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Akhil Ahuja

*** * **** ** *******, IL *****

Phone - 347-***-**** Email - *******.**.**@*****.***

Professional Summary

- Seasoned consultant with a successful track record in managing Product Lifecycle Management

(PLM) programs at several Fortune 100 retail clients.

- Excellent client handling abilities along with hands-on experience at implementing enterprise-wide

business intelligence solutions converting data into knowledge and knowledge into effective decision

making.

- Seeking a position in a top-tier technology consulting firm utilizing my strong interpersonal skills,

analytical thinking and professional services experience.

Technical Skills

Advanced Excel Financial modeling, Expert level Access data manipulation and analysis, Business

Intelligence & Data Warehousing expertise including Snowflake and Starschema, Logical Database

design experience, Workflow and Process Design, Agile & Waterfall software development, ErWin,

GatherSpace (requirements management), Micro-Strategy Report Development and Architect (Trained

by MicroStrategy), Knowledge of Advanced SQL, ETL methodologies(Pentaho), Data Quality and

Data Management, Microsoft Visio, UML, Actively pursuing PMP certification.

Work Experience

Senior PLM Consultant, Trace One Inc. Jan 2011 to April 2014

TraceOne is a global consulting company with offices in Paris, London and Chicago specializing in

Product LifeCycle Management and Business Intelligence solutions for top-tier retailers,

manufacturers and suppliers.

Major Projects and Responsibilities

- Led presales, product demonstrations, and requirements gathering sessions on behalf of Trace One

consulting team at various Fortune 50 clients culminating in new contracts or renewals.

- Served as lead consultant for Supervalu, Wholefoods and Safeway responsible for product

implementation, account management, professional services’ efforts and up-sell opportunities.

- Co-engineered a business intelligence solution in MicroStrategy building reports on 130

concurrent projects and providing real time visibility into over 5000 products with over a billion dollars

in sales for Wal-Mart at corporate headquarters.

- Closed $20 million in recurring revenue and subscription for TraceOne Product LifeCycle

Management (PLM) program followed by full-scale implementations.

- Authored RFPs, RFIs, and Statement of works to implement PLM and business intelligence solutions

at Fortune 50 clients including Wal-Mart, Safeway and SUPERVALU

- Represented TraceOne in PLMA, British Retail Consortium and various industry conferences

- Designed & optimized workflows and business processes to shorten product development lifecycle by

months and increase speed to market at SUPERVALU, Safeway and Wholefoods

- Architected and designed a data-migration plan for Wal-Mart’s and Safeway’s private label business

saving thousands of man-hours

Senior Business Analyst, Agentrics LLC April 2006 to Dec 2010

- Authored software requirements and architected the logical design of a business intelligence solution

for 17 largest retailers in the world storing billions of spend dollars.

- Applied classical, agile and waterfall software development methodologies in closeknit teams

including on-shore and offshore resources to build a datawarehouse with billions of retail spend dollars.

- Provided quantitative and qualitative spend analysis to global consultants stationed in Europe, Asia and

North America creating over $100 million in savings for various customer accounts.

- Guest Speaker on Business Intelligence and Reporting for the All Retailers Conference at Sears

headquarters (2007)

Financial Analyst Various Clients on Contract, New York City

American Lung Association Jan 2005 to May 2005

Created a business intelligence solution to integrate financial statements of sixty lung associations.

WP Carey LLP Sep 2004 to Dec 2004

Performed quarterly accounting and financial reporting for various corporate properties and REITs.

July 2004 to Sep 2004

Madison Square Garden

Managed the financial operations and reporting for the Republican National Convention (RNC) 2004.

Education

Master of Science (MS) in Financial Markets GPA 3.55 May 2007

Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business, Chicago, IL

Bachelors in Business Administration GPA 3.66 May 2004

Majors: Finance, Marketing & Management Information Systems Truman State University, Missouri

GMAT - 720, 94th percentile

Activities & Interests

Midwest Cricket Conference, Captain of Chicago Cricket Club

APA Pool League, Current Member and Active Player, League Champions 2012

Wing Chun Martial Arts Practitioner (intermediate)

Active Investor and Stock enthusiast

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