Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Software Developer

ISHITA ARORA

1-551-***-**** ******@*******.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishitaarora22/

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To obtain an opportunity as a Data Scientist. With 4-year Software Development experience, I would like to explore and challenge myself in the field of analytics. I possess a solid background in software development, data management, excellent understanding of business operations and analytic tools for effective analyses of data. Well versed with statistical analysis and modelling techniques and ETL process.

EDUCATION:

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Master of Science in Computer Science

GPA: 3.8

Relevant Coursework: - Data Structures, Algorithms, Database Management System, Java

Programming, Web Programming, Data Mining, MapReduce, NLP, Regression, Clustering, Text Mining

St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Expected May 2018

June 2011

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

Languages: - C/C++, C#, HTML, CSS, JAVA, J2EE, JavaScript, Python, PL/SQL, R, SQL, VB.Net

Tools: - Eclipse, MS Excel, Access, MS Visual Studio, SAS, Tableau, R Studio, Talend (ETL), Google Analytics, AdWords, SQL Server

Version Control Tools: - GIT, JIRA, SVN

Business Management Skills: - Requirement Gathering, Gap Analysis, Risk Assessment, Conflict Resolution, Data Review, Visualizations

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India

Software Engineer

Developed, maintained and upgraded cutting-edge Securities Trading windows application, using VB.Net, C#, Oracle, SQL, that provided brokerage firms to trade in Capital Markets (Equity, Derivative, Bonds, Mutual Funds) on Domestic and International Exchange.

Responsible for database development, including analysis, design, coding and testing for a high volume of users.

Maintained SQL scripts indexes and complex queries for analysis and extraction.

Managed and organized source code revisions and files with versioning tools such as GIT and SVN respectively.

Conducted formal and informal design reviews and problem solving meetings throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues/bugs.

Created user documents such as Design, Unit Test Cases, Installation Manual, User Manual to help the user in understanding and using the application easily.

Created pivot tables in Excel during project audit.

Dec 2011 – July 2016

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Image Editor in JAVA: Developed an image editor in JAVA which edits an image in various forms like vertical or horizontal flip, inverts the image and applies the greyscale filter.

Marketing Analysis for a Film Production in SAS: Analyzed IMDB data, and performed conjoint analysis and forecasting to predict the market scenario for a production company to be launched soon.

Diabetes by Population Analysis in R: Conducted statistical analysis on diabetes data collected in regards to age, gender, family average income county-wise to predict the main cause of diabetes.

Natural Language Processing of Yelp Reviews in Python with Pandas: Processed restaurant reviews posted by customers on Yelp, analyzed the results to predict users’ recommendations for the restaurant based on factors like ambience, cost, cuisine etc.

January 2017

August 2016

AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER/FALL 2017

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