Project Management

SREEMATHY VARADHAN

*** ****** *****, ********* *** . Durham, NC, 27707

919-***-**** . *****.********@****.***

PROFILE

Analytically inclined, result-oriented MBA candidate with experience in

business planning, financial analysis and forecasting

EDUCATION

DUKE UNIVERSITY, The Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC

Master of Business Administration, May 2011. GPA 3.6; Concentration:

Corporate Finance and Investment Finance; Certificate in Health Sector

Management; Development of Alumni Relations fellow, Treasurer of South

Asian club; Selected Teaching Assistant for Probability & Statistics and

Management Communication.

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, Chennai, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics, May 2001. Merit

Scholarship awarded.

EXPERIENCE

GENENTECH Inc., San Francisco, CA

Summer Finance MBA Intern, CFO Rotation Program

2010 Designed data model using inputs from 13 different manufacturing sites

and performed Pareto analysis for group's total spending of $1.4

billion; based on the analysis, recommended steps to contain

discretionary spending and enhance efficiency to Senior Management

Synthesized an optimal forecasting model for 2011 including 3

different strategies to curtail costs by $1 million; Received

accolades from VP of group and proposed model in use with no

modifications

Supported corporate initiative towards operational excellence by

researching & publishing new planning processes using Class A

frameworks; automated parts of process, reducing turnaround time by

67%

Evangelized an effective and more accurate common reporting technique

vetted with evaluation of various existing reporting techniques and

data consolidation from COGNOS, Essbase and SAP systems

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd (2001-2009)

2007-200 Technology Specialist (Chennai, India; New York City, NY; Richmond,

9 VA)

Increased Cognizant's Digital Security Group's (DSG) revenue by $1

million (16%) by developing implementation strategy to integrate 80

enterprise applications used by J.P. Morgan Chase client; evaluated

cost and profitability in project execution; Led a team of 18

engineers to accomplish application integration

Collaborated with WellPoint Inc.'s cross functional teams to

understand complex technical requirements and articulated all possible

solutions to the client's business team - Managed 12 engineers to

implement the defined solution worth $1.5 million

Won $0.75 million project from Kabel Deutschland by assisting in

business development activities such as identifying critical

scenarios, suggesting models and aiding in cost analysis

2005-200 Associate (Chennai, India ; Edinburgh, UK ; Richmond, VA)

7 Assimilated complex banking architecture and formulated a security

strategy for HBOS Plc.'s Faster Payment System that reduced process

time for successful inter-bank payments from 3 days to 2 hours

Received three additional projects from WellPoint Inc. by developing a

working trust through performing rigorous changes and sourcing out

solutions for major problems during project execution

Spearheaded marketing initiative for new service offering worth over

$2 million in revenue by identifying potential use of the offering

across different clients

2001-200 Analyst (Chennai, India)

5 Planned and formulated system to perform audience measurement for

Nielsen Media Research

Designed online system that increased new user registration by 2

Million for New York Times

Won recognition in training and communication skills

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Candidate for CFA Level 1 . Member of The Seven Helpers Organization that

sponsors for children's education in Chennai, India . Volunteered to read

and coordinate activities for visually impaired in Chennai, India . Won

four accolades from various clients for excellent professional performance

. Enjoy running, reading, singing (Indian classic) and tennis

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