Chaitra Raghuram
573-***-****,*********@*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Houston, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Master of Business Administration, GPA - 3.5/4.0, May 2013
Visveswaraiah Technological University, Global Academy of Technology,
India
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication, GPA -
3.5/4, April 2007
PROJECTS
Finance Modeling Project with Shell Trading (Summer 2012)
. Gathered data from several sources on internet
. Analyzed the data and designed a model to determine the temperature
correlation with load/peak power prices
. Developed hypothesis and tested against the model
EXPERIENCE
Wolters Kluwer
Houston, TX
Technology Consultant, Internship (June 2012- January 2013)
. Collaborated with sales, senior management and clients to gather project
scope, goals and deliverables
. Involved in data analysis, data scrubbing to assist client's manage their
portfolio and assess risk
. Led and managed multi-disciplined, multi-site project teams through all
phases of the project using scrum methodology
. Involved in transition of security administration process offshore as a
part of corporate restructuring
Tesco Hindustan Service Center
Bangalore, India and London, UK
Software Engineer (September 2009- April 2010)
. Developed a tool on mainframe platform to process payroll for 25,000
employees every week that resulted in cost reduction
. Handled change management for the payroll team by enabling seamless
transition of changes in the pay roll process
. Developed and managed System of Records that contained details of
employee remuneration for the payroll process
. Developed and managed tool to maintain the general ledger for the payroll
department
. Involved in team that championed the transition of the development team
from UK to India that led to efficient resource allocation and cost
savings of 15 Million per annum
Mahindra Satyam
Bangalore, India
Software Engineer (November 2007-September 2009)
. Designed and developed an online solution on Mainframe platform using
COBOL for Provident Fund Management System
. Developed a security protocol for the system of records pertaining to
provident fund information
. Developed training plan for end users for introduction to the solution
. Tested integrity and reliability of the complete solution on Mainframe
platform
. Designed and developed tool for online banking systems to facilitate
centralized operations across various business units
. Developed a secure platform for end users through protocols, developed
to provide limited access to selected users
. Educated end users on software tool developed and devised training
plan for introduction to the solution
. Devised protocols for systems integrity testing and reliability
testing of the complete solution on mainframe and the end user's
platform
CERTIFICATES
IBM Certified Database Associate - 2008, Energy Finance, Energy Risk
Management, Energy Investment Analysis
SKILLS
Technical: COBOL, SQL DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, CRM, C, C++, RDBMS, UNIX
Financial: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, WACC Calculations, Market
Valuation, Financial statement analysis, Risk Analysis, Data Analysis
Tools: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Minitab, Salesforce, Rational
RequisitePro, ClearQuest, ClearCase, @Risk
ADDITIONAL
Active member of National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA)
Active member of Relation Development Group (RDG) at University of Houston