Profile
Recent MBA graduate with a background in Electronics Engineering. Successfully introduced new telecom services in Australia’s wireless market for a Fortune 500 wireless company. Interested in innovative marketing, product development and project management. Meticulous, with excellent interpersonal skills, and a keen eye for envisioning problems.
Educational Qualifications:
Master of Business Administration (GPA - 3.6) December 2010
University of Portland
Related Projects:
• Marketing Project Fall 2009
o Studied the market potential for the new innovative product.
o Developed marketing strategies to introduce the product, devise branding strategies and cost structure.
• Sustainability project for the City of Hillsboro. Spring 2010
o Studied the organization’s operations to trace their environmental footprint.
o Captured data and create metrics.
o Strategically framed sustainability action plans.
Bachelor of Engineering – Electronics December 2000
University of Mumbai
Professional Experience:
AKT CPAs and Business Consultants
Marketing Communications MBA intern November 2010–December 2010
• Developed strategies for launch of new marketing campaigns.
• Created online marketing collateral.
• Measured the performance of the marketing actions using Google Analytics.
Intel Corporation
Graduate Intern July 2010–October 2010
• Acted as a Technical Assistant to Technical Project/Program Manager.
• Conducted a study on the Data center market segment.
• Assisted in Technology Ecosystem enablement for server technologies such as Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) and Reliability Availability and Serviceability (RAS) features to increase Intel’s processor revenue.
• Coordinated with various stakeholders to ensure timely execution of deliverables.
• Consolidated feature requirements between Marketing and Technical teams.
• Worked with the manager to understand the market, business and ecosystem requirements for the various server technologies.
• Added checkpoints in the Product Life Cycle to ensure successful delivery of RAS features.
• Understood the strategy and vision in the manufacturing process for memory buffer technology that includes product skews, pricing, and customer early validation enablement with engineering samples.
• Researched Product Line Business Plan for server RAS features.
3 Global Services (Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, Fortune 500 company)
Team Leader, Business Operations November 2003–January 2006
• Established and led teams as large as 25 people in various departments like Billing, Process Development, Technical Support and Customer Care for the leading 3G wireless company in Australia.
• Drafted productivity and quality processes and reports for business improvement.
• Communicated with clients to understand their requirements and build relationships.
• Identified operational issues in the business and provided resolutions.
• Initiated improvement projects to drive team efficiency while improving the client experience.
• Effectively communicated performance expectations, measurables and knowledge updates to the teams.
• Achieved thorough understanding of the quality standards and created improvement action plans.
• Provided timely feedback to the executive management highlighting areas of customer dissatisfaction.
• Identified exceptional customer issues and coordinated with globally spread teams to develop solutions.
Team Coach, 3 Care – Australia operations January 2003–November 2003
• Performed Friendly User Testing - Validated the product features prior to the launch.
• Conducted Business Readiness Testing - Tested soundness of systems, tools, processes and procedures.
• Created and analyzed productivity reports.
• Conducted training sessions for team members.
Epicenter Technologies Pvt. Ltd. November 2001–January 2003
Customer Relationship Associate, Providian: Collections
• Interacted with customers on a daily basis with regards to their payments.
Mastek Ltd. February 2000–October 2001
Software Programmer: ASP, HTML, SQL Server, Vbscript and Javascript
• Worked on the development of Mastek’s Intranet website.
• Designed and developed software tools to automate several daily activities.
Skills:
Technical skills: Google Analytics, Microsoft Office.
Soft skills: Excellent communication skills, strong people management abilities, confident and assertive, approachable, and a team player
Volunteer Experience:
• Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Dental Clinic
• Hillsboro Senior Center
• Oregon Food Bank