PRADEEP KUMAR RAJENDRAN

** **** ****** ***** *** #5 ? Rochester, NY 14623 ? 585-***-**** ?

abmzg9@r.postjobfree.com

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

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