PRADEEP KUMAR RAJENDRAN
** **** ****** ***** *** #5 ? Rochester, NY 14623 ? 585-***-**** ?
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Objective
Industrial engineering graduate with strong materials science and
programming background. Specialized knowledge in lean manufacturing, strong
statistics skills, conversant with slew of industrial engineering tools
seeking a full time position that will provide me ample scope to apply my
knowledge and experience.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Masters in Industrial Engineering, Feb 2010 GPA: 3.1/4.0
National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India (Formerly Known as REC,
Trichy)
Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, May
2006
Work Experience
Programmer Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions, July 2006 - May 2008
(Full time), Chennai, India
. Worked for clients including WellPoint, Aetna Corporation, USA IT
division
. Led a team of 3 for a database based project and for regular baseline
tasks
. Gathered business requirement from clients and created Software
Requirement Specification document
. Involved in analysis, design, coding, testing of software required by
business
Industry Internship Experience
Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai (April-June 2004): Studied the
structure property co-relationship of precipitate hardened 13-8 Mo
stainless steel under different heat treated conditions and concluded best
type of steel
Trichy Steels Rolling Mill, Trichy (April-May 2005): Studied the technical
aspects of working of rolling mills and also about machine shop and quality
control section
Academic Projects and Research experience
Capstone Project at Lidestri Foods Inc:
. Analysis of the current process based on control variable using the
statistics tools. Recommendation made to standardize process in order
to reduce variability. Identified waste in the system, amounted up to
$250 thousand per year.
RIT Rochester, NY
. Statistic Projects (DOE): Completely Randomized design to find the
effective coaching method for GRE exam was conducted using Minitab.
Analysis to determine the fastest mobile phone browser comparing
Iphone, Nokia E71 and HTC Droid
. Process design development project: Design improvement of one time use
camera using tools QFD, Pareto analysis, CVCA, Fish-Bone, FMEA, DFA
. Project Management: Analyzed the Monitor replacement project done in
Xerox Corporation which included detail analysis of scope,
Organization structure, Human Resources Management, Planning, Budget
and Cost, Procurement, Quality, Risk Management and Communication
modes and issues
. Safety Engineering Project: Analysis and evaluation of potential
accident scenarios of Mixer grinder by using Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis (FMEA) and Fault tree analysis (FTA)
. Lean Case study: Created value stream map, Identified waste in the
system, Prepared Standard work documents and kaizen event planning
document. Created extended value stream mapping document, Lean
production control systems and applied behavior analysis in the system
Computer Skills
Applications/Technologies: Minitab, Rapid SQL, SQL-Advantage,
Basics in Solid Works, AutoCAD
Programming: Basics of C Platforms/Architectures: UNIX,
Windows RDBMS: Sybase, MS-SQL
Project Management: MS Office
Achievements and Activities
. Received "Associate of the month" in Cognizant Technology Solutions
for March 2007
. Organizing chairman of METTLE'06, the annual national level Technical
symposium organized by the Metallurgical engineering Association of
NIT Trichy