COMPUTER ENGINEER

Gowtham Sivakumar

EXPERTISE

Data Analysis and Visualization

Defining KPIs and Metrics

Business Intelligence

Dashboard Creation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MATLAB, PYTHON and R

Microsoft Office and SQL

Power BI and Tableau

Engineering graduate with an entrepreneurial mindset seeking opportunity in an analytical,

technology-driven organization that encourages innovative thinking

EXPERIENCE Administrative Support Premier Carbon Industries | Stakeholder • Conducted market research based on current business processes used by manufacturing

company to design a strategy to improve brand image and increase its market share. • Segmented customers based on demographics and product needs and provided digital

marketing recommendations, helping the firm increase its client base by 8%.

Software Development Intern Trainedge Consulting Pvt. Ltd | Jan 2012 – May 2012 • Developed Windows applications working with the Lead Application Developer • Successfully developed an algorithm for a paycheck tax calculator ‘Bizcal’ providing

specifications, prototypes, support for window orientations and HD integration

Project Trainee Tawnia Auto Electronics | Jun 2013 – Nov 2013 • Studied manufacturing and operation of circuit breakers used in power transmission • Analyzed electronic circuit breaker data, manipulated and recorded data observations • Presented the findings to the management highlighting its applications and advantages

compared to conventional circuit breakers offered by competitors

Strategy Consultant SOKOWATCH | Aug 2015 – Dec 2015

Re-engineered data governance strategy, identified ETL activities and designed

database for analysis using Data Modeler helping the firm reduce data loss rate by 18%

Achieved a correlation of 24.1% in the logistic regression model developed using Mixpanel and SAS to provide a linkage between FMCG sales and disposable income

Business Analyst Reflexis Inc. | May 2015 – Jul 2015

Involved in Data Analysis implementing SQL query and Data Warehousing techniques resulting in quicker data collection and lesser turnaround time.

Created BI reports with SQL and in-house reporting tool to provide insights on tax payments and returns for multiple business units

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Master of Science (MS) | May 2016 | Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

New Horizon College of Engineering, Karnataka, India, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) | June 2013 | Major: Electronics and Communications

EDUCATION

PERSONAL

Gowtham Sivakumar

@GothamBuddha

Time Series Estimation for connected M2M devices | UIC | Dec 2015 – Mar 2016

Used M2X Services and Flow Designer APIs to integrate devices onto IoT applications.

Integrated TI MSP432 LaunchPad with the CC3100MOD BoosterPack to connect to the the server of the Flow Designer and make HTTP requests.

Developed a flow, curl and a web-based REST client using to Gather data from servers

Performed Ridge Regression on received data to estimate energy saved by smart cities Regression Analysis of House Prices - Zappos | Coursera | Feb 2015 – Apr 2016 • Used Graphlab and logistic regressions to generate sample groups for A/B testing the

new Zestimate model. • Created KPIs to measure the impact and viability of the tools, services, and platforms. • Performed ad hoc statistical / quantitative analysis to address vital business questions

and used the story mode in Tableau to provide a data-driven solution.

PROJECTS

CERTIFICATION

-Microsoft- Certified Application Developer

-Coursera-

Developing Ideas for Companies Machine Learning: Regression

Executive Data Science Data Warehousing

-University of Illinois- Applied Startup Knowledge

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-Rotary Club- Rotract Chapter President

@GowthamSvkmr

Email: gowtham.svkmr@gmail.com Mobile: (312) 972 6072 Website:GothamBuddha.net