Project Manager Management

MAHALAKSHMI SUNDARARAJAN

**** * **** ******, **** 1204 .Tucson, AZ .

**************@*****.**.** . 520-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

To seek full-time position as a Business Intelligence Analyst/Entry-level

Project Manager in an organization that will enable me to progressively

learn and utilize my analytical and project management ability.

EDUCATION

- MS in Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, Dec

2010(expected), GPA - 3.93/4.0

- B.Tech in Textile Technology, Anna University, May 2007, GPA -

3.59/4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Arizona, Graduate Assistant, Applications System Analyst

(Graduate College IT), Oct 2009 - present

- Statistical Analysis of data for surveys using SSRS, GNU R.

- Created websites with Drupal Content Management system using various

modules such as cck, taxonomy access rules, workflow, views, rules,

triggers and actions, organic groups, computed fields etc.

- Analyzed the graduate college database, identified design anomalies

and proposed a normalized design.

- Created reports, dashboards and triggers for students and faculty

statistics using Oracle Business Intelligence tool.

Graduate Assistant, Business Intelligence Reporting Analyst (SALT Centre),

Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

- Analyzed the reporting requirements at the SALT centre by conducting

interviews with the client.

- Created reports, dashboards and triggers enabling analysis of academic

performance, demographics.

Tucson Medical Centre, Student Consultant, Aug 2010 - present

- Developed a comprehensive understanding of Accountable Care

Organization (ACO).

- In the process of reviewing information systems approach, impact on

the legal system, education to healthcare professionals, financial

impact and impact on network of the healthcare community with ACO

pilot program.

- In the process of researching/developing an optimal incentive

structure and design.

Infosys Technologies Ltd, Software Engineer, Jun 2007 - Jul 2009

- Analyzed the existing business process, database design and job flow

by conducting extensive JAD sessions.

- Designed a job flow that incorporated re-usability of the existing

business processes/job flow and also programmed and tested new batch

jobs/programs.

- Tested the correctness of the incoming data and communicated the

anomalies to the ETL team and loaded the DB2 data warehouse.

- Created test plans and test cases for user acceptance testing and

communicated the results to the client prior to implementation.

- Tested front end functionality in various applications and reported

bugs to the development team.

SKILLS

Domain Knowledge: Banking and Capital Markets, Retail (basic Transaction

processing)

Databases and OS: DB2, Oracle, MS Access, MySQL, MS SQL Server Management

Studio, Windows, Ubuntu

Languages: SQL, C, COBOL, CICS, JCL, HTML, XML, Java, UML

BI Tools: OBIEE, OWB, Microstrategy, SSRS, Weka, SPSS, GNU R

Packages: Drupal, MS Office suite, MS Visio, MS Project, Fogbugz

Concepts: Business Intelligence, Balanced Scorecard, Project Management,

SOA, RDBMS, COBIT, ITIL, Business Process Analysis, Content Management

Systems, workflow analysis, Software design patterns, Data Mining,SAAS

Planned certifications: ITIL V3 Foundation, PMP (both in December 2010)

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Dimensional Modelling and Reporting, Feb 2010 - Mar 2010

- Dimensional modelling and implementation in Oracle Warehouse Builder

for in-class exercises for the course work Business Intelligence.

- Reporting in Microstrategy and OBIEE for case analysis.

Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMCHA), Feb 2010 - Mar 2010

- Successfully improved performance of the ad-groups using important

concepts in web analytics such as click- through rate, conversion rate

and continuously monitoring the network settings.

- The campaign was judged as 'strong campaign' and was amongst the top

ten % of the competing teams.

- The project won the second place in the competition held internally at

Eller College, University of Arizona.

Business processes re-design at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Sep 2009

- Dec 2009

- Represented AS-IS and TO-BE business process using dataflow diagrams.

- Represented the use cases by use case diagrams and the workflow using

activity diagrams.

- Proposed a normalized design (E-R Diagram), implemented the normalized

database in Oracle and developed front end prototype using Java

applets.

- Analyzed alternatives such as buying software or developing it in-

house and provided recommendations.

Krebs Engineer's Business Intelligence, Jan 2010 - May 2010

- Designed a balanced score card after extensive research about metrics

measured generally in manufacturing firms.

- Designed Sales, Order and Back logs dashboard prototype that helped

track the performance in those departments.

Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), University of Arizona, Feb 2010 - May

2010

- Balanced score card and dashboard development/implementation.

- Thoroughly analyzed the metrics measured in the current system at the

OTT.

- Compared and contrasted the metrics measured by peer institutions.

- Implemented a front end prototype to measure the key metrics using

SSRS.

Project Management for EON US, Jan 2010 - May 2010

- Extensive analysis of the existing manual processing in place and

benefits of SAP implementation.

- Designed a comprehensive project management plan including: Business

Process Document, Work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, Cost

analysis, Resource planning, Resource assignment matrix, Quality

management plan and Risk analysis.

- This project management plan was developed for a finished

implementation. Our team undertook this project to gain in-depth

knowledge of developing project management plan for an extensive

project.

Sarigama.com, Jan 2010 - May 2010

- Designed a comprehensive portal for carnatic music (an Indian

classical music form) that incorporated features of user interaction

such as learning, providing feedback, shopping, participation in forum

etc.

- Database design and implementation using SQL Server Management Studio.

- Implemented lyrics recommender system using the data mining tool

'Weka'. The algorithm used for implementation was K means clustering.

- Implemented Google widgets and API for user interaction, Playme API

for audio and youtube API for video.

Restaurant and rental accommodation web services, Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

- Implemented Representational State Transfer web service using Google

maps API, rentrent.net API and YELP API.

- Included functionalities such as providing real estate and restaurant

information with user specific input

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Ranked one of the top three GPA holders in both Graduate and

Undergraduate studies.

- Awarded academic scholarship for Fall 2009.

- Won the second place in GOMCHA (at University of Arizona) amongst 15

teams.

- Finalist in case competition held at Eller College of Management,

University of Arizona.

- Member, career strategy team, Assistant Editor of MIS Graduate

Association newsletter.

- Won prizes/accolades for performances in Indian classical music

(vocal).

- Mentor for new students in college (Anna University) as well as team

members at Infosys.

- Secretary (Jan 2010 - May 2010), Ramblers Hiking Club, University of

Arizona.

Relocation preferences: Open to relocating anywhere in the U.S.

References: Available upon request

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