Chetan Kumar Chandrashekar, MS, BE
704-***-**** **************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/ chetankumarc21
CORE COMPETENCIES & TECHNICAL SKILLS
SAP Master Data Management * Agile * HP Service Management * ITIL * SDLC Methodologies * SQL * Tableau * MS Office (Advance Excel & PowerPoint) * MS Visio * Business Analysis * Data Analysis * FileZilla * Lean Six Sigma * Project Management * UML* UAT * Stakeholder Management * Release Management * Change Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT Division INC Apeiro Technologies, Cumming GA
IT Consultant 01/2019 – Present
Partner with Vendors, External partners and company project teams in assisting project upgrades, technical enhancements and process improvements under the realm of IT Business Services
Assist in IT Project Planning, liaise with developers and support teams to implement process upgrades that meet the industry standards and SLA
Administer data quality checks and present KPI dashboards that suggest improvement measures
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Graduate Research Specialist Intern, Center for STEM Education 02/2019 – 01/2020
Co-designed and organized engineering related workshops to school kids from grade 5-12
Administered and assisted with the website management related content and updated the databases
Planned and ran STEM K-12 competitions and other events in line with the vision of UNC Charlotte’s Center for Stem Education
Cognizant Technological Solutions, Bangalore, India
Technical Analyst/Business Analyst, Customer Relationship management 7/2011 – 12/2015
Managed and provided production support to the client’s Corporate Functions Corporate Technologies (CFCT) Master Data Management IT Services Division.
Managed all phases of the system deployment life cycle, including business requirements and technical design discussions, prioritization, data migration activities, QA testing, deployment activities, decommissioning of applications and services, communication to stakeholders, monitoring and maintenance using Agile methodology
Assisted Product owner and SME with Sprint Planning, Sprint Background Grooming, Sprint Retrospective, and User Story development
Liaised and Collaborated with Developers, End Users, and SMEs to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
Collaborate with functional and technical teams across all ERP and CRM modules and other applications to define and design proposed solutions that meet business requirements and adhere to application design guidelines, strategies, and best practices under the realm of the client’s SAP Master Data Management applications
Developed internal compliance functions and continuous process improvement through developing KPI dashboards as a model for client reporting endeavors, resulting in streamlining the business processes, transparency, and increased efficiency by 30% over the span of 3 years
Provided QA, System Integration and UAT facilitating on time, on budget and acclaimed go-live enterprise implementation for about 35,000 global users
Administered Data Quality checks in accordance with the business needs and performed data stewardship activities
Administered, managed and resolved Incident, Change and Problem tickets for the client’s Business Management services under the realm of Master Data Management application
Performed extensive system health check and exception handling of SAP Master data Services
Planned and collaborated on ‘Request for Proposal’ discussions with the business development teams and the vertical heads for the acquisition of new projects
Inducted and mentored apprentices and interns on Service Management and Process Compliance in the IT service sector.
Accomplishments:
Enhanced Service performance Score by 30% through continuous Root Cause Analysis tracking complemented with enhanced system updates
Achieved 98% process compliance score as a Compliance lead for seven critical Master Data Management Service projects
Achieved 3 enterprise-level go-live implementations successfully without any rollbacks
EDUCATION AND GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 01/2017 – 12/2018
Master of Science in Engineering Management
Courses: Lean Supply Networks, Quality in Manufacturing Systems, Operations Management, Logistics Engineering and Management, Technological Forecasting and Decision Making, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Advanced Project Management, Engineering Decision & Risk Analysis
Graduate Research Assistant: Department of STEM Education 09/2018 – 12/2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Lean Supply Networks 01/2018 – 05/2018
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India 07/2007 – 06/2011
Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Management
Courses: Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Engineering Economy, Operations Management, Total Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Process, Management Information Systems
ACADEMIC PROJECTS WITH RELEVANT BUSINESS APPLICATION
Stability Analysis for Ryder’s Loading PROCESS CHARLOTTE, NC
Performed Data Analysis on Ryder’s Loading data at Electrolux Warehouse using Quality Charts, Root Cause Analysis using Fishbone Diagram and recommended quality improvement measures.
Tugger Route Analysis- Daimler (Mt. Holly Manufacturing Plant) Charlotte, NC
Analyzed the internal logistics of forklift and Tugger routes to optimize the material handling process
Performed Kano Analysis, 5P, 5S, FMEA to assess and suggest reductive measures with potential savings
Factors Influencing the Revenue of CVS Health Mail Choice Program
Studied and Analyzed the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and the Revenue parameters of CVS Health
Performed Regression Analysis on revenue parameters of CVS Health’s Mail Choice Segment to study the impact on the firm’s revenue generation and suggested improvement measures
Speed Loss Minimization to Improve Line Efficiency -Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Bidadi, Karnataka, India
Studied and analyzed the causes of speed loss in reusable glass bottle line inside the bottling plant
Performed Data Collection and Analysis using Quality tools and achieved an improved glass bottle line efficiency by 2.7%