EDUCATION HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firm                                                                                                                            XAVIER UNIVERISTY, Cincinnati, OH, USA                                                   Master of Business Administration THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH, USA                                               Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance Commercial Pilots license, FL, USA
WORK EXPERIENCE Edward de Bono Methods Training, India Managing Director                                              Trained and Assisted in a large number of Lateral Thinking and Six Thinking Hats workshops in India. Clients include top 100 fortune 500 companies and leading organizations in India. Certified Trainer in Dr Edward De Bono’s Lateral Thinking Tools, Six Thinking Hats, DATT / POP, Simplicity and CoRT. Certified Six Sigma Consultant. Certified Trainer- Think on your Feet®. Certified Trainer – John Adair Action Centered Leadership Model. Facilitated Creative Thinking sessions using De Bono Tools. Successfully executed soft skills training such as supervisory skills, leadership development,team building, and problem solving skills to a number of organizations in India and the Middle East Indira Group of Institutes - Young HR Leadership Award 2010. American Electric Power, Columbus, OH                      Business Analyst Launched business plans needed in improving current GL Allocation processes while enhancing accounting and invoicing capabilities. Implemented numerous business optimization processes and reporting tools that improved efficiency, decreased labor costs, and maximized profits through automation. Developed complex business models and performed client interviews to identify cost reduction and automation capabilities within Commercial Operations, leading to savings of approximately $ 10 million. Facilitated business process engineering and software development life cycle, including analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of the new Settlement system. Designed high level mapping of business processes to convert manual invoicing and reporting of Allocation results to a centralized PeopleSoft data structure. Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH                                                                       Financial Controls Analyst Examined daily reconciliation of general ledger, internal DDA, and Trust house while working towards achieving process improvements. Led process improvement projects to reduce dependency on manual processes like inflow of clearing house data resulting in reduction of cycle time of customer-orientated processes. Budgeted and forecasted the effect account balances have on the performance of the Bank’s Affiliates. Launched business plans needed in converting acquired companies to financial controls policies and procedures. Helped Business units upgrade systems after takeover of First Charter Bank and RG Crown.