MONIKA PRASAD
Cell: 949-***-****
**** ***** **** **** ***# A207, Clearfield, UT 84015
Email: *******@***.***
Consultant (MBA & MS) with diverse experience in finance, consulting,
business development, engineering, and project management in leading
companies. Persistent problem solver with strengths in leading cross-
functional teams and improving business effectiveness. (Location desired-
Salt Lake / Ogden / Provo, UTAH)
EDUCATION
University of California, Irvine, CA
05/2010
Master of Business Administration (GPA - 3.7)
. Faculty Fellowship Award; Teaching Assistant for Executive
MBA's Microeconomics class
. V.P. of Finance, Operations Mgmt. Club; V.P. of Technology,
MBA Students Association
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
12/2003
Master of Science, Civil Engineering
. Recipient of Graduate Teaching Assistantship (08/01 - 12/03); Supervised
20+ undergraduate students.
National Institute of Technology, Surat, IND
06/2000
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering
. First Class with Distinction (highest grade); Full Tuition Award
EXPERIENCE
Johnson & Johnson (Fortune 50, Medical Devices firm), Irvine, CA
01/2010-05/2010
Senior Financial Analyst Program Co-op (working 24 hrs/wk while pursuing
MBA; graduating in May 2010)
. Support functional finance organization; contribute to business goal
achievements by providing financial analysis and business partner
guidance. Assist team in major financial planning exercise, including
obtaining and analyzing data from business partners.
. Investigate opportunities to streamline and provide process improvements,
consolidate and prepare presentation for senior management, support and
compliance activities.
Sempra Energy (Fortune 500, Utility firm), San Diego, CA
06/2009-09/2009
Financial Leadership Program Intern (Full-time summer internship)
. Identified audit objectives, planned scope of assigned audits. Conducted
assigned audits of company operations and practices to ensure compliance
with policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations.
. Effectively documented the result of all phases of the audit ensuring
that the conclusions, findings and recommendation were properly
supported. Assisted in assessing risks and recommending changes to
improve operations or strengthen business controls, and negotiated
solutions or corrective action.
URS Corp (Fortune 500, Global Technical Services, Consulting firm), Santa
Ana, CA 05/2006-09/2008
Project Engineer
. Provided engineering and consulting services to Federal, State and
Fortune 500 clients.
. Developed proposals and reports required for budgeting, design,
construction and operation of construction projects in coordination with
marketing team and engineering consultants.
. Provided recommendations to implement new technologies to improve the
business processes system at client sites. Completed projects tasks on-
time and within budget as per client's satisfaction.
. Worked in coordination with Marketing team and consultants to prepare
business proposals.
Mactec Inc. (Top 25 A/E Consulting & Engineering firm), Irvine / Los
Angeles, CA 05/2005-03/2006
Staff Engineer II
. Developed new clients and managed existing client base, increasing
revenues by 10%. Executed award winning projects and helped client
implement solutions on a limited budget.
. Led teams to track budgets, schedule projects, and provide monthly
deliverables to clients.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
. Software Skills: MS Project, Lotus Notes, Matlab, Microsoft Office, ERP
/ SAP
. Engineer-in-Training (F.E.) certification in April 2005