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SHALIN GANDHI

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Seeking a full-time position in Computer Engineering and its application in Information Systems to leverage my strong business, technical, analytical and problem solving abilities.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Management Information Systems, University of Illinois at Chicago, GPA – 3.6/4.0 May 2011

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai, India, GPA – 3.7/4.0 June 2009

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Graduate: Advanced System Analysis and Design Project, Enterprise Application Infrastructure, Advanced Databases, Internet Technology and Management, Business Data Mining, Statistics for Management, Global Innovation Management

EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst Intern, The Walt Disney Company, ESPN Jan 2011 – Present

• Assisting in evaluating and finalizing vendors for 3 different IT projects, which are in different stages of sourcing

• Identifying project requirements, perform market research and vendor analysis for an automotive IVR system

• Present vendor evaluation report to the stakeholders at the end of the projects for final approval

Business Technology Consultant, McDonald’s Corporation Sep 2010 - Present

• Supported the architecture design & standards of centralized McDonald’s cloud computing application framework based on Azure platform

• Created use cases and test case scenarios for Internet Partner Gateway to integrate applications in regional hosting with cloud hosted applications

• Assisted in business analysis, and the design and development of integrated solutions’ architecture for a commercial off-the-shelf web based US Back Office application

• Documented architecture and standards for various restaurant applications based on Microsoft technologies

Enterprise Architect Intern, McDonald’s Corporation May 2010 – August 2010

• Worked closely with the Program Architect in translating business needs into technical design specifications

• Created use case diagrams to explain flow of events and how different software systems interact with each other

• Maintained and updated the website for the department of IT Foundations using content management system

Database Analyst, University of Illinois, Chicago, Campus Housing March 2010 – August 2010

• Maintained databases of work orders, housing applications, and student workers to ensure data integrity between the university’s database and in-house databases used for HR, Finance and Marketing

• Processed data from databases to generate production, quality and analytical reports as needed

• Validated data to ensure the quality, and accuracy of content and assisted in business process development

• Technologies used: MS-Access (VBA), SQL, MS Excel

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Skills: MS-Access, Microsoft SQL

Programming Languages: C++, C#, SQL Server, JavaScript, HTML

Data Mining Tools: Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Rapid Miner

Applications: MS Office Suite, MS Visio, Visual Studio, Rational ClearCase, IDE Eclipse

Concepts: OOAD, UML, Data Modeling, RAD, RDBMS, SDLC, Software Engineering, Regression, Warehousing, SOA

PROJECTS

Physiological Data Modeling March 2010 – May 2010

• Developed a predictive and descriptive model to diagnose physiological conditions of human subjects based on biometric multichannel time series data

• Engaged in brainstorming and problem solving with team members to lay the groundwork for effective implementation

Enterprise Web Application – Report Generation Tool Jan 2010 – April 2010

• Team Lead: Developed an enterprise web application using JSP (view) and Java Servlets (controller) with JavaBeans

• Created report definitions against existing database schemas, accepted any schema and saved the report definitions

Web-enabled database application – Electronic commerce system Aug 2009 – Dec 2009

• Developed a web-based shopping cart to facilitate purchase of the digital products via the internet for the customers

• Conducted project planning, analysis, data modeling, ER-Model and application design

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