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EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (ISB) Apr 2017-Present
Post-Graduate Programme in Management (Intended Major: Finance and Marketing)
• Events Management Coordinator, Business Technology Club (300+ members)
o Coordinated with 100+ alumni across different companies and geographies for workshops & sessions
o Conducted Peer-to-Peer learning sessions and Technomagic, club’s flagship case competition event
• National University of Singapore Business School (NUS)
MBA International Student Exchange (Prospective)
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) - Pilani Pilani, India
M.Sc. (Tech) Information Systems Aug 2010- J u n 2 0 1 4
• Awarded 1st position at National level in APOGEE-2012 (500+ teams), for the project Simulating
Indian Administrative System, automating the Jan-Lokpal using Machine Learning
• Awarded 25% Merit Scholarship for all 4 years for academic excellence
Internships
• Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, I n d i a
Reduced manhours spent on testing the Retail Merchandising System by 70% (200 to 30 manhours/month) Jan 2014–Jun 2014
by introducing an automated testing suite, enhancing the application testing efficiency
• Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Ltd. Gurgaon, I n d i a
Reducing the production assembly flow time by 50% (from 8 mins to 4 mins) by enhancing the Inventory May 2012-Jul 2012
Management System by optimizing the material flow
WORK EXPERIENCE
D. E. Shaw & Co. (Arcesium LLC) - Hedge Fund/Global Investment Hyderabad, India
Senior Software Developer Jul 2014-Apr 2017
Key Projects
• Orchestrated the Arcesium spin-off from D. E. Shaw & Co., with a valuation of $100Mn within 3 years
o Migrated existing middle- and back-office infrastructure to Amazon Web Services, critical for making it customizable
o Revamped the platform applications to make it reusable for integration projects worth $40Mn
• Integrated Portfolio Management System with the clients’ Trading Order Management having estimated value of $7.5Mn
o Negotiated feature offerings and on-boarding timelines with clients such as Balyasny Asset Management, Blackstone
LP, JP Morgan, Citco Audit Group and EJF Investments having a cumulative annual trading volume of 15Bn trades
• Assimilated Portfolio Management System with financial feeds data vendor platforms: Bloomberg LP, Reuters, and S&P
o Negotiated 60% performance enhancement to fetch 750,000 securities at once for different asset types
o Negotiated service turnaround time to 3 mins (previously 8 mins) for all financial derivatives
• Designed Charge Rules framework for high frequency algorithmic trading, reducing operations effort by 180 manhours/month
Business Planning & Impact
• Reduced Portfolio Management System operational issues to 50% by officiating client involvement in finalizing specifications
• Implementation Kanban tracking system for team of 50+, reducing tracking effort by 200 manhours/month
o Prioritization and delivery of time sensitive middle and back office ecosystem projects such as security master,
transaction master, portfolio accounting and data warehouse reporting solutions
• Mentored 4 new hires and 5 interns, and received appreciation award for their outstanding performance
o 60% interns successfully secured pre-placement offers against the company norm of 30% conversion
Achievements
• Received a fast-track promotion in 2 years, given to only top 10% employees in the firm
• One of the youngest employees (top 5%) to be a part of the firm’s hiring committee and campus ambassador programme
o Youngest campus ambassador for the firm, representing BITS-Pilani with just 1 year of work experience
o Coordinated multiple market hiring drives across the country, hiring 15+ employees across various designations
• Selected to represent the team of 50+ in the New York office (company headquarters) for client delivery
o Negotiate deliverables and timelines with the clients, and to conduct various firmwide workshops
o Manage real-time trading operations for Pan-European and Asia Pacific trading markets
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS & PERSONAL INTERESTS
• Elected as the Sports Secretary in BITS-Pilani, 2012-13 (600+ voters)
o Managed and prepared annual budget for the college sports equipment of over INR 1 Lac
o Conducted iBOSM, the inter-hostel sports tournament with a participation of 2000+ students
• President, Haryana Cultural Association (150+members), BITS-Pilani, led team in organizing various campus-wide cultural events
• Captained the District Level Under-14 Cricket, reaching the finals of two major tournaments
• Treasurer, Haryana Cultural Association (150+ members), BITS-Pilani. Raised sponsorships, managed finances and annual budget
of over INR 3 Lacs for organizing annual campus-wide cultural events with a footfall of 1500+
• Core member of Finance & Marketing Clubs, Interface, Annual Management Fest, BITS-Pilani. Managed the national level live
bidding simulation event, and BITS-Pilani’s flagship B-Plan competition
• Technical Skills: Android, MATLAB, AUTOCAD, SQL, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, JSP
• Love travelling and enjoy exploring new places, cultures & art forms, and going on road trips spanning across different landscapes