Quality Assurance Medical Device

Vaibhav Gajulapalli

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City: Gaithersburg

State: MD

Zip: 20878

Country: USA

Phone: 919-***-****

Skill Level: Entry

Salary Range: 65

Willing to Relocate

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Vaibhav G.

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EDUCATION

Duke University Durham, NC September 2012

Master of Engineering Management (MEM) GPA: 3.50

* Relevant courses: Technology Strategy, Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Intellectual Property, Valuation

* Coauthored a term paper on medical device strategy focusing on drug eluting stents. Examined the competitive landscape of the global stent market and analyzed factors such as reimbursement, pricing and R&D.

* Wrote a paper on value capture in the digital photography industry from an intellectual capital perspective. Focused on patent licensing deals, IP portfolios, complementary capabilities and strategic partnerships.

BITS Pilani Goa, India May 2011

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering GPA Equivalent: 3.85

* Relevant coursework: Statistics, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Optimization, Economics

* Member of Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Wall Street Club, Alumni Leader - Communications.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Brand Licensing Consultant at IMC Licensing Louisville, KY July 2012 - present

* Mapping the whitespace for investment opportunities for baby boomer women.

* Creating opportunity maps which ranking reason for investing as well as risk profiles of various investment vehicles in the defined contribution and individual 401k market.

* Identifying market need and untapped segments of investors and matching right financial products catering to various age groups and individual risk profiles.

* Sampling the national financial planner industry and performing market sizing, developing metrics for choosing right advisor and targeting high net worth clients.

Licensing Intern at Duke Office of Licensing and Ventures Durham, NC May 2012 - June 2012

* Identified seven new licensees for biomedical inventions created at Duke University Medical Center.

* Conducted market analysis and international patent search efforts to identify competitors' offerings.

* Assessed industry landscape of the coronary stent industry to initiate technology transfer agreements.

* Researched technical literature to compare competing technologies and establish product strategy.

Research Assistant at Fuqua School of Business (Strategy) Durham, NC November 2011 - August 2012

* Analyzed sources of firm innovation and investigated the role of patents in technology startups.

* Mined through legal and corporate databases like LexisNexis and CapitalIQ to gather data on R&D capabilities.

* Developed surveys and new research metrics to determine trends in open innovation and knowledge transfer

Strategic Sourcing Intern at Mahindra & Mahindra Mumbai, India July 2010 - December 2010

* Led a team of 15 people to identify growth drivers in global sourcing unit and added two new procurement sources.

* Automated tool procurement process to reduce supply chain costs by $100,000 and eliminated production halting.

* Worked as the liaison between SAP BI development teams, top management and business users.

* Gathered business requirements and worked with development teams from high level software design, business process workflows and testing.

* Conducted demo testing and quality assurance of various scenarios of the software and developed new functional specs based on user requirements.

EXTRACURICULAR ACTIVITIES

Student Member of MEM Communications Committee: Strengthened alumni and corporate relations by conducting interviews with past students. Published monthly newsletters and conceptualized the annual Yearbook.

Coordinator of EPSILON - Annual Business Plan Competition of BITS Pilani: Transformed the competition from a single college event to a national level increasing participation by 150%.

Vice President of Wall Street Club (Student Finance Club): Created a new organization structure and redesigned the recruitment drive to double the club's membership in two years. Launched a virtual stock trading simulation and conducted workshops on fundamental analysis and portfolio management.

SPECIALITIES AND OTHER SKILLS

* Proficient in SAS, SPSS, Google Patents, Advanced MS Office, salesforce.com, Capital IQ, Hoovers

* MS Access, Visio, Software Development Lifecycle, Agile Methodologies, SQL, SAP BI/BW

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