Quality Assurance Management

RAVI KAUSHIK

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EDUCATION

Phoenix, AZ

Thunderbird School of Global Management

MBA in Global Management with Honors (Major: Finance) Cumulative GPA: 3.72 (Top 20%) Finance GPA: 3.8 2009

• 2nd place at an M&A competition organized by IB Houlihan Lokey among more than 20 MBA school teams

• 1st place at an intra Thunderbird M&A competition – valued a US telecommunications firm and prepared a pitch book

• Semi finalists at the IBM NSHMBA Case Competition among more than 60 MBA schools across USA

• Prepared an analyst report and valued Nestle using DCF and Market Multiples as part of the Financial Reporting class

• Awarded Entering Student Merit Scholarship of $ 36,000 and Continuing Student Grant of $ 21,500 among more than

800 students for excellence in academics and extra curricular activities

• President of the Consulting and Management Association at Thunderbird and organized several events including an

industry consultant round table, a consulting Trek and a consulting resume book

Karnataka, India

Siddaganga Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Telecommunications) Ranked sixth out of 100 students in the class June 2004

• Chosen among over 100 applicants to present a paper at an All India Technical Symposium

• Captained the College Soccer team to win the 2nd prize at the University level Soccer competition

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aquarius Investment Advisors (India focused $100 Mn Private Equity fund) Bangalore, India

May 2009 - Current

Investment/Equity Analyst Intern

• Tracked and analyzed several publicly listed companies in the Infrastructure and Construction space with buy/sell

recommendations to the management

• Analysis involved thorough business model research, detailed financial modeling/analysis, projections and valuation

• Assisted in evaluating proposals and business plans that the fund receives and made critical recommendations

New York, USA

IBM, USA

May 2008 – August 2008

Strategy Consultant - Market Insights Intern

• Performed a deep dive analysis for clients in Australia and New Zealand and built new relationships to understand

critical business issues and requirements within the Banking, Government and Manufacturing verticals

• Delivered detailed market place analysis to drive critical business decisions made by IBM’s ANZ Market Intelligence,

Sales and Marketing Organizations to enable targeted growth in excess of 5% in the next 12 months

• Provided actionable recommendations and guidelines for IBM to achieve strategic advantage in the Asia Pacific

competitive landscape with market opportunity in excess of $2 Billion

Bangalore, India

Arcot R&D Software Private Ltd.

Sept 2006 – Aug 2007

Team Lead (Led a team of 6 Software Engineers)

• Directed the quality assurance of Arcot’s most promising new product called RiskFort resulting in 3 successful

releases to banks such as Citi within a span of 6 months

• Led the Process Improvement Team to implement an automation framework increasing output efficiency by 75%

Bangalore, India

IBM, India

June 2004 – Aug 2006

Module Lead (Led a team of 6 IT Professionals)

• Led a collaborative project between IBM & Siebel Inc to fully automate the Quality Assurance process of Siebel’s

CRM product. This automation saved 80% time in executing the QA process leading to a faster product roll out

• Successfully managed client relationships and worked effectively across teams. Awarded the “Engineering

Outstanding Contributor Award” by Siebel for excellence in team management

• Awarded the IBM Bravo Award for Best Paper Presentation on Data Warehousing at an All India wide IBM event

• Adjudged the “Innovator of the Year 2005” among over 200 participants for the idea “Adaptive Automation”. This

idea was presented to several other functional teams across IBM and recommended for implementation

• Organized a training program for more than 250 employees in the business unit

ADDITIONAL

• Treasurer of the Thunderbird Cricket Club and organized and led the team to victory in a match against ASU

• Led a National Himalayan Mountaineering Expedition of 40 members to an altitude of 14,000 ft.

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