EDUCATION
SIMON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Master of Business Administration June 2012
• Concentrations: Finance, Corporate Accounting, Competitive and Organizational Strategy
• Participated in Training The Street (TTS) Corporate Valuation Workshop and Financial Modeling Seminar
• Dean’s List; GPA 4.0; Merit Scholarship recipient; GMAT 710
• Vice President: Financial Management Association
• Active member of the Meliora Fund and Simon Volunteers Club

RASHTREEYA VIDYALAYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (R.V.C.E)
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Engineering June 2008
• Major: Electrical Engineering
• Received special recognition for “Creativity” at a robotics event held at NIT Trichi (2006)
• Graduated with distinction. Ranked in the top 15% of University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED MOBILE APPS, Bangalore, India 2009 –2010
A high growth mobile applications company
Team lead, Apr. 2010 – Jun. 2010
• Estimated profitability of a number of development strategies for a smart phone application and spearheaded the most feasible and profitable alternative from development to completion. Company revenues doubled as a result.
• Analyzed the mobile applications industry to develop an effective pricing strategy for the smart phone application, potentially saving $50,000 for the firm.
• Managed risk by taking appropriate measures to improve the consistency of system and practices of the firm.
• Maintained budget by assuming additional responsibilities that aided in tracking operational efficiency of the product.
• Remodeled the server and underlying database to improve its response time by 30%, enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Successfully led a three member team by providing continuous guidance and technical training. The team consistently met deadlines and delivered applications for five different platforms in a three month time frame.
• Promoted to Team lead in just six months, the industry standard is four years.

Senior Software Engineer, Nov. 2009 – Apr. 2010
• Designed software that facilitates communication between employees at all levels. Successfully demonstrated this software to a client, resulting in a purchase order of approximately $2M.
• Increased clients from 3 to 8 by attracting customers for a new product in the pipeline at a global platform in two days.
• Improved process control by automating database purge, saving 20 working hours per month.
• Delivered a critical software product one month ahead of schedule, resulting in 20% higher yield from the product.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, Bangalore, India 2008 – 2009
The world’s premier measurement company in electronic and life sciences equipments
R&D Engineer, Jul. 2008 – Oct. 2009
• Prevented impending loss of $10M in revenue by training colleagues in a network quality manager software in two weeks.
• Identified and corrected a critical error in an automated database process, avoiding losses worth $5M.
• Increased productivity of support team by 30% by modifying the technique used to generate network performance reports.
• Exceeded expectations by completing the Graphic User Interface (GUI) design and implementation two months ahead of deadline. Shouldered several additional responsibilities, including minimizing the effect of unforeseen events.

Intern, Feb. 2008 – May 2008
• Facilitated requirement understanding for Centralized Roaming Management Solution (CRMS) by summarizing requirements and presenting them to colleagues, saving 40% of the team’s time.
• Commended by senior management for consistent and timely deliverables.

ASSETS & INTERESTS
• Computer Skills: Proficient in MS-Excel, SQL, Access, Crystal Ball, Business Objects, Flex.
• Appreciated by board members of a student run fund at Simon for pitching a growth stock as part of a competition.
• Developed and presented a marketing strategy to CertaPro Painters senior management for a case competition.
• Community involvement: Regularly donating blood since 2004; Volunteered twice at the Ronald McDonald House event.
• Interests: Solving logical and analytical puzzles, adventure sports, music, and movies.