Sivakumar Natarajan, Ph.D.

Minneapolis, MN

Email: ad155v@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: 651-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Expertise in data driven research and analysis, techno-economic analysis, data validation and visualization techniques, conducting case studies and preparing technical reports with 10+ years of experience

Communicative, innovative, problem-solving, public speaking, analytical thinking, time management and conflict resolution skills

Expertise in machine learning algorithms, statistical computing methods, data mining techniques, pattern and trend identification, SDLC and interdisciplinary engineering fields

Expertise in building predictive and time series models to predict business objectives and forecast interests

Expertise in translating data into stories and visual representations using Tableau

Experience in providing actionable insights from data to various functional areas and leadership

Expertise in identifying and implementing initiatives to improve processes

Experience in project management and Agile scrum methodologies

Passionate in learning emerging tools and technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems

Windows 11

Languages

SQL, R Studio

Processes

Agile, SDLC

Other Software

Tableau, Power BI, MS office, MS Project, MS Visio, Jira.

EXPERIENCE

Sports Excitement LLC May 2023 - Aug 2023

Scrum Master (Intern)

Facilitating Scrum ceremonies such as Daily scrum meetings, Sprint planning, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective

Supported the development team by being a servant leader; removing impediments that get in the team’s way and coaching them to utilize Agile best practices and principles

Reviewed scrum processes drove scrum process improvements and coached the team to follow agile/scrum

Used Notion AI, JIRA for creating the sprint burn down and burn up charts, and velocity charts throughout the sprints to track velocity, manage and monitor active sprints, release and log work hours of each resource.

Eco Energime Engineers LLP May 2015 - Dec 2021

Principal Consultant

Assess and enhance business practices and procedures, track and assess the effectiveness of projects and provide feedback

Conduct statistical analysis using Excel and BI tools to increase energy efficiency

Developed detailed project reports and plans to drive changes and improvements

Coordination with consultants for evaluation of products and technologies

Monitor actual and expected outcomes to attain desired energy efficiency

Identify causes for deviation using statistical methods and modify workflow to improve the performance.

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Aug 2008 - May 2014

Research scholar

An extensive data analysis research has been carried out to conduct a critical review for the necessity of pumped storage power plants operation in India as Ph.D. research work

Operational data from the various pumped storage schemes has been analysed with various constraints and compared with government norms to justify this technology

Various innovative research methodologies and spread sheet mathematical models have been used for the analysis and recommendations made to the government

Published research articles in renowned International peer reviewed scientific journals (Elsevier) with high impact factor

Prepared a detail oriented research thesis on Indian pumped storage schemes and power sector.

EDUCATION

EMEM (Pursuing) – Executive Masters in Engineering Management, St. Cloud State University, USA

Ph.D. (2015) – Water Resources Development (Hydro-electric), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

M.Tech. (2005) – Energy Conservation and Management, Bharathidasan University, India

B.E. (2003) – Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bharathidasan University, India.

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