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Project Engineer

Location:
Sunnyvale, CA, 94087
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Resume:

Sunaina Abdul Salah 408-***-****

*** * ********* *****, **, Sunnyvale, 94087 ********@******.***.***

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA

**/** - **/*0

Masters in Business Administration, MBA GMAT: 750/800

: Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Behavior

• Concentrations

: Merit Scholarship recipient, Forte Fellow, Tepper Student Ambassador

• Honors

: International Festival 2009, Food Committee Chair – Leader of 35 ‘country’ teams at

• Leadership

Tepper to host the International Food festival, Net Impact Club – VP of Outreach, South

Asian Business Association – VP of Events, Member of Marketing Club

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Coimbatore, India

09/00 – 05/04

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology

: Raised INR 25,000 for 2 orphanages from a fundraising event by directing sponsorships

• Rotaract Club

• National Service : Conducted a free village medical camp and provided personal health and child

education awareness sessions to 30 households

Scheme camp

EXPERIENCE

NET IMPACT, International nonprofit organization San Francisco, CA

01/08 – 05/08

Net Impact Service Corps Marketing Consultant

Strategic Planning & Analysis

• Recommended a fully integrated, targeted social media marketing approach, availing vehicles such as

Facebook, widgets, blogs and social bookmarking, to increase client volunteer base substantially by 5%

• Assessed benefits of social media marketing for the brand and recommended strategic partnerships with

relevant industry experts which included widget developers and nonprofit bloggers

• Created a reference space of viable current social media trends in the nonprofit sector to aid future strategies

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Client: British petroleum Bangalore, India

08/04 – 05/07

Project Leader (01/07 – 05/07), Project Engineer (08/04 – 12/06)

Leadership & Teamwork

• Led a 4 member team to assess and upgrade application platform leading to 60% increase in application

performance. Awarded Client Appreciation cash award for outstanding work in Project “Upgrade”

• Designed and standardized the first ever project application upgrade process which was successfully

implemented for three new upgrades

• Mentored 8 new project members to create a highly functional team. Awarded Best Project Team Award in

Enterprise Enabling Solutions division, Wipro

Problem Solving & Planning

• Performed continuous application analysis and implemented permanent solutions to manage operations of 250

websites within 99.9% service level agreements. Delivered costs savings of up to $10M per year for client

• Coordinated with 5 cross functional teams to result in successful launch of 25 new sites in two months

Communication

• Liaised with key project stakeholders having varying interests to execute effective channeling of new project

ideas, coordination of deliverables and transfer of knowledge

• Selected as the only team member to represent the project on the first client audit event

Innovation & Knowledge Management

• Took the initiative to design and conduct a one month training program to bridge knowledge gaps among new

team members. Reduced project assimilation time by 50%

• Created new tools to maximize process efficiencies. Example: Designed and implemented “Log Analyzer”

which reduced website log analysis from 1 hour to 3 minutes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Event Management: Fundraising Manager of Dream Mile 2008, Vibha Bay Area - Raised $25,000 in pledges

from runners and volunteers to facilitate education projects for 3500 underprivileged children in India

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Awards: “Feather In My Cap” for outstanding services in testing, 1 place among 8 finalist teams in

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intercollegiate dance competition, 2 place among 30 students in intercollegiate creative writing competition



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