PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Michigan

  • Graduate Student Instructor (September, 2009 - Current)
    • Conduct weekly lab sessions teaching Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Visual Basic .NET
    • Hold office hours to help the students outside the class

Citrus HealthCare - Health insurance company based in Tampa, FL

  • IS&T Intern (May, 2009 - July, 2009)
    • Developed an application to automate the logging of test results for a new Enterprise-level System
    • Carried out a survey of the current computer inventory to help make future decisions regarding inventory
    • Developed an application to fetch data from Remote Computers using WMI
    • Conducted a workshop on Excel 2007 attended by my IS&T department colleagues

M/s Shyamsundar Gopaldas - Indenting Agents of Raymond Ltd. for Gujarat state

  • Management Trainee (December, 2007 - January, 2008)
    • Planned and executed efficient management of inventory for the franchisees leading to increase in productivity
    • Forecasted the future trend based on the current trend, to help the managers in purchase of fresh inventory

M/s Senator - Owners and Managers of three branded retail departmental stores

  • Management Trainee (June 2007)
    • Assessed, centralized and computerized the inventory of the current stock
    • Optimized the inventory in the branches by redistribution of stock amongst them
  • Jr. Management Trainee(December 2006)
    • Learnt the nuances of logistics & inventory management through the movement of stock from the warehouse to the end-consumer

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

University of Michigan

  • Session Chair - Engineering Graduate Symposium (October, 2008 - November, 2008)
    • Chaired and managed a session titled “Ergonomics, Operations Research & Financial Engineering”
    • Coordinated with judges and the presenters

Institute of Technology, Nirma University

Electronics and Communication Organization (ECO)

  • President (April, 2007 - April, 2008)
    • Chief Organizer, Core Committee Member, Head of Finance Committee of an annual National-Level Technical Symposium - "Prevoyance"
    • Event Co-ordinator of all the events held under ECO on the Foundation Day of Institute of Technology, Nrma University
  • Jt. Secretary (April, 2006 - April, 2007)
    • Core-Committee and Finance Commitee Member of an annual National-Level Technical Symposium - "Prevoyance"
    • Manager of an expert lecture series held under ECO

Institute-Industry Interaction (III) Cell - Training and Placement Office

  • Co-ordinator (April, 2007 - May, 2008)
    • Served as a link between the Placement office and my peers and gave them important information about companies visiting campus for placements
    • Assisted the Companies in conducting written tests, Group Discussions and Personal Interviewsn at a project

Yuva Unstoppable (Not-for-profit Organization), Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  • Team Leader (December, 2006 - March, 2007)
    • Responsible for the smooth functioning of three projects for under-privileged children
    • Arranged funds for the projects through corporate partnerships
  • Project Leader (June, 2006 - December, 2007)
    • Managed activities and taught under-privileged Children at a project

(Page Updated: 14 September, 2009)