KARTIKEYA KUMAR
(Willing to relocate to Ottawa, Toronto)
Toronto, Ontario ********.*********@*****.*** 647-***-**** linkedin.com/in/kartikeyakumar97/ Summary
An enthusiastic IT engineer, and a hardworking individual eager to learn new technologies and methodologies, looking for opportunities in the field of Technology Management. Highlights
• Leveraging my technical expertise and business acumen, co-founded, launched, and operated an e-commerce platform for virtual gaming products dealing with clients around the world.
• Team Lead: Led a team of 5 – Jun ’17- July'17
• Executive Team Member of Business Technology Management Association(BTMA), Schulich School of Business, York Univ. Class of 2020
• Esports Event Coordinator at SRM IT Association, SRM Institute of Science of Technology Consulting Experience:
Consultant, Strategy:
Intern
(Mar’20-Jul’20)
Rangle.io, Consultant Toronto, Canada
• Developed strategies for Rangle.io to sustain growth (1x) over the next 12 months (post- pandemic market)
• Analyzed current position Rangle.io to its major competitors and solutions it is providing to its clients in comparison to its competitors.
• Evaluated three industries healthcare, retail, and fintech as prospects for a tech consulting firm
• Conducted primary and secondary research, to identify and analyze emerging technology trends, opportunities, challenges, pain points in the retail industry.
• Identified growth of e-commerce and the use of Artificial Intelligence in Retail Industry.
• Analyzed short-term and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on retail industry. Consultant, Strategy:
Intern
(Jan’20-Apr’20)
The Mighty Cob(Barbecue Catering), Consultant Toronto, Canada
• Developed strategies for the client to transition into a completely vegan barbeque caterer to appeal to new demographics and capitalize on current health food trends.
• Analyzed the change in value proposition after brand revitalization
• Identified the best food certifications and helped the client obtain B Corp Certification
• Developed a social media marketing strategy by comparing different social media platforms in terms of price and relevance and identified the best food bloggers and influencers on each platform.
• Identified potential strategic partners to aid the new challenge of vegan transformation
• Designed an efficient action plan and timeline for the strategies to execute Experience
Co-founder CSGOSMURFING.COM
(Jul’17–Jan’18)
• Interacted with clients from North America and Europe regarding their product requirements and delivered the desired product
• Performed financial analysis of the company and made crucial decisions regarding the strategies
• Constantly updated online inventory and handled offline database on MS Excel
• Maintained a constant communication channel with the suppliers, for urgent product requirements
• Generated profit of $3000 in 6 months and impacted sales of thousands of accounts of online gaming internationally
Intern
(Jun’17-Jul’17)
National informatics Centre
• Team leader for the intern team which enhanced front-end design of the Government of India scholarship portal
• Communicated with the project mentor and coordinated with the team regarding the requirements of the project
• Enhanced the scholarship portal to make it more user friendly and achieved a higher surge on the website.
Academic Projects
Money-Splitter (Python)
• Desktop Application for keeping a record of expenses among groups of users Football Analysis (Python +Machine Learning)
• Extracted previous season results and using regression predicted the result for the current game
Sarcasm Detector (Python + Machine Learning)
• Extracted data from twitter and carried out data cleaning
• Using sentimental analysis predicted sarcasm score for a user-entered statement with an accuracy of 88%.
Education
Masters in Management, Strategy
-Schulich School of Business (September’19 – August’20) B.Tech IT Engineering -SRM Institute of Science and Technology(May 2019) Skillset
Languages:
Operating Systems:
Software:
C,C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, SQL,PHP Windows, Linux
MySQL, SQLite, Jupiter, Anaconda, MS Excel, MSWord, MATLAB, MS Project
Soft Skills
• Impactful leadership and interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail
• Proven ability to work in teams as well as individually
• Have been handling client relationships directly
• Experience working with tight timelines and ambiguous environments