Business Analyst

Sonali A. Shilimkar

**** ******* ******, *** ***, Santa Clara, CA 95050

***************@*****.***, 408-***-****

EDUCATION

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business, GPA: 3.7 Santa Clara, CA Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) June 2016

Courses: Data Science with R, BigData(Spark, MapReduce), Tableau, Database Management, Object Oriented Programming, Cloud Computing, Information Systems Analysis and Design, Software Project Management, Telecommunication Networks, Accounting, Computer based Decision modeling, Information Systems Policy and Strategy, Mobile Payments and Security

Beta Gamma Sigma Membership for Academic excellence (“Best in Business” Award) Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune University Pune, India Bachelors in Computer Engineering 2007

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages/Technologies: Java, J2EE (JSP, JPA), XML, Provenir Studio

Data Analytic Tools/Technologies: Tableau, Mixpanel

Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, JQuery

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL

Web Servers, Versioning Tools and Others: Tomcat, Glassfish, Git, Adobe Livecycle Designer, JIRA, Adobe Photoshop EXPERIENCE

BlueJeans Network Mountain View, CA

Product Manager Intern 2015

Collaborated with product management team in analyzing end to end connectivity and time to success for video meetings; quickly identified metrics for connectivity measurements, created PRD’s; extensive communication with Mixpanel support team and coordination with cross functional teams required to ensure successful video meetings.

Commended by mentor for significant contribution in measuring connectivity when users join meetings. Tata Consultancy Services Pune, India

Information Technology Analyst 2012-2014

Developed Facebook canvas app to demonstrate social banking on Facebook (proof of concept) using Java, J2EE, OAuth2.0 and HSQL as backend database.

Increased the usability of internet portal for banking corporate customers by 40% by implementing internet based application which included self service capabilities stop check and direct debits.

Maintained close coordination with project managers and cross functional teams, Engineering, UI, and Documentation, to prepare project plans, review estimates and identify project related risks. Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India

Software Engineer 2007-2012

Optimized debt collections process by 25% for Laurentian Bank of Canada by implementing an enterprise application for a debt collection management system; coordinated extensively with business analysts to analyze and understand business requirements, and communicated requirement details, test results and change requests to peers.

Implemented client server applications using Agile Scrum methodology for auto loan origination systems and credit rating tools; improved development productivity by 20% by implementing reusable workflow components of an auto lending system.

Identified key drawbacks in the implementation of the rating module for Nordea bank financial project and proposed effective solutions which reduced defects by 20%. Commended by client for coherent analytical skills.

Promoted as a module lead, and managed a team of 6 which involved task delegation, providing technical support, assessing their tasks and ensuring on-time delivery.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

R project: Statistical Analysis of Food Inspection for restaurants in New York using R.

Tableau: Created a dashboard representing analysis of various industries in the US market based on revenue growth, workforce spread and number of companies per industry.

Database: Developed UML model, use cases and database schema for pet adoption management system. Tested tables using SQL queries. Implemented business metrics using Tableau.

Information System Analysis and Design: Designed a system for 3D prosthesis. The design included gathering functional and non-functional requirements, creating data flow diagrams, structure charts and developing user interface.

Cloud Computing: Configured EC2 server, setup Wordpress, RDS and Load balancer in AWS. Measured cloud performance of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud and Rackspace using Meghafind scouts. CERTIFICATIONS

R Programming by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera. Certificate earned on February 24, 2016.

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