Mechanical Engineering Engineer

PRASHANT UPASE

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EDUCATION

University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business, CA 06/2010

Master of Business Administration

• Faculty Fellowship Award

• VP, Business and Technology Association

• Expert in Excel, PowerPoint, Word. Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer

University of Pune - Government College of Engineering Pune (COEP), India 7/2005

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

• Ranked 13th out of 2457 students in University of Pune

• Awarded Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship for being the top 1% of student of the University of Pune

• General Secretary, Mechanical Engineering Student Association

EXPERIENCE

Universal Pictures, Los Angeles, CA 01/2009 - 03/2009

Microeconomics project

• Conducted detailed study of theatrical filmed entertainment industry. Studied in depth market equilibrium and supply

and demand dynamics in terms of price and quantity

• Performed SWOT analysis on Universal Pictures and its competitors. Analyzed Universal Pictures strategy using

Porter’s Five Forces keeping in mind current microeconomic environment

The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UC Irvine 10/2008 – Present

Program Manager

• Managed the Business Plan Competition from concept to launch phase in partnership with venture capitalists, C

level executives and participants

• Spearheaded the design of the workshop on entrepreneurship in collaboration with Tech Coast Angel Investors

• Saved 20% in budgetary expenses by outsourcing the complete printing process to India

• Presented the current and future initiatives of The Beall Center to the Advisory board consist of Dean of Business

School and private investors

IBM India Private Ltd., India 09/2005 – 08/2008

Team Leader, Global Risk System - American Express

• Led and managed a five member team to design a risk mitigation business process for credit cards with features

such as fraud detection and prevention

• Championed the automation of business processes which lead to a 35% reduction in manual resources

• Spearheaded end to end implementation of a complex Deceased Account Transaction process worth $6.2 M

• Worked in team global environment consist of client, vendor and engineering teams spread across five locations

System Engineer, Premium Serving Platform – American Express

• Implemented an innovative and complex alarm management system which reduced system downtime by 28%

• Revamped the authorization algorithm for the database management business process reducing reported possible

fraudulent activity by 1%

• Only member within the team to be nominated for prestigious American Express Business System Analyst training

• Consistently ranked amongst the top 1% in the team, resulting in promotion to Team Leader

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS

• Presented the "IBM Bravo” award for excellent customer orientation and leadership

• Organized “Meet the Firm” event with senior executive from industry for Business and Technology Association

• Headed Mechanical Engineering Student Association (MESA) as General Secretary and handled over $20K budget

to organize annual technical event

• Center Forward for college field hockey team

• Won Forbes-Marshall Award for best research project in mechanical engineering at University of Pune in 2005

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