DAVID PRABHU KIRAN SOUDAMALLA

**** ******* *****, *** *****, San Diego 92126 ● 817-***-**** ● iolmwb@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Emerging business and engineering graduate looking for a position as a quality Engineer.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration GPA: 3.3 / 4.0

National University, San Diego, California. July 2008 to January 2010

Master of Science in Engineering Management GPA: 3.0/4.0

University of Texas, Arlington, Texas August 2005 to December 2007

Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering GPA: 3.75/4.0

Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India June 2000 to May 2004

SOFTWARE SKILLS: AutoCAD, ProE, C and C++, MS Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint.

EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst, Global AIM, Orange, California January 2011- Current

• Plan, provide and implement plans to network and build relationships with various ethnic communities.

• Involved as a creative consultant for website redesign, provide data support and emergency response initiatives.

Sales and Inventory Specialist, Arco, Sabre Springs, San Diego, September 2008-Current

• Update inventory and sales logs; provide sales support and food services.

• Maintain pricing standards and recommend merchandise promotions.

Student Manager, Student Cafeteria, University of Texas, Arlington, January 2006 – December 2007

• Supervised the set up and breakdown of food items for lunch and dinner shifts.

• Performed random food quality inspections to meet health department standards.

Loan Officer Trainee, ICICI Bank, Hyderabad, India, January 2005 – July 2005

• Analyzed financial credit eligibility of prospective clients and provided other options for loan processing.

• Organized training sessions to improve loan underwriting skills and techniques and worked as a quality analyst for customer service.

Research Intern, Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, November 2003-May 2004

• Replicated mechanically the techniques for testing human bone strength with respect to weight using ANSYS.

• Coordinated with local hospitals, collected data and generated data analysis reports for research.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS August 2005- January 2010

• Business Client Research: Conducted business research to study and build an e-commerce website for an Indian grocery store, using MS Excel, MS Visio to gather, analyze and interpret data, on customer preferences, population demographics and sales reports, observe trends and solutions to provide a thesis for decision making.

• Operations Management: Studied and assessed the various quality management techniques, used a cause and effect model to explain flow charts and steps in the process, performed a case study proposing solutions to improve service quality in the banking sector.

• Product Development and Research: Designed a model for a painless intramuscular injection for babies using AutoCAD, applied SWOT analysis, benchmarking and reliability techniques to further improve features and design based on MEMS technology which is easy to use and safe to discard.

• Product Management: Collected customer feedback research data which provided the baseline to improve on product design and marketing for a shoe company to make it more appealing for different market segments of customers by providing options that fit their budget.

• Project Management: Worked as a part of a team which simulated the Project life cycle using EVMS to predict the actual cost of the project according to schedule us MS Project and Visio. The risk factors in the project were analyzed using a risk decision matrix system to achieve optimum results.

• Supply Chain Management: Researched as a part of a student team for a live simulation project which involved implementing supply chain and logistics techniques to identify heavy volume customers and worked out a schedule to improve service and suggested improvements to the inventory management system.