MONICA DABAS
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EDUCATION
BARUCH COLLEGE, ZICKLIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS New York City, US Master of Science in Information Systems, GPA: 3.9/4 Jan 2016 - May 2017 Coursework: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Python Programming for Data Analytics & Visualization, Big Data Analysis, Data Analysis with R, Data Wrangling with MongoDB, Statistics for Managers, Business Intelligence, Database Management Systems using SQL, Systems Analysis and Design, Risk Management Systems for Financial Institutions ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL Bangalore, India
Master of Business Administration in Information Technology, GPA: 3.6/4 May 2008 - Apr 2010 GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY Delhi, India Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology, GPA: 3.5/4 Jun 2004 - May 2008 SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python (numpy, pandas, sciPy, scikit-learn, StatsModels), R, MATLAB, SAS, SQL, JavaScript (JS) Databases: RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, MS Access), MongoDB Software/Tools: SPSS, SAS Enterprise Miner, RapidMiner, Tableau, Visio, MS Project, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Windows, Mac OS X, Git, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software Development Methodologies: SDLC (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall), UML methodologies and design PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BARUCH COLLEGE New York City, US
Graduate Assistant- Introduction to Information Systems (for two professors) Sep 2016 – Dec 2016
• Grade students on their assignments, provide feedback, conduct tests and clear students’ doubts SARVA UP GRAMIN BANK Ghaziabad, India
Freelance Data Analyst Python, SQL Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
• Conducted logistic regression analysis on last 3 years of customer data to identify customers as good or bad credit risk
• Created a risk model using Python that helped bank in reducing the number of defaulters by 11% in year 2015 SAPIENT CONSULTING LTD Gurgaon, India
Associate-People Strategy (IT Business Analyst) Jul 2010 – Oct 2014
• Analyzed HR data from multiple sources to extract meaningful information to help HR department make educated decisions
• Conducted requirement gathering, system and UI design for the development of various human resources (HR) software products
• Awarded prestigious Gladiator Award for outstanding performance (top 1% employees) in year 2011 and 2013 Relevant Project: Exit data analysis to design employee retention measures SPSS, SQL Sep 2013 – Oct 2014
• Analyzed 5 years employee turnover report to identify the people likely to exit; suggestions reduced attrition by 8%
• Created a regression model using SPSS to determine the factors that significantly influence the employee turnover RELEVANT ACADEMIC PROJECTS
RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR AMAZON Python New York City, US Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business Aug 2016 – Dec 2016
• Analyzed Amazon transactions data to build a recommendation system for similar products
• Applied item-based collaborative filtering algorithm and created a UI to study customer preferences STOCK PRICE PREDICTOR Python New York City, US
Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business May 2016 – Aug 2016
• Collected publicly available stock market data to predict the price of a stock in long term
• Applied machine learning algorithms and created a model with 74.6 percent prediction accuracy MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS FORCASTER Python New York City, US Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business May 2016 – Aug 2016
• Created a ML model to predict the business that will be most successful in a region; exhibited 71.3 percent prediction accuracy
• Gathered data about the businesses in US using Yelp API; publicly available data about demographics and climate of cities in US DATABASE SYSTEM FOR AN ONLINE KNOWLEDGE SHARING PRODUCT SQL, MS Access, Visio New York City, US Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business Jan 2016 – May 2016
• Designed and implemented a functional database for a product that enables users to register and post questions and answers
• Project work included requirements analysis, system design and creating database