Management Product Development

KRISHNACHAITANYA KOTA

*** ******* ******, *** ***, Jersey City, NJ 07302

E-mail: *****@*****.***; Phone: +1-832-***-****

EDUCATION

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY – Olin Business School St. Louis, MO

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Aug 2009 - May 2011

Concentration in Finance & Strategy

Recipient of Michael and Patricia Heim scholarship

Partial course list: Investment theory, Advanced corporate finance, Advanced financial statement analysis,

Financial accounting, Corporate strategy, Management strategy, Venture capital & Private equity, Derivatives

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY Visakhapatnam, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation Sep 2001 - Jun 2005

CFA INSTITUTE Charlottesville, VA

Dec 2010 – Present

Level III candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program

EXPERIENCE

KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO

May 2010 – Jul 2011

Finance Intern

Equity Research: Directly influenced key investment decisions on multiple securities by producing research

reports and valuation models for senior analysts and portfolio managers

Financial modeling: Developed models for firm valuations, EPS forecasts and competitor benchmarking

Investment screening: Built dynamic screens on financial databases to find investment opportunities

Financial systems: Experienced with FactSet, Bloomberg, SNL Financial and Credit Suisse’s HOLT

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, LLC St. Louis, MO

Sep – Oct 2010

(Student) Strategy Consultant

One of the top 8 MBA students selected for the consulting team to Wells Fargo

Worked with Wells Fargo’s senior management team on a holistic analysis of US retail brokerage industry

and competitive positioning of Wells Fargo vis-à-vis its competitors

CAP GEMINI CONSULTING Hyderabad, India

Associate Consultant – Financial services business unit Jul 2006 – May 2009

Product Development: Was involved in the design, development, enhancement and testing of various

financial softwares that automate business processes for financial institutions

Project Management: Managed the 9-member team in the development of “Conforming products p -II”

software, facilitating the securitization of client’s $2.9 million loan portfolio into mortgage -backed securities

Product Development: Designed and developed the $3.8 million Customer Relationship Management

(CRM) system, helping firms efficiently manage their interactions with existing and prospective customers

Business Analysis: Performed the role of Jr. Business Analyst and team leader for the 4-member Financial

data privacy team, which developed a “Masking routine” to protect the privacy of extremely sensitive data

Market Research: Conducted benchmarking analyses to research latest IT trends in the US banking industry

Optimization: Streamlined a major mortgage pooling procedure, resulting in cost savings of $1.3 million

Recognition: Achieved a mean client satisfaction survey rating of 8.6 out of 9.0 in the four projects led, thus

becoming the best-rated module leader in the business division.

Software Associate – Financial services business unit Jun 2005 – Jun 2006

Played a pivotal role through the entire product development cycle of the $ 2.25M Sales Engine P-2 project

Conducted feasibility analyses for implementation of risk management and business continuity plans

OTHER DATA

Computer skills: Advanced Excel, VBA, SQL, Sybase, Unix, Power builder, C, MS office suite

GMAT Score of 750 (98th Percentile)

Certified by National stock exchange of India in Capital Markets (Licensed dealer) and Mutual Funds

Won the United Nations quiz competition conducted by regional United Nations (UN) council, India

Organized community service programs as the module leader of WEKARE - Cap Gemini’s CSR programme

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