Project Engineering

Gagan Bawa

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Education

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Master of Business Administration, 2010

. First-year Dean's List; recipient Ontario Graduate Scholarship valued at

$15,000; GMAT: 710; GPA: 3.66/4.00

. Major: Consulting and Finance; Middle-East Study Tour, Jan 2010

. Elected Executive - Rotman Management Consulting Association; Elected VP

- Rotman Public Speaking Club

Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2004

. Graduate Research Assistant, 2003-2004; GPA: 3.92/4.00

. Thesis: Machine Learning and Statistical Methods for early detection of

Ovarian Cancer using Protein Microarrays

. Elected as Secretary, Events Committee, Indian Students Association,

2003-2004

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, 2000

. Recipient merit scholarship, 1997-1998; First Division with Honours

. Elected as Secretary, Publicity Committee for PECFEST '98 (the annual

college festival)

employment experience

Marianas Consulting Inc., Toronto, Canada May, 2009 - March, 2010

Co-founder and Managing Partner

. Co-founded the firm and defined its focus to specialize in marketing

research and strategy, business development and growth strategies for

new and small businesses

. Led interactions with 3 clients; pitched to 9 clients in diverse

industries including restaurant, advertising and fitness, prepared 7

proposals and landed 2 projects

. Supervised the design of a business model which included organizational

structure, rollout plan, operations and financial projections for a

start-up company in the advertising industry; project delivered

successfully

. Developed value proposition and go-to-market strategy for a client

operating in the field of 3D animation

Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute (BHSAI), Fort Detrick,

USA 2004-2008

Part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Department of

Defense (DoD)

Project Lead 2006-2008

. Voluntarily took over the responsibilities of Head Systems

Administrator and Project Officer

. Managed 3 contracted out projects; recommended process improvements

that saved approximately $250K

. Presented recommendations based on the evaluation of alternative system

architectures to the Director of BHSAI; implementation of the

recommendations reduced the development time by 10%

. Coordinated efforts of 4 teams to set-up the IT infrastructure at the

new office; streamlined communications and eliminated non-value added

activities to generate savings of $20K; project completed a month ahead

of deadline

. Improved procedures and systems as a part of 3 member team which led to

increased reliability of critical IT services and fewer IT support

requests

. Supervised and led the revamping of Physiology Analysis System (PAS);

the new application design and functionality exceeded user expectations

Senior Software Developer 2004-2006

. Designed system testing procedures that reduced maintenance requests

for PAS by approximately 20%

. Innovated and incorporated algorithms into PAS to facilitate the

execution of complex logical search operations in under a minute;

previously such operations took days and were done manually

. Established software development practices which allowed multiple

developers to collaborate on projects

Additional Information

. Coauthored 3 research papers published in esteemed peer-reviewed

journals

. Member of the Intra-College Volleyball Championship winning team in 2

out of the 4 years at Punjab Engineering College (1996-2000); played in

the Fort Detrick Volleyball League, 2007-2008

. Interests include travelling, weight training and outdoor activities

such as hiking (hiked most state parks in Maryland and Pennsylvania) and

whitewater rafting (up to Class 3 rapids)

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