Abhee A Brahmnalkar abifwy@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Experienced engineer and analyst with a proven track record of success in optimizing and managing

business functions. Expertise in advanced modeling, statistical simulations and forecasting techniques (e.g.

Monte Carlo) which are used to analyze and predict the life cycle cost of projects and business activities.

Formal education in Engineering and Management.

EXPERIENCE

2006 2008: Engineer (Trainee) Cost Analyst/Purchasing Engineer**

DSA Electro Controls Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India

Internship at DSA during undergrad did lead to fulltime position after graduation. Job duties involved:

• Oversaw purchasing of steel, sheet metal, tools and other raw materials required for production.

Used SAP ERP for purchase orders and inventory management for fabrication department.

• Decided between outsourcing or in house production by analyzing schedule & cost constraints

• Negotiated prices and supply agreements with suppliers of raw materials and specialty tool

manufacturers in Germany and Japan

• As a member of vendor development team, actively worked in cross functional environment to build

new and meaningful relationships with various suppliers of the company

• Using Activity Based Costing (ABC) approach established a costing matrix by analyzing the

activities in production plant. This matrix was later used as a base for proving quotations to new

potential customers

• Successfully mitigated risk by doing capacity analysis and strategic sourcing

• Performed cost modeling for components manufactured in the company

• Prepared Bill of Materials (BOM), official cost estimates and revised engineering drawings for the

company as well as outside vendors

• Maintained optimum inventory levels using SAP ERP tools

• Achieved 15% gain in output of welding assembly line by designing improved jigs and fixtures and

by changing the workflow and worker positions

• Oversaw design changes and managed the bill of materials for product lines

• Designed and developed entirely new and innovative mechanism to lift and transport heavy

electrical control panels up to weight of 3 tons

• Performed 3 D modeling and simulation of the conceptual design on Pro E. Performed critical

bending analysis of main screw (heart of the machine) on ANSYS

• Built scaled down model of the selected design (to 1/3rd scale) to perform feasibility analysis

• The actual development involved manufacturing of more than 60 individual components in different

quantities which were finally assembled to make two identical machines. The tolerances of

critical parts were as close as 0.005 mm

• Actively monitored the production process involving Wire EDM, CNC lathe and CNC milling

machines to ensure the quality

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• Tested and deployed the machines successfully in the plant

• Won “Best Design” award given by SAE at national level. Also bagged second prize for the entire

project in Engineering Projects competition held at Forbes Marshall, a leading name in steam

engineering and control instrumentation manufacturer in India

2008 Current: Project Analyst**

CEEE (Affiliated to the George Washington University), Washington, DC

• Developed budgets and work breakdown structures for projects funded by federal and private

research grants using Gantt and Pert charts & learning curve analysis

• Calculated Critical Path in Pert Charts for project and time estimation

• Worked with senior management to determine bidding prices for funded projects

• Developed advanced financial models in Excel using concepts of Net Present Worth (NPV), Internal

Rate of Return (IRR) and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

• Used @Risk, a statistical simulation tool, to simulate financial models built on historical data to

analyze risk exposure, confidence intervals and other probabilities. These simulations greatly

improved the accuracy of forecasts

• Successfully automated various accounting tasks by designing programmed Excel sheets using

macros

• Used GW’s Enterprise Accounting System based on Oracle Financials release 11.0.3

• Used Pathway Net, a product of PROCARD to manage and tie company expenses to EAS.

Task required understanding of accounting principles in depth knowledge of Oracle Financials

• Using earned value analysis techniques kept track of project related expenses against schedule and

budget and alerted project managers regarding significant variances

• Managed monthly effort allocation of each of the research staff for efficient funding allocation

• Designed and developed a database to analyze travel expenditure incurred by staff in Microsoft

Access

• Designed and developed database in Access to automatically calculate and report leave balances,

timesheets and daily staff whereabouts with the ability of processing data arrived through email

• Automated the entire departmental library system using web based tools. Maintained up to date

records of books and journals by building a liaison between library of congress database, Gelman

Library database of The George Washington University and the company’s internal library

database. The task involved configuring various import filters and devising our own system

polices which were compliant with other mentioned databases

• Worked with Libraryworld, a third party service provider, to tailor their services according to

company requirements. The task involved monetary negotiations

EDUCATION

Abhee Brahmnalkar

abifwy@r.postjobfree.com 732-***-****

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Abhee A Brahmnalkar abifwy@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

2008 2009: Master’s in Management Science (36 Credits) (GPA: 3.77)

Majored in Finance and Cost Engineering

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Graduate Coursework

Financial Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis, Management of Contracts, Intellectual Property

Law, Methods of Risk Analysis, Project Management, Decision making for managers, Applied

Portfolio Management

2003 2007: BS in Mechanical Engineering (First Class)

Pune University, Pune, India*

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Expert in SAP ERP, Access, MS Project, Excel and other MS Office software. Special expertise in

statistical software @Risk and SPSS. Thorough knowledge of Windows and Macintosh OS.

*Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without a work visa

**References Available upon request

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