Project Manager
Resume:
DEEPAK VINOD KUMAR
**** ******** *****, *** ****, CA – 95135
Cell: +1-408-***-**** *********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Logitech Inc., Newark, CA January 2012 – May 2013
MFI Account Manager
Responsible for the MFI (Made for iPod) program at Logitech, developing strong strategic
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relationship with Apple, leading to profitable growth for Logitech in the music business.
Led and mentored the product teams in Logitech’s music team through Apple’s MFI
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certification process (up to 6 products at the same time); report royalties every quarter on a timely
fashion, leading to reduction in overhead costs by up to 30%. Prevented company from being audited
by Apple and close out existing audits that were pending before being recruited.
Performed Competitive analysis and gave market-related feedback to the executive team to
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come out with better products. Attended the annual Apple conference in China to gain insight on the
new lightning connector for the team and improving the Apple-Logitech relationship.
Point of contact for all the Business Units in Logitech (Music, Digital Home, Keyboard,
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Mouse, Security, Harmony) for Apple related queries. Oversaw packaging for Apple related products
to ensure they complied with Licensee regulations.
Maintained the product portfolio on behalf of the Senior Director of Engineering at Logitech.
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Worked on the portfolio to reduce redundant/low-selling SKUs by 70%, by analyzing past sales.
Presented executive team with reports to help make decision to concentrate on core business products.
Lead the Software Team at Logitech in the Application development process on multiple
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platforms (Mac, iOS, Android, Microsoft 8). Created quality standards for the teams to follow during
the development and submission to app stores.
Internal Program Manager for the Software team, leading the standardization process across
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multiple sites at Logitech. Expected to improve the development period and reduce occurrence of
software-related delays to projects.
Cisco Systems Inc., Milpitas, CA April 2011 – October 2011
Business Analyst Intern – PMO Team
Created a new business intelligence tool (Business-360) which enables Executives to view,
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complete BU functionalities and also provides them with various statistical analysis of the data
present.
Devised a methodology to share hardware resources between similar projects, leading to 30%
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reduction in capital costs.
Analyzed market trends, volumetric data, and consumer feedback to help the Marketing Team
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tailor products according to client’s requirements in various countries.
University of California, Riverside, CA September 2010 –
March 2011
Teaching Assistant, Information Systems Management (BUS101)
Guided and inspired more than 200 business students in understanding Management
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Information Systems and its correlation to Business Management. Student evaluation scores of 5.8/6.
Aided Professor with preparing the exam in addition to grading the assignments and exams.
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Cisco Systems Inc., Milpitas, CA July 2010 – September 2010
Business Analyst Intern – PMO Team
Worked on the budget requests of the Services Routing Technology Group (SRTG), analyzing
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and reducing costs by up to 40% for the 3rd quarter FY 2010, boosting the efficiency of existing
budget release system. Weekly presentation of the analysis to the executive board.
Performed budget forecasting for the two fiscal years (FY 2011, FY 2012) by implementing
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new processes and analyzing the historical data in the Group (SRTG).
GRADUATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Viresco Energy LLP, Riverside, CA January 2011 – March 2011
Business Investment Analyst Intern
Drafted a Business Plan for this start-up company to create interest in potential investors.
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Reduced costs by up to $250M in capital investments by implementing an adaptive revenue
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model to project company’s growth in various countries.
Altered the Company’s foreign investment strategies using regression methods to save costs.
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• La Fresh Group, Riverside, CA September 2010 -
December 2010
Market Analyst Intern
Implemented new marketing strategies of creating customer-specific promotions, boosting
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product sales by 50% and increasing customer base by 35% for this start up e-Commerce firm.
Used statistical tools like SPSS and MATLAB to analyze the sales patterns and suggest
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necessary changes to the company’s promotions.
HONORS / AWARDS RECEIVED
Invited Member: Beta Gamma Sigma Intl. Business Honors Society for academic excellence.
Received $10M Grant from Govt. of Tamil Nadu, India in 2008-09 for creating an online adaptive
learning portal, which would provide education to all on the net.
o Project titled -“Online Education System based on Fuzzy Item Response Theory”
o Project Paper presented in 2009 National Tech Conference at TCE, Madurai.
Placed 14th in National Math Olympiad, India, 2003
Consistent Merit Award Winner for Excellence in Math, Australian Education Agency
Distinction Award for excellence in Math, Central Board of Education, India, 2003 and 2005
CORE COMPETENCY
Market Strategy, Competitor Analysis, Modeling and Forecasting in Excel using Solver, Financial
Mathematics, Option Pricing Strategies
Management Tools: MS Visio, Microsoft Project, Rational Rose, Microsoft SharePoint, OBI
Databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle DB.
Other Tools: VMware, MS office suite, IBM SPSS, SAS
Software Methodologies: Waterfall, SCRUM, Rational Unified Process, Agile Unified Process
EDUCATION
University of California at Riverside, A.Gary Anderson School of Management March 2011
Master of Business Administration
GPA 3.8/4.0
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Affiliation: Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honors society for Academic
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Excellence
Director of Technology, A.Gary Anderson School of Management Student Association
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College of Engineering, Guindy (Anna University, India) June 2009
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Director, Rotary Club of CEG
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