Ferdie Larson Dsouza

574-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/ferdiedsouza adwkh6@r.postjobfree.com

Education

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN

Master of Business Administration May 2024

• GMAT 730 (Q51)

National Institute of Technology, Karnataka Surathkal, India Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics and Communications May 2012

• President, Election Winning Alliance

Experience

Centre for Advanced Learning (Educational Institute) Mangalore, India Program Coordinator & Partner Jul 2020-Jun 2022

• Conceptualized and designed offline educational product with 1,500 hours of recorded lectures from researchers in STEM fields, increasing portfolio revenue by 16%

• Led 4 departments and pioneered the process of creating digital content from recording to lesson creation into the learning management system, reducing completion time by 50%

• Created 10 clubs and launched the mentorship program by redirecting the management towards providing holistic student programming outside of core academic areas

• Devised single platform solution by integrating live classes, attendance, live updates, recorded content for students and facilitators, reducing the use of multiple software

• Designed new curriculum for 8th to 12th grade students to include coding and mental ability as core subjects, increasing the projected customer lifetime potential by 15% Ignus (Edtech Startup) Karnataka, India

Product Lead & Partner August 2015-June 2020

• Spearheaded regional and demographic analysis to understand the inhibitors of education outreach in rural areas, converted analysis into annual marketing program for 120 schools

• Devised social business model to cater to growing need for qualified educators and lack of opportunities for students, providing equal quality of education while reducing cost by 75%

• Created digital and in-person blended learning solutions (LMS), making advanced education accessible to over 25,000 students annually in rural areas

• Managed team of 55 teachers over 5 locations for content delivery, ensuring 120 students secured acceptance into top institutes

Idea Cellular Limited (Telecommunications operator) Madhya Pradesh, India Planning and Optimization Networks Engineer July 2012-July 2015

• Engineered solutions to enhance 2G internet customer experience, resulting in a 50% increase in download rates, which in turn increased the annual revenue by $1.3 million

• Optimized the procurement of daily KPIs using excel (VBA), reducing the workhours needed by 50 per day across five teams, in turn a new department “Quality” was created

• Promoted twice in 3 years (company/industry standard of 7 years) and youngest employee to receive the excellence award in the company Achievements and Interests

• Led team of 16 people in the network planning of Maha Kumbh mela' - the largest religious gathering on earth with attendance of 10+ million people

• Sports: Chelsea, Roger Federer, RCB cricket, Messi, and Kimi Raikkonen

• Technical: SQL, Tableau, R, Visual Basics, Sony Vegas, Microsoft Office, Trello

• Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Konkani

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