Ashutosh Nandeshwar

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
More than five years of computer applications experience with strong technical knowledge in statistical data analysis. Demonstrated success in conceptualizing, developing, and implementing new computer applications to enhance the efficiency of data analysis using Excel, Access, VBA and SQL. Proven leadership with successful organization of academic and non-academic events. Possess excellent communications skills along with expertise in the following areas:

CAREER OBJECTIVE
Institutional Research Specialist- where my strong statistical background, expertise in multiple software packages, hands-on experience with higher education data and being a quick learner will result in institution’s improved efficiency and productivity.

Education:

Coursework: Forecasting, Categorical Data Analysis, Data Mining, Advanced Analysis of Engineering Data, Design of Experiments, Statistical Methods, Advanced SAS Programming, Advanced Engineering Economy, Advanced Production Control, Inventory Theory, Total Quality Management, Quality/Reliability Engineering, Advance Manufacturing Process, Expert Systems in Manufacturing, Application of Neural Networks, Costing and Estimating for Manufacturing, Computer Aided Process Planning, Simulation with Arena.

Experience:
December 2006 to Present, Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Institutional Research Information Officer

• Designing, developing and maintaining a university wide dashboard using Excel and Xcelsius.
• Designing, developing and maintaining project tracking and management program using Access, SQL, and VBA.
• Generating reports for routine and urgent ad hoc requests using Access, SQL, and Brio.

August 2004 to December 2006, Office of Planning, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,
Graduate Administrative Assistant

• Developed and analyzed data mining models (trees, rules, and Bayes) for predicting enrollment from the admissions data.
• Developed models to forecast “at-risk” first-time freshmen’s using data mining tools-neural networks, decisions trees and linear regression.
• Designed, developing and maintaining project tracking and management program using Access, SQL, and VBA.
• Designed, developing and maintaining a database program for allotment of scholarships using Access, SQL, and VBA.
• Analyzed student financial data by performing longitudinal studies to increase the retention rate.
• Forecasted enrollment of first-time freshmen’s using Spreadsheet models.
• Assisted in training classes of basic and advanced Excel for West Virginia University employees.
• Created and maintained various macros in Excel and Access to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Generated reports for routine and urgent ad hoc requests using SAS, Access, SQL, and Discoverer Plus.
• Imported and managed the student enrollment, admissions, and financial flat file data of students of West Virginia University using Access and Excel.
• Analyzed student enrollment data for West Virginia University using SAS 9.01 and Discoverer Plus.
• Developed regression models for finding significant relationships in student recruiting data.
• Translated SAS programs used for report generation to Discoverer Plus.

May 2003 to May 2004, Division of Plant & Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,
Student Employee

• Designed and developed a product titled Biology and Life cycle Of Weeds (BLOW) in Swish 2.01 to show the growth of various weeds.
• Presented a poster at Northeastern Weed Science Society, Boston, 2004 meeting.

January 2003 to May 2003, Industrial Management and Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,
Teaching Assistant

• Graded homework and projects for Advanced Engineering Economy (a graduate level course).
• Tutored students with their course related problems.

August 2001 to December 2002, Industrial Management and Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,
Graduate Research Assistant

• Presented two papers at the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering annual meetings.
• Developed cost models for the US Navy’s ship dismantling project in Visual Basic.
• Developed learning curve model to estimate the ship dismantling cost in Visual Basic.

Other Experience: August 2001 to December 2003, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Projects Completed,

• Developed ADVEX: An Undergraduate ADVisory EXpert System to help student advisors by automatically selecting courses for undergraduate students.
• Developed a forecasting model for a call center using artificial neural networks.
• Designed and developed a spreadsheet model for economic evaluation using VBA and advanced Excel.

Honors/Activities: •Treasurer, Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honorary.
• Event coordinator, Indian Students Association.
• Member, International Neural Network Society.
• Member, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering.

Publications and presentations:

•Creese R. C., Nandeshwar A., “Improvement Curve and Revenue Cost Models”, AACE International Annual Meeting , 2003, Orlando, Florida.

•Creese R. C., Nandeshwar A., “Ship Deconstruction Cost Models”, AACE International Annual Meeting , 2002, Portland, Oregon.

•Nandeshwar A., Pujari N. A., Chandekar N., Sibal P., Tekriwal K., Gole S.V., “Materials management at WCL”, Trends in IE-2000, Nagpur, India (Consolation Prize).

Computer Skills: Mathematics/Statistics Tools: S-Plus, JMP, SAS 8.1, MATLAB 6.1, MathCad 2001, MINITAB 13, Design-Expert version 6, JMP 5.1.
Special Tools: Xcelsius, VP-Expert, ProModel, AFS 3D Solidification Modeling, NeuroShell 2, Arena 6.0.
Desktop Publishing: Dreamweaver MX, Swish 2, Flash, Front page, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat.
Languages: C, COBOL, Pascal, BASIC, VB 6.0, VBA, SQL. Operating Systems: Windows 98,00,XP Database: Oracle, Discoverer Plus. Office Packages: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access.

References: References available upon request.