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EDUCATION

New York University, New York, USA GPA - 3.86

Master of Science in Management of Technology May 2019 Specialized Coursework: Business Analytics, Data Visualization, Project Management, Technology Strategy, Economics, Management Accounting and Finance, Marketing, Global Innovation. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India GPA - 3.75 Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering June 2017 SKILLS

Technical: R, Tableau, SQL, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, SharePoint, GanttProject. Management: Detail Oriented, Action Oriented, Entrepreneurial, Critical Thinker, Project Management. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Risk and Compliance Analyst: Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, New York, USA June 2018 - August 2018

- Analysed the evidence database containing 102 files and created compliance reports in accordance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) Standards.

- Created six dashboards, using Tableau and Excel, demonstrating the level of compliance at RBC and assisted the stakeholders in reviewing the compliance status of RBC with respect to PCI standards.

- Collaborated with a team of three members and developed a standardized assessment method to identify enterprise-level controls which satisfy SWIFT CSP requirements across all environments of RBC.

- Facilitated the installation of a critical appliance in the data centre by acting as a liaison between a third-party vendor in New York City and data centre officials in Canada.

- Developed presentations on current industry trends in the cryptography protocol environment, that affect the operations at RBC. Graduate Teaching Assistant: New York University, New York, USA January 2018 - Present

- Working as a student consultant to 60 graduate students and assisting them with academic needs for the graduate course of Economics along with collecting data on performance and reporting important metrics to professor.

- Managing department activities by assisting student profiling, effectively extracting student application and preparing an information repository for administrative purposes.

- Cross-functioning in various departmental operations and acting as liaison between students and professor. PROJECTS

Predicting the economic development of 54 African Countries, USA May 2018

- Investigated the World Development Indicator dataset (Source: World Bank) containing the economic indicators of Africa from the year 1960 to 2017. Sorted the economic indicators and created broad categories to identify them easily.

- Analysed and compared the growth of countries based on the economic indicators such as poverty, health, population, etc.

- Developed a machine learning algorithm (time series model) to predict the economic indicators for upcoming 10 years.

- Created a dashboard using tableau displaying the top 5 and bottom 5 countries in each economic indicator category.

- Proposed measures of improvement for countries (such as Republic of Congo) struggling in economic development. Forecasting the travel destination of a new Airbnb user, USA March 2018

- Developed a prediction model with an accuracy of 70% (using Random Forest and XGBoost methods) to forecast the country in which a new user will book his first travel experience.

- The model was created by analyzing data containing a list of users, their demographics and web session records. The modelling was done extensively in R language using bagging and boosting methods.

- The purpose of the project was to accurately predict the user destination, to share more personalized content with the user. Therefore, decreasing the average booking time and forecasting demand efficiently. Persona Modelling of prospective students for marketing department of US based University, USA February 2018

- Collaborated with a team of 4 and analyzed a database containing 669305 entries with 12 variables using visualization tools in Tableau and created six persona profiles of students by implementing concepts of descriptive statistics using the Software R.

- Developed marketing strategies and devised profitability for target segment of students. The purpose of the project was to allocate a budget of US$ 800k productively into marketing the university to students who are most likely to apply. LEADERSHIP EXPEREINCE

President: Graduate Student Council - NYU Tandon, New York, USA January 2019 - Present

- Official Student representative and spokesperson at the student government for over 2500 graduate students belonging to the school of engineering.

- Conducted primary research, identified pressing issues (such as need for mentorship programs) and implemented a program to create a better experience for students on campus. Also, organized events to promote diversity & inclusion on campus.