Harshini yedida, MBA

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SUMMARY

Accomplished IT-Business professional skilled in translating business requirements into functional specifications,

technology consulting, business process improvements and data analysis. Exceptional project management and

communication skills. Solid understanding of agile and SDLC software development methodologies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ ($1.1 Billion Non-profit Institution) January 2014 – May 2014

MBA Business Intelligence Project – Business Analyst

Automated the data reporting process by designing and developing a dimensional model and business

intelligence dashboard by first understanding entity relationship diagram (ERD) through SQL in the existing

ERP system for the office for the responsible conduct of research (ORCR) of University of Arizona

Led the team that developed ETL process and mappings for the given data and helped in generating sample

reports

CoreLogic, Irvine, CA ($1.3 Billion Technology services company) August 2013 – December 2013

MBA Advanced Consulting Project – Client Relations Manager

Developed a Business To Consumer (B To C) business model by performing market research and interviews

of recent homebuyers to understand their needs and pain points of using online information technology analysis

tools

Delivered business proposal presentation with actionable recommendations and strategies to vice president

and senior product managers of CoreLogic to enhance value for home buyers through focusing on key

opportunities

Unicon, Gilbert, AZ ($8 Million by creating project workplan, communication and risk management plans. 2013

Managed project activities IT consulting, services company) Led

May 2013 – August

Business Analyst / Project Management Intern

• Improved process efficiency of the agile development team by precisely communicating user stories through

collaborating with Pearson (client), resolving roadblocks related to business requirements during scrum calls

and by tracking project completion via burn up and burn down charts

Reduced errors in client deliverables by 10% by modifying quality assurance process, performing regression

testing, proactively monitoring project backlog and bringing user stories to closure

Contributed to knowledge management by delivering presentations and documents consisting best practices

of product owner, scrum master and development team in an agile project to higher education client - Scholastic

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA ($77.8 Billion Computer software, January 2013 – May 2013

hardware company )

MBA Consulting Project- Data Analysis Manager

• Developed a business model and framework for successful pathway to adoption of cloud services to

Enterprise Architects of Microsoft by analyzing the major hurdles of change management during cloud

implementation and by identifying the historical transformations and triggers in various industries

• Determined change management strategy by data profiling, performing statistical and quantitative data

analysis of survey results through Excel and Tableau. Survey was compiled through primary and secondary

research that was then distributed to CIOs of fortune 500 organizations

Infosys Ltd, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India ($7.9 Billion IT January 2011 – November 2011

servicescompany)

Senior Systems Engineer / Project Consultant

• Spearheaded system maintenance project from client (Xilinx) location by identifying key application

roadblocks and proposing effective reusable programs that increased the efficiency of the CRM Siebel system

by 30%. Also maintained product documentation manual and test plans for functional usability and end user

• testing

Improved business workflow overall performance and usability of Xilinx by identifying, defining, collecting

and tracking key business metrics of new CRM manufacturing web application and made crucial operational

changes

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IBM India Pvt Ltd, Pune, Maharashtra, India ($ 99 Billion IT Company) May 2008 – January 2011

System Engineer

• Collaborated with cross functional teams and led the Lean implementation process improvement initiative to

streamline client operations and development teams’ internal technical inefficiencies that helped in improving

quality of the deliverables by 25%

• Increased revenue generation of IBM global account Visibility and Registration CRM project by 10%

through a software Excel tool which eliminated human errors and reduced processing time of highly sensitive

administration requests of business partners of IBM US

• Helped my project win a new business opportunity by leading an audit compliance process for URT (User

Revalidation and Tracking) application from requirements gathering till implementation and testing.

Delivered project knowledge by conducting technical and functional process transfer sessions to peers in

order to help them provide improved services

• Strengthened client relations and achieved sustainable project results with less effort by effectively

monitoring integration workflow logs and executing daily/weekly test scripts using DB2

• EDUCATION

May 2014

University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ

Master of Business Administration (MBA), GPA: 3.825

Major: Information Systems (IS), General

Director of Public Relations, International MBA Committee

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, India May 2008

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), GPA: 3.96

Major: Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE)

Received Gold Medal (awarded to top 2% of engineering graduates) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University for being topper in four years of bachelors education

• TECHNICAL SKILLS

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• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Project, MS Excel Macros Scripting, Data Mining –

Rapid Miner, Business Intelligence – OBIEE, MicroStrategy, Oracle Siebel CRM, SQL, Java, HTML,

JavaScript, IT Security, SDLC, Agile (SCRUM), Statistical analysis, Risk Management, ER Diagrams, Use

case diagrams, Data mapping

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• ACHIEVEMENTS

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Winner of “Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge 2013”conducted by Deloitte at University of Arizona

Project Management Professional (PMP) through Project Management Institute (PMI)

Oracle Certified Siebel 8.0 Consultant

Work actively for a Non-profit organization – “Safe Hands Foundation (SHF)”

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