development (Aug 2013-Dec 2013): Cost-effective Business plan with marketing strategy for launch of a new product

Six Sigma Qualities (Jun 2014-Aug 2014): Quality improvement project for university cafeteria resulting in 20% increased profit

Professional Project Management (Jan 2014-May 2014): Project plan for Pipeline replacement project for the university

Capstone (Aug 2014-Dec 2014): Research on Factors leading to Project failure due poor/insufficient requirement management

Position of Responsibilities:

Secured Dean’s Dollars for Scholars Scholarship from University of Houston -Clear Lake, 2013-2014

Winner of Best Outgoing Student, SRM University, 2012

Elected as the Department SPOC / Class Representative at SRM University, 2010-2012

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