Summary: Business-savvy, data-driven and action-oriented professional with 9+ years of experience in product analytics, e-commerce and financial services. Passionate about using the power of data to driving analytical insight and business growth. Strong business acumen and hands on experience with SQL, Teradata, Python, Java, Hadoop and reporting and visualization tools like Tableau. Educated at Cornell University (Computer Engineering) and NYU Stern School of Business (MBA)
Specialties: Business Analytics, Online Payments, Business Intelligence, Web Analytics, Mobile Analytics, Big Data, Data Management, A/B Testing, Python, Java, SQL, R, Hadoop, Hive, Tableau, Excel

Experience:
PAYPAL, San Jose, CA                                                                                                  2014 – 2015
Manager, Product Analytics

• Identified key metrics and built exec-facing dashboards to track progress of the business and its highest priority initiatives in North America, EMEA, and APAC region
• Performed analytical deep-dives for PayPal Checkout flow and shared insights and results with product and account management teams
• Identified, evaluated and prioritized product opportunities through hypothesis driven experiments (A/B testing) and customer research

GOLDMAN SACHS, New York, NY                                                                            2010- 2014
Associate

• Performed statistical analysis of over 2 million trades to understand the relationship between deal complexity & execution time and recommended initiatives to reduce execution time by 10%
• Presented the performance analysis of trading systems to Head of Operations and secured resources for performance improvement 
• Led a team of two people to identify key performance issues in securities trade booking processes, evaluated alternate strategies to increase throughput and reduce support costs
• Analyzed and implemented clearing control process for over-the-counter derivatives trade in accordance with Dodd-Frank regulations
• Diagnosed bottlenecks in operations support processes by analyzing the time spent on recurring issues, and conceptualized and implemented a strategy to reduce support time by 20%

CITIGROUP, New York, NY                                                                                            2008-2010
Senior Developer

• Designed high throughput real time interface for Equity Order Events processing, enabling portfolio managers to accelerate decision making for trading strategies
• Led a cross functional team to analyze and integrate trades from multiple trading desks into a single repository, making it available for data mining
• Managed multiple complex product development initiatives successfully in equities technology team, resulting in early promotion 

ANDALE, Bangalore, India                                                                                             2006-2007
Tech Lead

• Reduced the total cost of ownership of database systems by 75% by replacing Oracle database with MySQL database
• Analyzed customer data on Andale portal and suggested improvements in targeted marketing strategy

ORACLE, Hyderabad, India                                                                                           2004-2006
Applications Engineer

• Optimized SQL queries for various applications to improve response time on portal
• Designed the next generation Configurator product to optimize the supply chain and offer guided selling to customers

Education:
MBA in Finance – NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (2014)
MS, Computer Engineering – CORNELL UNIVERSITY (2008)
BS, Computer Science – BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (2004)