Omar J. Siddiqi
**** ****** **. ****** *******, Colorado 80305 C: 720-***-**** Citizenship: USA
****.*******@********.***
EDUCATION .
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Graduation: Dec 2014
Engineering Management Certificate through the Lockheed - Martin program at CU that incorporates project
management, engineering for the developing world, marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership and economics.
LEADERSHIP AND HONORS
Winner of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Grant.
Member of Engineers Without Boarders (Worked on preliminary design for a school in Rwanda).
Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, CU Boulder.
Elected Senator, Student Government Association, CU Denver (10-11).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE .
Gardiner & Theobald Inc., Project Management Intern, New York, New York May 2014 – August 2014
Worked on new construction/substantial rehabs for clients such as Porsche ($40M/135,000 SF) and Warner
Music Group ($45M/288,000 SF)
Assisted in delegating responsibilities and keeping the client, design team and contractor aware of any potential
risks that could cause a schedule delay or increase in cost.
Managed change orders, RFI reviews and additional service requests from consultants.
Defined project deliverables and milestones by assisting at weekly project meetings, writing & distributing
meeting minutes and following up on all associated team responsibilities and action items.
Zayo Group, ISP Data Integrity Engineering Intern, Boulder, Colorado May 2013 – April 2014
Communicate with data services teams (fiber engineers, data architects, developers and sales) to review and
analyze internal business requirements to improve operational efficiencies between database systems.
Assisting in operational workflows to increase database productivity and reporting .
In charge of data validation and normalization between SalesForce and MetaSolv (M6).
Assisting in planning of fiber layouts diagrams in data centers, used for GIS implementation company-wide.
Ricoh, Manufacturing Engineer – M.E. Senior Design Project, Longmont, Colorado Sep 2013 – May 2014
Designed and implemented aligning mechanism for printer-head array assembly of an industrial printer.
Managed manufacturing processes to ensure DMF procedures.
Conducted weekly meetings with clients, project directors and sponsors to keep project on time and budget.
Provided coordination for all internal and external team interactions .
CU Boulder Mechanical Engineering Department, Research Assistant, Boulder, Colorado Nov 2012 – May 2013
Wrote proposal and won a $2,400 grant from Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Worked on effervescent spray project under the supervision of Prof. Jean Hertzberg.
The ultimate application was to improve atomization to run small I.C. engines on Jet A fuel.
CU Boulder MEMS Labs, Research Assistant, Boulder, Colorado Sep 2012 – May 2013
Micro Cryogenic Cooler: Worked under Dr. Y.C. Lee, assisting a Ph.D. candidate with high
compression ratio MEMS compressor for use in a micro cryogenic c ooling system.
Independently assembled and tested micro check valves.
Supervised biding processes for the manufacture of custom fixture for research level microsystems.
Designed and implemented improved pressure testing method and apparatus for micro check valves.
Machined micro-compressor components with tolerances on order of .002”.
Wells Fargo, Teller/Lobby Leader, Boulder, Colorado Aug 2012 – May 2013
Assisted clients in all banking transactions and advised them on current promotions.
Promoted to Lobby Leader thus directly assisting branch manager with customer relations.
Business-to-business consulting payrolls, loans and business accounts.
SKILLS
Fluent in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.
SalesForce, SolidWorks, ProE, LabVIEW, MatLAB, Visual Basic, Microsoft Suite, etc.
Hands-on prototyping and fabrication using CNCs, mills, lathes, band saws, drill presses, angle grinder, etc.