Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Additional Information
Certification
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Sudeb Bibaswan

Hyderabad

Summary

A versatile, proactive, intuitive, organized, and curious individual, adept at handling and working in high-paced and high stress environments, with a beginner's mindset. A deep thinker and a great team player with good leadership skills when situation requires it,with great written and verbal communication skills. A humble, reasonably confident, and resilient professional with the ability to operate with high autonomy, huge appetite to keep learning,including from one's own mistakes and that of others. A person who enjoys living out of comfort zone, experiencing new challenges, and comes with a "can and will do" attitude.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Management Consultant/Data/Business Analyst

Freelance/Independent
10.2023 - Current
  • Worked with a family's timber and plywood manufacturing and selling business based in Assam and selling in North,Central and East India. Helped them grow their revenues by 18 percent.
  • Delivered 2 projects via Upwork and Fiverr for 2 small businesses specializing in selling several stationary and cosmetic items offline and via Amazon primarily focused on marketing and inventory management.

Management Team Member (Fixed-Term,Contract)

Burger King UK
09.2022 - 08.2023
  • Worked alongside studies, with management of prominent restaurants in Canary Wharf area and Central London.
  • Reduced customer and delivery driver waiting times by more than 20 percent, and labour hours by over 10 percent by operations optimization.
  • Improved perishable goods inventory management which led to better customer experience and reduced operating costs by more than 15 percent.
  • Helped develop new packaging procedure for delivery items to reduce pilferage, which reduced customer complaints by over 30 percent.
  • Helped develop better SOPs and maintenance logs which reduced equipment's maintenance frequency by 25 percent and saved over 20 percent of running costs.
  • Associated tools and technologies: Fourth, NCR Aloha, and Crunchtime's Zenput.

Research (pricing) Analyst (Remote,Contract)

ASKRIA (Fintech SAAS pre-series A startup)
04.2022 - 05.2022
  • Developed pricing strategy for their flagship product (Virtual CFO for startups and investors).
  • Interviewed founder,founder's associates, software engineers and financial analysts to understand company's ambitions, current plans, product and competitors.
  • Researched about 80 other startups (pre-seed to Series D) with similar products, mainly their app features and pricing plans.
  • Collected information from company's website and different sources like CrunchBase,AngelList, and Pitchbook, and benchmarked different factors like average market price per app feature.
  • Deliverables - Created different plans with different set of features with options to customize with added costs as and when needed, adaptable to B2B & B2C markets and market competitions.

Business (strategy) Analyst (On-site, Contract)

Digital Yacht
10.2021 - 11.2021
  • Interviewed the CEO,CFO, CTO and CMO to understand their problems and goals. Obtained additional documents from the CEO about company's products, business plans and financial statements.
  • Worked alongside financial analyst, to advise them on various business practices including but not limited to M&A, products, R&D, and post Brexit trade and sales.
  • Helped company to reduce their manufacturing costs by over 5 percent, and increasing their EU sales by over 10 percent.
  • Performed M&A due diligence and synergy checks of a smaller firm (Oceanic Systems) looking to get acquired, helping the CEO in decisions pertaining to capital raising and merger or acquisition transaction.
  • Deliverables - Created a detailed assessment report with recommendations for the management taking care of their vulnerabilities, threats, and business risks.

Tech. Analyst/Administrator (SAP GRC Consultant)

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2019 - 07.2021
  • Assigned ACCO brands account, which is international manufacturer and marketer of premium consumer products.
  • Specialised in SAP GRC(AC,PC,and RM) of SAP ECC,EWM and SCM, also had significant exposures to other landscapes like BW,HANA,Solman,TM, GW,PI and EM.
  • Achieved reduction of PWC and KPMG audit issues by over 35 percent within one year for SAP ECC, SCM and EWM systems.
  • Implemented several processes like custom programs, reports and T-codes liaising with SAP ABAP developers, which reduced redundancies by 50 percent and increased operating efficiencies by over 20 percent.
  • Achieved IT and finance risk mitigation of over 25 percent by SOD analysis,implementing better workflows, SOPs, and process controls.
  • Helped streamline development, testing, implementation, go-live and post go-live hypercare support phases of projects liaising with ABAP developers and SAP functional consultants, reducing need for critical resources by 20 percent and third-party costs by over 15 percent.
  • Played pivotal role in SAP Go-live project for PowerA after its acquisition by ACCO Brands (Nov. 2020).
  • Also performed few additional activities like knowledge transfer sessions for new team members and conducting training sessions for new trainee members.
  • Major Projects: SAP Go-Live, SAP FF implementation, SAP GRC 12 implementation,and SAP PowerA Go-live
  • Support Projects: SAP BW to HANA migration, SAP FSCM Go-live,and SAP FICO Go-live
  • Other significant SAP integrated tools and technologies: Saviynt,ServiceNow, and Tricentis LiveCompare

UG Research Scholar (Applied Materials Science)

Shiv Nadar University
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Was selected to work as undergraduate researcher after submission of proposal including project plan and estimated timelines, alongside team of experienced research faculty and PhD researchers.
  • Was successful in identifying best metal and its oxide to be used to build sensor and best method to fabricate sensor material.
  • Also discovered additional self-healing properties of material to be extremely beneficial for its deployment in harsh deep water and marine conditions.
  • Was able to reduce noise and improve sensitivity in existing analog circuit by using embedded systems and develop new designs for different use cases (related but different parallel projects).
  • Thesis titled as,"A novel metal-oxide based capacitive type liquid level/wave height sensing device."
  • Awarded grade 'A' at every monthly progress review and final research findings presentation (along with demonstration of working functional prototype) by Univ.'s Research and Innovation Council.

