Akshay Umesh Punde Address: *** Harrison Ave #*R, Harrison, NJ 07029-1331 Contact No.: 973-***-**** Email: ******.*********@*****.*** LinkedIn: akshay-punde-645157127 SUMMARY: Result-oriented, self-starter and a versatile professional with strong technical, analytical, and business educational background acquired through rigorous coursework in Engineering, Business and Analytics. Obtained product management, software development and project management experience through technical and management summer internships. Excels at developing, managing, and leveraging client relationships. Proficient in meeting deadlines, and exceeding customer and other professional expectations. EDUCATION
M.S. in Information Systems [Specialization: Data Analytics] New Jersey Institute of Technology, GPA: 3.85 (Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2017) MBA-TECH in Technology Management [Specialization: IT + Business Intelligence & Analytics] Mpstme, Nmims University, GPA: 2.99 (Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2016) LANGUAGES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SKILLS
Languages: R, SQL, C, C++, Python, Java
Tools: SAS, SPSS, R Studio, Salesforce, Rapid Miner, Excel, Advanced Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access, Tableau, Qlikview, Weka, Google Analytics, Minitab, Lingo, SAP Business Objects, Microsoft Office, Axure, Adobe Photoshop. Skills: Product Management, Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Customer Segmentation, Product Roadmap, Product Plan, Product Strategy, Requirement gathering, Marketing Management, Industrial Marketing, Marketing Analytics for Strategic Decisions, Financial Accounting & Analysis, Corporate Finance, Cost Accounting, Project Management, Critical Thinking, SDLC & Agile Methodologies, Big Data, Machine Learning, IOT, ETL, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Web Mining, Data Visualization, Creating Data Models, Business Statistics, Strategic Management, User Experience Design, Stakeholder Engagement. EXPERIENCE
Junior Product Manager - Tutelminds Technoconsultants Pvt. Ltd. Apr. 2015 - Sep. 2015
Performed end-to-end operations which involved Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Customer Segmentation, Product Market Strategy, Project Plan Creation, Generating Leads & Performing Sales, Inventory Planning, Vendor Management, Content Development, and Quality Check for company’s educational products.
Documented Operational Processes, Created User Manuals, Created Reports. Technical Intern - Reliance Power Limited May 2014 - July 2014
The project involved developing a service and integrating it in SAP which automated the task of converting excel data sheets of employees with different hierarchies into Organizational Hierarchical Charts in Microsoft Visio for better Human Resource Planning.
Gained hands-on experience in C# programming language which was used to code the Macros for Automation. Gained knowledge about the working of Microsoft Visio software and Microsoft Excel Macros. Technical Intern - Jindal Drilling & Industries Ltd. May 2013 - July 2013
The project involved developing an offline ERP-based windows database application using Visual Studio 2010, which can be used by employees to view and add vendors and suppliers even when they are offline.
Gained hands-on experience in Microsoft Visual Studio Software and C# Language in which the whole database application was developed.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Predictive Analytics: Mined the Liver Cancer Dataset and Credit Card Dataset and used different Data Mining Algorithms like Decision Tree, Regression, Naïve Bayes Algorithm to identify the best algorithm for data mining and analysis based on the precision and recall. Visualization Project: Used IMDB Dataset to develop dashboards and stories using Tableau Software, which provided insights, and conclusions, which if used by the production houses, it will help them understand what kind of genre, actor-director combination and budget they should choose to make their movie a success and earn huge amount of profits.
Financial Forecasting Project: Used a Fund in Yahoo Finance and created statistical data models in Minitab to predict if the price of the fund is going to increase or decrease and understand overall trends for that particular fund which helps to decide if an investor should invest in that fund. Geek Genie: Developed a reputation system app prototype in Axure for students called “Geek Genie” where students can get information about college/university ratings, best professors, best courses and also best fellow students to work with. They can also connect with the alumni, professors and fellow students through this platform to work on live projects, do research work and know about activities going on in other universities and participate in them. Planet of Pets: Developed a prototype of an app in Axure. The app called “Planet of Pets” provides location based services like rescue/adoption centres, pet-friendly restaurants, hospitals, pet food and clothing services, pet hospitals and doctors, pet international travel services near the person’s current location.