Data Computer Science

Akshaya S Bhat

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http://linkedin.com/in/bhatakshaya ● 312-***-****

EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

■ Master of Science, Management Information Systems May 2017

● Cumulative GPA: 3.52 / 4.0

Anna University - SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India

■ Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering May 2015

● Cumulative GPA: 8.26 / 10.0

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago February 2016 - Present

■ Designed and implemented an events management workflow process for the College of Business Administration’s Events team using MS SharePoint, improving the efficiency of the process by 30%

■ Developed the Leave Request System, Inventory Management System and Faculty On-boarding System using SharePoint and InfoPath designer

■ Responsible for maintenance and content development of SharePoint sites

■ Used Request Tracker system to hierarchize and resolve network and helpdesk issues Project Intern, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL September 2016 - December 2016

■ Analyzed call volume data to determine the efficiency of the newly adopted appointment scheduling system at the LUMC Patient Access Center

■ Analyzed the cost and revenue data to assess the return on investment

■ Proposed suggestions to improve performance by employing statistical analysis methods and data visualization with Tableau

Applied Consulting Project Intern, CompTIA, Chicago, IL February 2015 - April 2015

■ Assessed market penetration and identified target customers of CompTIA’s search engine AskIT

■ Recommended market placement strategy for commercial promotion of the product Project Intern, Topping Capital, Evanston, IL August 2015 - December 2015

■ Liaised between the client and team members for gathering business using Agile SDLC

■ Designed and developed Topping Capital’s website using a content management system SKILLS ■ Statistical Analysis: R, SAS, Excel, Weka, SPSS, Tableau

■ Databases: MySQL, SQL Server 7.0

■ Productivity: MS Office, SharePoint

■ Programming: Python, Java, C++, C, Web Development PROJECTS Logistic Regression Model to Predict the Customer Response for Bank Mortgage Campaign (SAS): Used stepwise variable selection to determine the target population in order to get the highest number of respondents for an e-mail marketing campaign.

Capturing Public Sentiment on Socio-Economic Events using Twitter Data (JAVA, Python): Mapped opinions to mood states and provided a collective summary using Python’s Textblob, SentiStrength and Weka’s predictive modeling algorithms - Published work in a science journal. Data Mining Model to Improve Cost-effectiveness of a Direct Marketing Campaign (SPSS Modeler): Developed an ensemble of classification models to effectively predict future donors for a National Veteran company such that the expected net profit is maximized. Statistical Analysis of Customer Lifetime Value for an Insurance Company (R): Developed a regression model to assess the revenue each customer generates over their lifetime with the firm and used this inference to devise a data driven marketing strategy for customer acquisition. Effect of Social Media on Trading Volume (SQL): Queried Twitter and Yahoo Finance data to determine if stock trading volumes were affected after earnings releases and peaks in Twitter activity. ExpressJet Flight On-Time Performance Analysis (Tableau): Developed dashboards to provide a comparative analysis of flight delay and cancellation patterns for ExpressJet against other airlines across the US.

LEADERSHIP AND

ACHIEVEMENTS

■ UIC Liautaud Board of Trustees Full Tuition Fee Waiver Award, 2015

■ UIC INFORMS – Vice President of Corporate Relations, 2015

■ English Literary Club, SSN College of Engineering- President, 2015

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