Hemant Desai

Hemant Desai

Technical Project Manager | Management Consulting| Senior Consultant | Machine Learning| Data Analytics| Product management Enthusiast

Waterloo, ON · 20-30 hrs/week

About

Certified Azure, and SAS associate I am currently working as a Technical Project Manager with a Management Consulting firm Protiviti in their Technology Consulting practice. I am an Electrical Engineer with 5+ years of PM and business analysis experience. I have done masters focused on data science from the University of Waterloo and my courses are based on Statistical and Quantitative data analytics, Operations Research, Machine learning. I have worked as a data scientist and data researcher at the University of Waterloo, my research responsibilities includes exploratory data analysis, literature review, finding proficient solution of the problem and documentation. I am proficient in python, R, SAS, Azure, MS Excel.

Skills

Analytical ThinkingCompetitive AnalysisConsultingData AnalysisData ScienceMachine LearningMarket ResearchMicrosoft ExcelProblem SolvingProduct ManagementProject ManagementPythonRTableau

Experience

  • Technical Project Manager · ProtivitiInvalid date

    Working as a Technical project manager in a management consulting firm. Responsibilities includes requirements gathering, preparing Software development requirements, functional and non-functional diagrams, UID, project planning, scheduling,monitoring and control, and closing as per PMBOK. Technical Skillset : Business Analysis, project management, reporting, agile methodologies, python, Azure, R, SAS

  • Data Scientist · Statistics and Actuarial Science Dept, University of Waterloo07-04-2022 – 01-31-2023

    Managed large data sets, removed anomalies, prepared regression models using python, reported insights for decision making Technical Skillset : Python, R, SAS, Qualtrics, Power BI, Azure

  • Data Researcher · University of Waterloo07-07-2021 – 10-31-2021

    Researched historical data, analyzed market trends in cars, insurance industry and supported client in product improvement. ● Provided analysis with ML models using R, python, for critical decision making to leaders, along with accurate documentation

  • Project Manager - Analytics and Product · TBEA06-01-2017 – 09-06-2020

    Developed a pricing analytics model using python for effective pricing during client negotiations which increased orders by 15% ● Uncovered competitive insights with quantitative market research, data analysis using Python & MS Excel (VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, Pivot Tables, Conditional formatting), formulated accurate winning quotes that resulted in high profit-margins. ● Provided ad-hoc report analysis for finance and supply chain team to drive insights and make recommendations. ● Coordinated with cross functional teams (design, finance, legal and supply chain), provided a smooth collaborative experience.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant - Project Management · University of Waterloo09-01-2021 – 08-31-2022

    Tutored Project Management, Quality Management & Control to students and provided constructive feedbacks on their projects

Education

  • University of WaterlooGraduate Degree, Data Science and Analytics
  • MS University, IndiaBachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering

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