Project Manager Engineer

KARAN RAZDAN

**** ******* ***** • Iowa City, Iowa 52246

319-***-**** • ab8xm7@r.postjobfree.com • http://in.linkedin.com/in/karanrazdan1

HIGHLIGHTS

• Driven individual with expertise in financial modeling, competitor analysis, firm valuation (Discounted Cash Flow and Relative),

financial analysis and forecasting, market research, and financial analysis software such as Factset

• In depth knowledge of data analysis tools such as Crystal ball (Monte-Carlo simulation), VBA (Macros), Solver in excel and of

programming languages such as C++ and C

EDUCATION

HENRY B. TIPPIE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, IA

Master of Business Administration, Finance May 2013

• GPA: 3.72/4.0, GMAT: 750 (98th Percentile), Tippie Elite Scholar

• Graduate Student Consultant, Client: Principal Global Investors, August – December 2012

- Developing cost model with investment payback analysis for opening new international locations

- Reviewing 3rd party contracts and preparing a model for comparing different market entry strategies

• Graduate Student Consultant, Tippie Business Solutions Center, Client: Actuant, January – May 2012

- Researched 6 different markets, interviewed executives, analyzed financial statements to identify key value drivers of

Actuant and developed a model to select best viable market for Actuant. Presented findings to senior leadership team

• Prepared investment research reports on IBM and Lennox International. This task required building financial models using

Discounted Cash Flow and Relative valuation analysis. The reports included investment thesis and research and making buy or

sell recommendations for the stocks

CFA INSTITUTE June 2012

• Passed CFA Level 1

DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY New Delhi, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science May 2007

• Received Book Award (Scholarship) from Govt. of India Public Sector Undertaking (M.T.N.L) in 2008, First Class

EXPERIENCE

NATIONWIDE INSURANCE Ohio,US

Project Manager Intern May 2012 – August 2012

• Managed six teams charged with implementation of a project.My task also involved developing business plan for the

effort, calculating cost required for effort and managing budget. Cost savings of $153,000 achieved

• Prepared release plans, monthly cost plans, and forecasted financials for a $13 million project

• Prepared financial model for cost-benefit analysis of two technologies, presented it to the senior leadership team

• Developed financial model to compute Return On Investments of projects to facilitate executive level decision making

IXIA TECHNOLOGIES Bangalore, India

Software Engineer II April 2011 – July 2011

• Investigated a $500,000 feature for AT&T, including analyzing customer requirements, understanding existing architecture for

supporting the feature, and researching existing drafts.

• Analyzed pre-release issues reported on IxN2X product, uncovered root cause, assigned proper resource and reduced

issues by 60%

Software Engineer I January 2010 – April 2011

• Led Customer Response Team, delivering quick solutions to escalated issues reported by Cisco, AT&T, and Ericsson.

I engineered innovative approaches to simulate complex network configurations and reduced defects by 50%

• Utilized product expertise to assist new senior employee in making sure feature shipment deadlines were met

• Led key software feature ($250,000), worked in a cross functional team to understand customer requirements and deliver

the feature

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES Bangalore, India

R&D Engineer July 2007 – January 2010

• Improved performance of a software module by six times by implementing an innovative software design

• Supported a global team consisting of senior members in task breakdown of customer requirements for Virtual Private LAN

Service (VPLS) project; created and implemented a design for same project, resulting in revenue of $2 million

• Independently investigated, designed, and implemented an OSPF MTU feature for Juniper, leading to a $2 million deal

• Analyzed and implemented a design proposed by Melbourne team for a feature which led to $1 million in revenue

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Volunteer, Net Impact “Greening Campus Challenge”, January – March 2012, Results: top 3 over 27 universities

• Volunteer, CRY (Child Rights and You); organized street plays, surveys, and awareness campaigns (2010-2011)

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