Project Management Data Analyst

Pragathi Kempegowda

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Phone: (413) 210- 8436 Email: ***********@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragathi-kempegowda/ EDUCATION

Master of Science in Engineering Management Expected May 2026 University of Massachusetts Amherst

Relevant Courses: Technical Project Management, Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Descriptive Analysis, Prescriptive Analysis, Product Management, Project Budgeting and Finance. Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering June 2022 Bangalore Institute of Technology. CGPA :3.4

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Python, PySpark, R, SQL, C

Data Visualization: Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Figma, Power BI, Microsoft Excel Charts Data Analysis Tools: Palantir, Pandas, NumPy, Keras Project Management Tools: JIRA, Trello, Microsoft Project INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Data Analyst, Merck Group, Bangalore November 2022 – July 2024

• Designed and deployed 10+ Tableau dashboards, reducing reporting time by 30% and improving decision-making for sales and regional performance.

• Built SQL-based ETL pipelines for 1M+ rows of pricing data, optimizing pricing strategies and increasing revenue by 15%.

• Automated KPI tracking, identifying top-performing sales personnel and boosting team performance by 20%.

• Conducted root cause analysis for data discrepancies, enhancing data integrity by 15%.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver projects 10% under budget and ahead of schedule. Engineer Trainee, Asea Brown Boveri Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore September 2021 – November 2021

• Partnered with the SCADA team on an oil and gas pipeline project, gaining expertise in GAD and RTU panel architecture. Conducted 100+ physical, functional, analog, and digital tests on RTU panels, ensuring 99.9% operational reliability. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Trade Mate – A Local Marketplace App for International Students September 2024 – December 2024 University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Developed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), improving resource allocation efficiency by 30%.

• Executed A/B tests, increasing feature adoption by 25% for item listings and payment workflows.

• Identified and mitigated 7+ project risks, reducing estimated delays by 20%. The Relationship Between Lifestyle Factors and Obesity Levels September 2024 – December 2024 University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Analyzed app user data with R, running 30+ Chi-Squared and ANOVA tests to determine the statistical significance of feature changes; results drove data-informed decisions to optimize the user experience.

• Created bar plots and box plots to analyze data from 2,111 individuals, identifying significant correlations between lifestyle factors and obesity levels.

Crop Health Card for Plant Disease Detection August 2021 – June 2022 Bangalore Institute of Technology

• Engineered a plant disease detection system in Jupyter Notebook, achieving 95% accuracy using TensorFlow and Keras.

• Integrated a WhatsApp API via Selenium, providing real-time alerts to 500+ farmers and reducing crop losses by 20%. Paddy Leaf Image Disease Detection and Recognition using Image Processing January 2021-June 2021 Bangalore Institute of Technology

• Developed an image processing system in MATLAB to detect Bacterial Blight disease in paddy crops, achieving 90% accuracy in disease identification.

• Automated disease detection, reducing manual inspection time by 40% and improving early intervention rates. LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

LEO CLUB BIT associated with Lions club International President August 2021 – July 2022

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