Alok A. Dand
Tel: (M) 316-***-**** E-mail: ********@*******.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokdand Team player and a leader known for creating plans and strategies to solve problems. Excels in creativity and out of the box thinking to challenges and calmly analyzing a situation and developing a corresponding plan to meet requirements in the given constrain.
SKILLS
Model and Analysis Software: Excel, R, MATLAB
Strategy Development Software: CORE, Logical
Decision Suite, @RISK
Design: Auto-CAD, CATIA, SolidWorks
Other: Marketing, Project Management,
Leadership, Public Speaking, MS Office Suit
WORK EXPERIENCE
CONSULTANT Dec 2016 to Present
CHRSITINE BERGER, Berlin, Germany
Lead a team of 4 to analyzing and creating a long term plan for the company to enter the US Market
Analyzing and forecasting the domestic and international socio-economic and political conditions for a super food producing German company to enter the US
Creating a long term strategy for the company to better sustain and invest in different opportunities
Creating a partnership with a US Based health foods market for the company GRADUATE ASSISTANT Aug 2016 to Present
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
Developing/Implementing a paperless admission system, strategies, and process improvements in the admission process.
Database management for approximately 500 MBA Students over 4 databases using Microsoft Access
Create strategies for marketing of dept. and course for investment opportunities and enrollment building
Research on various data analysis and modeling projects. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN May 2016 to July 2016
CORNET TECHNOLOGY, Springfield, Virginia, USA
Developing/Improving a comprehensive plan to incorporating new and more secure features and process improvements for the products developed. Increasing the brand awareness by improving the product integration along with communication strategy.
Helped in the re-design of the website along with creating write-ups for the products for the website and paper pamphlets and prepare product demonstration presentation
Create a plan for implementation of cyber security for the communication device developed for the US Defense
Implemented Microsoft SharePoint and held training sessions for employees to improve the project workflow SOFTWARE ENGINEER Jan 2014 to June 2015
ACCENTURE PVT LTD, Bangalore, India
Maintained and supported SAP R3 system with a cross functional global team to systems as a SAP BASIS consultant for a Canadian Retailer. Program, schedule and Automate various process via SAP Jobs using 3rd Party software. Develop/Implement strategies for process improvement and increase efficiency of the system
Automated the ~ $ 50 Million annual vendor payment process for the client
Increased the total system efficiency by 30% by optimized designing and scheduling of jobs
Trained colleagues on programming, application of SAP Jobs. Head – Public Relations Feb 2012 to March 2013
Student Activity Center, SRM University
Develop/ Implement various public relations strategies to conduct and market various events and find sponsors and participants. Connect with various college heads. Create all required marketing material
Create and manage all the content on website, and online blogs
Create the marketing material for sponsorship and participants
Head a team of 30 members
Created logistics for all the events
INTERN May 2012 to June 2012
LARSEN & TOUBRO, Mumbai, India
Developing a more efficient method for opening the satellite wing. Part of the assembly team of the Satellite wing opening.
Proposed new efficient design for satellite wing opening mechanism which withstands required stress
Restructured database for a more efficient tracking of raw material and finished product that helped keeping track of 3000+ products helping in efficient planning of activities. Alok A. Dand
Tel: (M) 316-***-**** E-mail: ********@*******.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokdand EDUCATION
MS, Engineering Management May 2017
Wichita State University, Wichita, USA GPA: 3.89/4 (Pursuing) PROJECTS:
Airline On-time Arrival Performance Forecast Aug 2016 to Present
Create multiple forecasting models to predict the on-time arrival performance of various airlines Marketing Audit – Legendary Events March 2016 to May 2016
Audited various aspects of marketing strategies used by the company to grow and stand out against competitors along with creating various other recommendations that can be used to grow further VIKOR: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method Feb 2016 to May 2016
Created a program to make a decision containing multiple criteria and alternatives using VIKOR method
Created and solved a problem using the program built to find the best flight for international travel between six alternatives using various criteria
Financial Analysis and Comparison of Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard Jan 2016 to March 2016
Analyzed the financial aspects, ratios and other information to help decide the company to invest in Quality Indicators for Healthcare Industry – Winner, Best Graduate project (IISE) Aug 2015 to May 2016
Identified 31 quality indicators under 6 dimensions of quality to be used to rate a trauma center
Used project finding to identify the best trauma center using AHP Algorithm B-TECH, Aerospace Engineering May 2013
SRM University, Chennai, India GPA: 7.45/10
PROJECTS
Determination of axial force due to a Bell-Mouth Intake Jan 2013 to May 2013 Senior Year Project, SRM University, Chennai, India
Calculated the axial force generated, due to the curvilinear structure causing accelerating flow
Computed the same via mathematical modeling and analysis using MATLAB following Biot-Savart’s law ACTIVITIES & HONOURS
Awarded Garvey Scholarship for International Students for academic merit Aug 2016 to May 2017
President of APICS Student Chapter, Wichita State University May 2016 to April 2017
Vice-President of Aerospace Engineer Association, SRM University, India June 2012 to May 2013
Paper on SCRAMJET selected for oral presentation out of 3200 entries in INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL CONGRESS, Naples, Italy Oct 2012