POOJA BAVDANKAR

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Kelley School of Business- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Dec 2013 Master of Science in Information Systems GPA: 3.73

Relevant Courses: Project Management, Data Mining, Data Warehousing & Big Data, Financial Accounting, ERP, IT Strategy, Developing Strategic Capabilities, IT Service Management, SDLC, Case Analysis, Web Analytics, Marketing Management, Enterprise Architecture

Honors:

1) Winner of IT in Business Case Competition

2) Second place at the Deloitte Data Analytics case competition 3) Runner-up at the Ernst & Young Case Competition

• Ernst & Young: K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering- Mumbai University, India June 2012 Bachelor of Engineering, Major in Computer Engineering GPA: 3.9 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Ernst & Young : Performance Improvement Advisory Consultant Staff 2 Jan 2015-Present

Performing in depth analysis of customer and transactional data within the Client data warehouse and the local Client systems to determine the adequacy of the existing regulatory controls and designing the process of automating them. These automated controls will then be leveraged to provide actionable insights to the Client in the form of interactive dashboards

Performed spend analytics and market research for accurate forecasting and identification of cost saving opportunities across the supply chain management department at a Client. Presented actionable insights to the higher management for the future state opportunities that could drive negotiations with upcoming vendor contracts. Collaborated with four work streams to manage the overall project roadmap and design their supply chain transformation business strategy. Gathered and analyzed relevant data from various sources to measure performance metrics and benchmarked them against the broader industry.

Led as a Product Manager, to develop a data migration tool that automates extraction of data from the source database and loads it into the desired target database for a customer care and billing application. Data masking was performed such that no sensitive data gets extracted as is into the target environment. This tool has been in demand to be customized further for applications at various other projects.

Multitasked database consolidation efforts at another client for consolidating data from various instances as well as contributed to the reports prioritization needs for various department heads during the same time. Designed a roadmap for the prioritization of reports of all the departments at the company level by gathering requirements, factoring risks and module implementation timelines.

• Ernst & Young : Performance Improvement Advisory Consultant Staff 1 Jan 2014-Dec 2014

Collaborated closely with diverse Client teams to understand and capture their business requirements for extracting relevant data for creating an analytical application. Owned the data management process which comprised 50% of the entire work product. Derived applicable insights with different tools to further convert them into effective strategies to put forth for the client presentation.

Prioritized and analyzed large number of transactions ranging from critically high risk to low risk customers for a major financial services client and helped uncover the patterns and trends of fraudulent and anti-money laundering activities. Further investigated each suspicious occurrence on a case by case basis. Built a knowledge base of all discoveries that improved the analysis speed and efficiency.

Presented EY’s benchmarking insights to the senior management to provide the big picture of the company’s performance during a major event

• Ernst & Young : Performance Improvement Analytics Intern Jun 2013-Aug 2013

Developed optimal distribution strategies for a Power & Utility client in the wake of constrained budgets by analyzing large datasets to find root causes and opportunities that uncovered business insights. Recommended actionable solutions that boosted the profit margins in a short period of time. Presented the visualized insights to the client management. PRO BONO EXPERIENCE

• Vibha –Help Them Grow Organization: Creative Marketing Co-Lead Dec 2014- Present

Drove the development of marketing content and digital marketing efforts for the social cause of raising funds for underprivileged children through multiple events’ promotions in the Bay Area.

Developing innovative, high-impact advertisements campaigns to ensure strong execution of multi-channel delivery through social media, email, physical booths, etc.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Payment Thought Leadership (Capstone project for Ernst & Young) Jan 2013-Apr 2013

Researched extensively on the current state of payment systems across three geographies – USA, Europe and Asia

Exclusively selected to be published as a white paper for including in the knowledge repository of EY

Surveyed the current generation to understand customer preferences and adoption trends for payment systems

• Predictive modeling for Driver Alertness System Oct 2013

Developed a 94% accurate model by using SPSS modeler that efficiently predicted the alertness of an active driver based upon physiological, environmental and vehicular factors. Analyzed and presented strategies towards implementation of the model along market differentiators, brand enhancement and ROI inputs

• Campus Bus Service Project (CBS) Jan 2013-March 2013

Developed business solutions that helped achieve operational efficiency for IU Campus Bus Services during a time when they were facing financial constraints

Identified and implemented strategic approaches that let CBS to create the customer value that outweighed the costs of delivering that value

• Social Media Analysis: Second Screen Experience April 2013

Developed an analysis of broadcasting & television industry to identify need for a second screen business model

Performed trend analysis and put forth a recommendation on how companies can increase their marketing presence by utilizing social media and the second screen experience

• Final Year Project: Restaurant Recommender Feb 2011-Apr 2012

Performed data mining on the extracted web-logs to provide personalized recommendations to each user by analyzing their browsing pattern, search history and user profile data

Managed extensive real time data using SQL Server ODBC connectivity to the front end of the system

• Catering Website for e-commerce Aug 2011-Nov 2011

Urbanized a one of a kind e-commerce catering website for placing customized bulk food orders

Successfully demonstrated an idea of bridging the gap between technology and business, making the web interaction easier for novice e-commerce adopting consumers in India

CERTIFICATION

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certification March 2013

• Certified of being an RSA Security Analytics Authorized Services Professional Sept 2014 TECHNICAL

• Programming: SQL, R, Python, HTML, XML

• Database: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Data Management Studio, MS Access, Oracle

• Tools: SPSS Modeler, Tableau, R Studio, SAS, Oracle CC&B, Erwin, Visio, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Word, MS Project, Aqua data studio, ArcGIS ESRI, Powtoon Power point, Dreamweaver(basic) ADDITIONAL

• Recognized with a Bravo Award for ‘Above and Beyond’ contributions at Ernst & Young

• EY's Advisory Consulting Program Internal Leader, responsible mainly for knowledge sharing at the national level

• Created presentations of product ideas, depicting potential future services that ecommerce companies can provide

• Designed Tableau dashboards,showing interesting and interactive insights

• Captained the State Level Basketball Team in India and a winner of many athletic competitions

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