As a deeply curious child with a commitment to empirical observation, I would often conduct my own experiments with water, electricity, and my hands (not a great combination). I also opened up my toy cars to examine their inner workings before I put them back together or utilized the parts to build new contraptions like a water pump.

Building upon my love for engineering and innovation, I first explored the entrepreneurial world when I was ten by setting up a makeshift video game arcade at a summer festival.

I bring a passion for learning, an analytical approach, an innovative bent, and a strong desire for authentic human connection.

Values

My family has instilled deep values of authenticity, honesty, and kindness for which I will be eternally grateful.

Interests

Coding

Proficient in SQL, Python, Swift, JavaScript. Personal coding projects include: a web app for Indian citizens to look up their elected official’s background


a basic iOS cricket game


and web scraping python scripts

Entrepreneurship

Founder of Dinemight, a venture that reached the semi-finals in the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge

Travel

Recent travel adventures include Antarctica

and riding the Trans-Siberian railway from Beijing to Moscow

Cricket

I used to open the batting for my high school. Facing the hard new cricket ball as you bat on a pitch that has a bunch of pebbles on it not knowing how high the ball is going to bounce - ankle high or head high - was exhilarating!

Education

Yale University (2015 - 2017)

Master of Business Administration (GMAT: 760, 99th percentile)

  • Admissions Interviewer and Academic Tutor

  • First-year leader of the Entrepreneurship Club and Case Competition Club

Pennsylvania State University (2006 - 2008)

Master of Science (MS), Architectural Engineering – Construction Management (GPA: 4.0/4.0)

  • Developed a model to optimize construction schedules, work published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

  • Awarded full scholarship worth $50K annually, including complete tuition waiver over the duration of the degree

Indian Institutue of Technology, BHU (2002 - 2006)

Bachelor of Technology (B. TECH), Civil Engineering Graduated First Class with Honors (GPA: 8.56/10.00)

  • Top 1% of 300k applicants; awarded institute academic merit award and gold medal for ranking first in class

Experiences

Management Consultant - A.T. Kearney (2017 - Present)

Strategy & Operations Consulting

  • Developed a three-year partnership strategy for a technology client to manage $200M of spend with key partners to maximize value from those relationships while maintaining the strategic balance of relative power

  • Built the go-to-market strategies for client launching a B2B product in four countries by detailing market size, regulations, partnership opportunities, monetization options, and customer messaging to address identified pain points

  • Designed the new supply chain strategy for a global firm in a North American market using SQL-based analyses to achieve future revenue growth of over $10B and serve evolving sales channels, including direct-to-consumer

  • Implemented a new retail product launch process for the Creative departments of a global firm by combining employee insights, data-driven analyses, and best practice research to cut launch cycle time by 20%

  • Analyzed procurement spend worth $150M, identified eight cost synergy initiatives, and obtained senior leadership buy-in for those initiatives totaling savings of $6M annually in a post-merger integration for a client

Project Manager - Northwestern Memorial Hospital (2012 - 2015)

Project Management & Process Improvement

  • Managed a cross-functional six-sigma methodology driven process improvement initiative involving digital modeling of buildings, resulting in improved quality and lowered costs of up to 1% on projects worth over $900M

  • Led multi-functional teams through $20M of planning, design, and construction project work to build medical imaging centers, clinics, and other patient spaces, consistently achieving schedule, budget, & patient satisfaction goals

  • Created buy-in with clinical managers by tapping existing relationships to optimize a gastrointestinal (GI) clinic space to maximize patient output while minimizing the number of GI scopes required significantly improving project ROI

  • Presented at twelve national industry events to showcase process improvement metrics and share best practices

Project Engineer - Jacobs Engineering (2008 - 2012)

Process Improvement

  • Implemented innovative project technologies for multiple clients often collaborating with non-technical stakeholders

  • Delivered multiple sales presentations on construction innovation; helped win a $50M contract with a federal agency

  • Led Jacobs’ east region summer internship program for 2010 and 2011, achieving increased intern satisfaction ratings and number of job offers extended; Awarded two excellence awards by the company for my impact