PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Training/Consulting, IIM Ahmedabad (March 2012-Present)
Food Corporation of India, KFC India, Mahindra Trucks and Buses Limited, Shipping, Kunvarji Group
Research Assistant, Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin-Madison (January 2006 – Present)
Role overview
- Executed lead time reduction projects at four companies: Cummins Filtration (Stoughton, WI), Cardinal Health (Madison, WI), Phoenix Products (Milwaukee, WI), Wacker Neuson, (Menomonee Falls, WI)
- Advised more than 15 student projects on reducing lead times in manufacturing and office operations
- Organized workshops and international conferences on Quick Response Manufacturing (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Risk Manager, GE Consumer Finance, Stamford, Connecticut, USA (January 2005-December 2005)
Role overview
- Developed credit scoring solutions for Fraud Analytics
- Developed a web tool for reporting performance metrics for Private Label Credit Cards (PLCC) risk scorecards
Six Sigma Black Belt, General Electric, Analytic Center of Excellence, Bangalore, India (July 2003-December 2004)
Role overview
- Developed project management toolkit for Analytics, Business Intelligence, and IT projects
- Developed New Product Introduction (NPI) toolkit for Analytic products
- Developed a tool for project effort estimation (Black Belt project - I)
- Developed a tool for market basket analysis (Black Belt project - II)
- Mentored four Six Sigma Green Belt Projects
Business Analyst, General Electric, Analytic Center of Excellence, Bangalore, India (January 2002-June 2003)
Role overview
- Developed forecasting models to estimate rail car utilization
- Developed component models to estimate asset life cycle profitability (GE Corporate received patent for this methodology)
- Developed profitability cube models to assess customer profitability