Electronics Intern (Instruments & Control systems)

National Aluminium Company Limited
05.2016 - 06.2016
  • Worked at in-house power plant responsible for powering aluminium smelting plant.
  • Developed custom KPIs of several key instruments for temperature, pressure,flow and level measurements which improved OEE by 20 percent and reduced monitoring frequency by 30 percent.
  • Developed process automation programs, better SOPs and maintenance logs for several critical units like boiler,turbine,coal handling,flame scanning, ignition,water demineralization, fuel, and feed water systems which improved system efficiency by 20 percent and reduced downtime by 10 percent.

Education

Nanodegree Program - Agile Software Development

Udacity - School of Product Management
United States
07.2024

Professional Certification - Business Analytics

Upgrad Campus Program
Bangalore
05.2024

Master of Science - Management

University of Bristol
Bristol
09.2021 - 02.2023

Bachelor of Technology (Minor in Management) - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Shiv Nadar University
Greater Noida, India
06.2015 - 05.2019

Higher Secondary School - Science (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Bhubaneswar, India
04.2013 - 04.2015

High School - General

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
Bhubaneswar, India
03.2003 - 03.2013

Skills

  • Consulting
  • Product Development and Management
  • Project Management
  • People Management
  • Business Analytics and Management
  • Strategic Research and Planning
  • Operational Support
  • Technology Management
  • Change Management
  • Governance,Risk and Audit Management
  • Complex Resource Management
  • Training and Development

Accomplishments

  • Early entrepreneurial stints(non-academic)(team efforts)(2015-2018) - Developed a PC based Ping-Pong game which used android phones as bats to play, for homesick students,which resulted in over 300 downloads via 'word of mouth'.Developed a IOT based low-cost home automation and safety system targeted at low-income housing which was selected to enter funding rounds by Univ.'s startup incubation centre. Developed an all-terrain two-wheeled self-balancing, edge and obstacle avoiding bot with domestic and military applications,which piqued interests of industry experts from STMicroelectronics smart mobility team.
  • Developed a FPGA based ASIC design for commercial vending machines, which improved performance by 25 percent and reduced power consumption by 20 percent. The design was deemed as not viable commercially and not practical to implement, "it was a solution looking for a problem" by industry experts from NXP and Cadence.
  • Cleared Cognizant's training exams on SAP ABAP programming, SAP Basis, SAP Security and SAP GRC 12.0 (AC,PC,and RM) while on client projects with average scores of over 90 percent.
  • Consistently rated over 4/5 in every performance review based on Manager's and client's recommendations and was promoted to Administrator up from Analyst within one year of association with Cognizant.
  • Was awarded the Cognizant Cheers Award (Aug. 2020) as a show of appreciation by Cognizant for stellar performance and demonstrating passion during ACCO brands projects.
  • Was offered the full-time position of Assistant Manager (Burger King UK) just after 10 months at the job, based on the recommendations of Area Manager and Restaurant Managers.

Additional Information

  • Spoken Language: English(Native)
  • Programming Skills: C,Java,Verilog,and SAP ABAP (advanced)
  • Professional Memberships - CMI,ACM, and IEEE
  • Intermittently involved as a volunteer and contributor with HelpAge International (India Chapter) since 2010.
  • Part-time investor since 2016 in various publicly traded companies in US and India.(Industry: Technology,Consumer products,and FMCG)
  • Other Skills: MS office tools(advanced)(primarily Word,Excel and PowerPoint),commercial awareness,detail-oriented approach, creative and analytical problem solving.
  • Hobbies: Avid reader with wide-ranging interests like deep tech.,business,history, and psychology,etc., exploratory travels and adventure sports like rafting,ziplining,paragliding and parachuting.



Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt Professional(CSSC)(March 2019)

Associated Statistical Analysis Tool: Minitab

  • Bloomberg Market Concepts (Nov. 2021)
  • Udemy Courses - Complete guide to Investment Banking (Dec. 2021), Investment Banking pitchbooks (detailed overview), and Introduction to Corporate Finance (M&A) by Scott Powell (co-founder,CFI) (June 2022)
  • UOB's Future Potential Courses - Innovation and Enterprise (Dec 2021), Sustainable Futures and Global Citizenship (June 2023)
  • CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (May 2023)
  • Google Analytics Academy Courses - Advanced Google Analytics, Google Analytics for Power Users,Google Ads, Google Ad Manager, Data(Looker) Studio, and Google Tag Manager (July 2023)
  • Coursera Specializations - Management Consulting (Emory University), Data Analysis and Presentation Skills: the PwC Approach, Data Visualization with Tableau (UC Davis) (Sept. 2023)






Timeline

Management Consultant/Data/Business Analyst

Freelance/Independent
10.2023 - Current

Management Team Member (Fixed-Term,Contract)

Burger King UK
09.2022 - 08.2023

Research (pricing) Analyst (Remote,Contract)

ASKRIA (Fintech SAAS pre-series A startup)
04.2022 - 05.2022

Business (strategy) Analyst (On-site, Contract)

Digital Yacht
10.2021 - 11.2021

Master of Science - Management

University of Bristol
09.2021 - 02.2023

Tech. Analyst/Administrator (SAP GRC Consultant)

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2019 - 07.2021

UG Research Scholar (Applied Materials Science)

Shiv Nadar University
01.2018 - 05.2019

Electronics Intern (Instruments & Control systems)

National Aluminium Company Limited
05.2016 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Technology (Minor in Management) - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Shiv Nadar University
06.2015 - 05.2019

Higher Secondary School - Science (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
04.2013 - 04.2015

High School - General

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
03.2003 - 03.2013

Nanodegree Program - Agile Software Development

Udacity - School of Product Management

Professional Certification - Business Analytics

Upgrad Campus Program
Sudeb Bibaswan