Vedant Nighojkar

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EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin – Parkside Kenosha, WI, USA Master of Science in Computers and Information Systems May 2014-May 2015

Graduated with a GPA of 3.678 and received the International Student Ranger Scholarship Award

Served as a Graduate Assistant and developed an Android application (Algae Estimator) in collaboration with the University of Ostfalia, Germany. Version 1 (developed with App inventor) available on Google Play Store. Version 2 (developed using Java (Android Studio), MySQL, PHP) to be launched in August ‘15

Graduate Project: Developed Ready Badger – an application used by Wisconsin Emergency Management Department for disaster management and relief. (Technologies used - Java, My-SLQ, PHP, JavaScript)

Research: Cyberbullying Detection on Social Media (pending publication) Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies & Research Pune, India Master of Business Administration - Information Technology May 2012-May 2014

Graduated in the top 5% of the class with Grade A+

Internship: Designed and developed an interactive website for the Institute of Value Marketing Professionals. Technology: ASP.NET, C#.NET and MS-SQL Server 2008 University of Pune Pune, India

Bachelor of Commerce Mar 2009-Oct 2011

Graduated with concentration in Computer Application, specializing in Visual Basic CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Programming Languages: JavaScript, C, C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Java, Android, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, PL/SQL, ASP

Databases: Oracle, MS-SQL Server, PHP MyAdmin, MySQL, MS Access IDEs: Visual Studio, Android Studio, SQL Management Studio, Eclipse, Net Beans, App inventor, Salesforce Methodologies: LEAN, SDLC, Waterfall, RAD, Agile

EXPERIENCE

Mphasis Limited (an HP Company) Pune, India

One of India’s top ten IT consulting companies with a revenue of USD 940 M Workforce Analyst May 2011 – Aug 2012

Created attendance tracking system which was used to track attendance of over 5000 employees

Led scheduling based on workload forecasting to achieve 80% service delivery schedule conformance

Analyzed performance metrics for six clients including a large food manufacturer in the US IBM Global Process Services Private Limited Pune, India Professional services arm of the world’s largest business and technology service provider Workforce Data Analyst Oct 2007 – May 2011

Implemented inventory management system using LEAN methodologies and decreased downtime by 30%

Analyzed and reported real time SLA data for over 200 employees

Designed, created and maintained MIS reports

Managed process billing for two customers

Creations Marketing Private Limited Pune, India

Marketing Team Lead Sep 2005 – Sep 2007

Managed a team of 20 B2C salesmen along with achieving daily sales targets COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Co-founded and managed the IndSearch Center for Innovation Incubation and Enterprise at IndSearch, Pune

Organized educational hiking tours for 100-120 high school students for three years