ANANYA ROY CHOWDHURY Durham, North Carolina +1-984-***-**** adwza3@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn EDUCATION Duke University Durham, United States Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (GPA:3.766) Graduation Date: December 2023 ● Relevant courses: Marketing, Product Management, Design Thinking and Innovation, Finance, Management in High-Tech, Competitive Strategies, and Business Law. Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management Kolkata, India Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering Graduation Date: June 2018 WORK EXPERIENCE Allay Therapeutics Remote Student Consultant January 2023 - April 2023 ● Led a team of 6 students to perform market research on a bio-product, planned Go-To-Market strategies and presented results to the executive team with recommendations for product-market fit. ● Conducted 100+ customer interviews to understand their pain points, and refined core product offerings to increase product reach by 30%, targeting 30+ customers. ● Performed competitive analysis using marketing metrics, and documented customer survey responses using Qualtrics and data visualization tools like PowerBI and Tableau; increased credibility and brand visibility in the pain management industry. Accenture Bangalore, India Product Analyst December 2020 - July 2022 ● Oversaw product risk management for a $50 billion global vendor finance company by increasing SaaS uptime to 99.95% for 3 applications used by more than 500,000 customers. ● Mentored 4+ support teams (~30 employees) to ensure a smooth transition of the API management platform to PROD by facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to track team velocity. ● Collaborated with Product owners and Tech architects to identify pain points in product design, manage product backlog (epics, user stories) and resolve critical architectural bottlenecks; mitigated project delivery risks by 30%. Product Associate February 2019 - December 2020 ● Spearheaded the development of a new Software as a Service API platform hosting 5+ services that provide 5x faster financial data analytics, bringing down costs by $100,000. ● Facilitated daily Scrum for 7+ global cross-functional tech teams using JIRA/Azure DevOps to improve product roadmap, mitigate roadblocks and curate the application design documents; boosted predictability in user story delivery from 72% to 93%. ● Led process automation by performing root cause analysis (RCA) using the 5 whys method and running 2-week agile sprints to monitor efficiency and streamline processes; improved team productivity by 20%. ● Orchestrated and executed vocational training sessions to prepare 12 recruits and upskill 30+ existing operators, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Accenture Inclusion and Diversity Management December 2020 – July 2022 ● Organized global events for inclusive and diverse work culture, increasing employee engagement by 50%. Townhall Presenter May 2019 – July 2022 ● Demonstrated integration application workflows to 300+ colleagues using PowerPoint and Canva, showcasing a practical approach to address defects. Family business Entrepreneur March 2020 - July2022 ● Boosted cosmetic and grocery product sales by 35% and gained 100+ customers by overseeing family business operations. REWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: ● Recognized as the Club Champion in the Accenture “MyPassion ATCI”- All India level Music events from Bengaluru, India. Received monetary rewards and recognition from leadership for managing the music events. ● Earned the “Outstanding Employee” award for outstanding Client contribution in a team of 150+ members. CERTIFICATIONS ● Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) ● Azure DevOps Fundamentals-AZ900 SKILLS & INTERESTS Product: Product roadmap development, Data analysis and interpretation, Market research and analysis. Project: Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Agile and Scrum methodologies, Cross-functional team management. Technical: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), JIRA, Tableau, Trello, Power BI, Canva, Azure DevOps, SQL, HTML, CSS, Sharepoint, Javascript. Interests: High-Tech Products, Artificial Intelligence(AI), Composing songs, Social media content creation.