ABINDAS PUNNOLI KORATH

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SUMMARY

Innovative Engineering Management Professional excelling in liaising between business and technical domains to achieve on-time, on-budget and on-specification project achievements. Significantly improve operations and provide efficient resolution of business cases. Identify opportunities for honing safety standards and maximizing ROI.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Management ~ Business Analysis ~ Data Visualization ~ Reporting and Documentation ~ Operations Management ~ Technical Presentation ~ IT Service Management ~ Requirements Gathering ~ Cost Reduction & Avoidance ~ Performance Measurements ~ Project Scheduling ~ Market Research and Analysis ~ Risk Assessment & Management ~ Lean & Six Sigma ~ Change Management ~ Release Management ~ Business Development

EXPERIENCE

Newt Global Consulting (Verizon) June 2016 - Present

PMO Project Coordinator

Project Consultant for an acquisition project for Verizon. Responsibilities include change and issue management using JIRA.

PMO status reporting activities which includes tracking of planned progress versus actual progress as a part of the team.

University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Software Engineering April 2015 - May 2016

Project Coordinator

Started marketing campaign for Executive Master’s program & impacted the market reach. Managed the official website and social media accounts to efficiently advertise the program.

Organized events to inspire student interaction and improve market reach of the program. Certified in CPR, AED and Emergency First Aid solutions to be there to save lives, when needed.

AXIS Bank Nov 2013- Jun 2014

Assistant Manager

Challenged with increasing quality, improving process flow and reducing costs while maintaining or improving operational efficiency. Developed, evaluated, documented and advanced operational methods and processes through Lean techniques and Kaizen events. Analyzed and reengineered processes, designed and implemented efficiency and quality improvement projects across branch. Utilized estimates and models in processes while coordinating with multiple divisions.

Collaborated with senior management on Business Process Reengineering (BPR) efforts, gaining 8% increase in productivity and quality in business operations.

Analyzed & resolved customer complaints through JIRA to provide better customer satisfaction.

Assisted in creation of systems, process improvement procedures resulting enhanced overall operational from 10% to 20% in comparison with other regions.

Significantly reduced waste and avoided lags by leveraging expertise with Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodology.

Slashed procurement administration costs to 30% by optimizing requirements and finding cost effective alternatives, while ensuring the effective continuation of services.

Earned appreciation for boosting revenue of Foreign Exchange products and services by 4%.

Anna University Sep 2012- May 2013

Research Intern

Developed accurate, operations wide measurement standards to reduce static power consumed in integrated chips. Monitored and analyzed research workflow, processes and procedures, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to maximize efficiency and avoiding lags.

Conducted research on various circuit designs and evaluated delays and power leakages.

Documented simulation outputs and built reports to understand research progression.

Designed a unique circuit model which had minimum leakage and delays.

KELTRON Jan 2012 – July 2012

Engineering Intern

Assisted in implementing operational efficiency and lean manufacturing strategies to increase ROI and enhance throughput. Consulted with manufacturing team to identify best practices for safety and supply chain operations.

Completed comprehensive time study project two weeks ahead of schedule.

Identified and proposed optimization affecting three manufacturing lines.

RECENT PROJECTS

Project Management: Amazon.com warehouse

Created project charter, plan & schedule for the proposal of building a new warehouse for Amazon.com

Performed market research for deciding the location and size considering various parameters.

Conducted risk assessment, stakeholder analysis and S curve analysis for the project followed by resource and cost allocation which was piloted using MS Project 2013.

Successfully executed the project using MS Project, MS Visio & other tools after which it was presented to the stakeholders using various project management principles from the ‘PMBOK’.

Data Visualization: Crime Data Analysis

Developed visualization dashboards using Tableau to reveal relationships of crime data analysis.

Visualized relationships to analyze crime data, to questions like - Which city in Texas had the highest number of complaints during March 2009? ; 2. Average ratio of male to female in Traffic Fatality Offense etc.

Tableau orchestrated in producing end user friendly reporting platform for the project.

Business Data Warehousing: Fiverr.com Database Modelling

Analyzed Fiverr.com marketplace website to understand the associated attributes and dimensions.

Designed Entity Relationship (ER) model & Dimensional model in CAErwin Data Modeler and populated enterprise data into SQL Server 2014 Management Studio to create database model.

Business Data Warehousing: Fiverr.com Creating Universes using SAP BOBJ

Designed a Universe using SAP Universe Design Tool for the ER model to create an end user interface.

Created calculated fields for QTD, YTD and last month revenue collected.

Designed a second Universe using SAP Information Design Tool for the Dimensional model of Fiverr.com.

Systems Engineering, Architecture and Design: Glucose and Insulin monitor

Explored the idea of automated glucose and insulin injecting device under the domain of Biomedical Engineering.

Utilized INCOSE tools for analysis and documentation of gathered requirements and solutions addressed during the project.

Conducted Monte-Carlo Simulation to detect errors and optimize efficiency by reducing errors at micro level.

SOFTWARE TOOLS

MS Project ~ MS Visio ~ MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ~ Google Analytics ~ SharePoint ~ JIRA ~ SQL Server ~ SAP ERP ~ CA Erwin DM ~ SAP Business Objects ~ Tableau

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Dallas May 2016

Master of Science, Systems Engineering and Management

Management and Strategy Institute March 2016

Project Management – Lean Process Certified ™

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC) ™

Anna University, India June 2013

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering

LEADERSHIP ROLES

Active Member – PMI’s ProjectManagement.com ~ Member of the SAP Users Group ~ INCOSE Member ~ Completed Exploratory Leadership Certificate at UT Dallas ~ Exchange Coordinator at AIESEC Dallas ~ Club Coordinator at Systems Engr. & Mgmt. Organization ~ Member of The Entrepreneurship Club at UT Dallas ~ Placement Coordinator at Anna University ~ Speaker Relations Head at TEDxCoimbatore 2012 ~ Organizer at National Robotics Championship 2013, India

ACHIEVEMENTS

Winner of Leadership contest conducted by Project Management Club at UT Dallas

Research on ‘VLSI design to reduce static power using variable body biasing’ was published in International Journal of Electronics and Communication Technology

Winner of Business Plan Competition held at PSG Tech & Park Global School of Business, India

Awarded Best Manager and ‘Star of Kryptoz’ at Kryptoz Tech fest at PSG Tech, India

Winner of Technical Paper Presentation at GRAVITAS, tech Fest at VIT University, India

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