VARUNA DAMODARAN
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Visa status: Employment Authorization Document [No sponsorship required] SUMMARY OF QUAL I F I CA T IONS
* ***** ** ********** ** quantitative business analysis (Accenture), technical consulting (Ernst and Young) and project management and software development (Infosys).
Strong fluency in SQL and business and data analysis techniques.
Earned highest performer rating in Ernst & Young as a Technology Advisory Intern.
Excellent analytical, interpersonal and client management skills and created positive impact by driving key metrics in various industries and functional areas.
Acquired strong business and technical knowledge and applied it to analyze critical management scenarios and make tactical business decisions.
SKI LL SETS
Java, Python, JavaScript, R, SQL, BI reporting, Data Modelling using RDBMS .
MS Visio, Advanced MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power BI, Tableau, UML.
Requirements elicitation, Process mapping (AS-IS to TO-BE), User Acceptance Testing, Agile methodology, Unified Modelling Language, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). EDUCAT ION
University of Washington, Seattle 2015-2017
MS in Information Management (Data science and analytics) GPA: 3.9/4.0
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, India 2012-2014 Master of Business Administration
Amrita School of Engineering, India 2005-2009
Bachelor of Technology
WORK EXPERI ENCE
Ernst & Young – USA Technology Advisory Intern Summer 2016
Designed and created relational database for T Mobile service account data using Microsoft SQL.
Analyzed the existing data classification process of Emerson and assisted in identifying potential risks.
Identified and documented the business continuity management process and risks of Microsoft Azure.
Was offered a full-time position at the end of the internship Accenture - India Senior Business Analyst Apr 2014- Oct 2014
Elicited business requirements from the client team for developing an improved technology solution.
Transformed client’s business requirements into functional specifications and created process visualization.
Expedited communication between development, project management and the client teams by conducting regular stakeholder meetings and addressing communication gaps.
Assisted in drafting the software specifications documentation to guide the development team. Infosys - India Senior Software Developer Sep 2009-May 2012
Developed the Guest Reservation, Check in/Check out and Front Desk modules for a hospitality company.
Streamlined the code review and testing process thereby improving the review efficiency by 10%.
Minimized Rework Effort Index by 30% by performing Root Cause Analysis of critical software defects.