PRANAV FARSWANI

WORK EXPERIENCE
Deloitte Consulting       (Mumbai, India)
Consultant – Systems Integration | Program Management, Functional and Testing services   (Apr 2015 – May 2017)

·       Spearheaded agile teams of 3-5 people to design and implement 4 software modules on a $20 million project, while saving roughly 30% of delivery costs through streamlined sprint estimation, planning, and execution

·       Collaborated with business stakeholders to define high-level system requirements, transformed these requirements into actionable functional and technical specifications, and worked with the software implementation teams to prioritize and develop these features

·       Led the creation of end-to-end functional test scenarios for 7 software modules and coordinated their execution across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring that developed systems aligned with the clients’ business needs

·       Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional, multi-site teams to manage work allocation, task prioritization, issue escalation, and stakeholder communication during multiple SDLC phases for 2 projects

·       Envisioned and built business intelligence dashboards for management teams across 4 projects to automate reporting capabilities and provide comprehensive views of project metrics, reducing the report generation efforts by 70%

·       Delivered successful sales demos to existing clients for implementation of new modules which generated nearly $100,000 revenue for the firm

Business Technology Analyst – Systems Integration | Systems Development   (Jun 2012 – Mar 2015)

·       Led teams of 2-3 people to develop web-based enterprise applications, including user interfaces, business logic, web services, batch processes, and data access components, using the .NET framework for 2 multi-million-dollar projects

·       Trained over 20 professionals across the U.S. and India as the business and technical subject matter expert (SME) for 2 major functional modules in the U.S. pension administration industry at Deloitte

·       Designed and developed business intelligence dashboards using IBM Cognos and SSIS packages, which enabled the client’s executive team to measure, analyze, and improve operational performance and service efficiency

·       Boosted data sharing and accessibility for clients’ employees by leveraging subject matter expertise to design and develop transactional reports that summarized real-time data using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

·       Analyzed functional requirements and estimated technical implementation costs as part of the request for proposal response teams for 3 multi-million-dollar projects

EDUCATION
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business   (Seattle, WA)
Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS); GPA: 3.9/4.0 (Expected June 2018)

University of Mumbai, Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (Mumbai, India)
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Information Technology; Honors: Graduated with Distinction   (May 2012)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
·       Certifications: MCTS: NET Framework 4, Web Applications; Foster School of Business – Excel for Business Credential

·       Frameworks and Languages: ASP.NET, VB, C#, Java, HTML

·       Databases: Oracle 10g, Microsoft SQL (SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Reporting Services – SSRS, SQL Server Integration Services – SSIS)

·       Tools and Platforms: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visio, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Suite, Tableau, R Studio

AWARDS
·       5 awards at Deloitte Consulting for exceptional client service and exceeding the company’s performance expectations