RESUME
RAKESH MOPIDEVI
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1565 N Wildflower Dr, Apt 1002
Casa Grande, AZ 85222
(520) 271-4215
RakeshMopidevi@yahoo.com
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Multi-faceted professional, with Industrial Engineering & Mechanical Engineering skills and knowledge of managing information systems, looking for a full time position as an Analyst/Engineer, to leverage unique skills and experience to improve the business/engineering processes

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* 3 years of full time experience and an accrued knowledge of working on a variety of projects in Engineering, Information Systems and Manufacturing
* Product development, project management and business process analysis experience
* Use case analysis, UML Modeling and database management experience
* Successfully managed tasks in a $500K engineering project
* Experience of using discrete event simulation for manufacturing and supply chain domain
* Adept in systems engineering concepts and their application to analyze business processes

SOFTWARE SKILLS
* Languages: UML, PLSQL, Java, VB
* Design Tools: Rational Rose, Visio
* Database Environments: Oracle 9i, MS Access
* Simulation Modeling: Arena, Sigma
* Operations Research: Lindo, Lingo
* CAD/FEA Tools: I-DEAS, AutoCAD

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of working in projects involving Engineering, Information systems, Systems Modeling, Project Management / People Management and Product Development.

Information Systems
Performed detailed requirements gathering for various projects and translated business objectives and customer needs into clearly written business requirements. Assessed 'as-is' and 'to-be' status of the systems and performed gap analysis to determine the actions required
* Performed Functional Requirements Analysis and developed UML based use cases and Site Maps for a nation-wide real estate deals web site, Real Deals on Real Estate, as a summer intern
* Analyzed the processes involved in the development of optical instruments at Steward Observatory, to explore the ways for effective knowledge modeling, to increase productivity
* Designed a Project Proposal Management System for Department of Human Subjects Protection Program, University of Arizona. The project involved detailed Functional Requirements Analysis and Object Oriented modeling of the system using UML
* Developed a strategic IT plan for Eller College to focus IT assets and related business processes to meet the goal of being among the best in the sector
* A conceptual design, including ER Diagrams and relational schema, for a database is developed based on the gap analysis of the business processes for an Event Management System for a database course in MIS

Project Management / People Management
Successfully prioritized and managed tasks on $500K Engineering project, involving an interdisciplinary team, through product development and vendor selection.
* Generated functional decomposition diagrams to identify the tasks of the project
* Created PERT charts to prioritize and schedule tasks and allocate resources
* Regularly interacted with customers, technicians, machinists, vendors and administrative staff, for successful completion of the project as per the requirements
* Developed two phases of project in parallel, ensuring continuous progress on the project
* Documented all stages and details of the project for future reference and maintenance

Industrial Engineering
Worked on several projects involving IE skills including simulation, operations research and statistical analysis. Part of a Computer Integrated Manufacturing lab and worked on following -
* Design and conceptual development of a generic shop status manager: Masters Project on development of a software module to capture the current status of a generic manufacturing system aiding in applications like dynamic scheduling. Arena based simulation model is used to test the system. This can also be helpful in inventory management and reducing bullwhip effect in a supply chain
* A feasibility study of implementing time synchronization, using an optimistic approach for a distributed simulation scenario. It was compared with the conservative and real time approaches by analyzing a supply chain scenario built in simulation package Arena
* Discrete event simulation based shop floor control, based on a hub developed by NIST
* Project for a course in Modeling Manufacturing Systems, involved gaining experience in a team design project. Designed assembly system for multiple products and material handling systems to understand impact of variability on production rate and cycle time
* Integration of Scheduling with Simulation based shop floor control systems: Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Systems, Men and Cybernetics, 2001, Tucson, Arizona
* Analyzed the expandability and applicability of the XML manufacturing systems schema developed by NIST to commercial supply chain integration standards such as Rosettanet, ebXML, and BizTalk

3D Modeling/Design and Analysis
Worked on design projects at Center for Astronomy and Adoptive Optics, performing requirement analysis and FEA. Also Involved in Modeling, design optimization and drafting.
* Static and dynamic Analysis of Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI): Project on largest terrestrial telescope on earth, involved performing of the optic mounts in the instrument under gravity loading. Also performed model analysis by converting the lab environment mechanical noise measurements into load input files in Ideas
* Developed a mechanical design to support optical elements as guided by an optical design, to calibrate a multi-million dollar optical research instrument
* Designed a handling fixture to maneuver and transport multi-million dollar optical research instrument, while satisfying multiple constraints

WORK HISTORY
* Engineer, Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ, Sept '03- Present
* Business Analyst Intern, Vision7 Software, Tucson, AZ Summer '06
* Graduate Assistant, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab, Tucson, AZ Jan '01-Aug '03

EDUCATION
* MS, Management Information Systems, Eller Business School, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Expected Graduation - Dec '06
* MS, Industrial Engineering, SIE Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Aug '03
* BS, Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, May '00

HONORS
* Awarded McKinstry Memorial Foundation Scholarship at McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
* Awarded Graduate College Math Stipend at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
* Awarded Graduate Fellowship at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
* Awarded Graduate Tuition Scholarship at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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COVER LETTER

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Dear Hiring Manager,

I have 3 years of professional experience and worked on projects in Engineering, Manufacturing and Information Systems. While working on these projects, I had the opportunity to gain experience of being in a team and also in a project management role.

I started my professional career quest with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I pursued MS degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Arizona, with focus on Manufacturing. It helped me to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to design, model, analyze and manage modern complex systems. During the course of MS degree, I was associated with the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) lab and worked on several projects dealing with application of discrete event simulation, using Arena, in Manufacturing and Supply Chain domains.

At the same time, I also worked as a graduate research assistant at Steward Observatory in the University. I was involved in 3D modeling, design and FEA. This helped me to hone my time management skills and helped me to master multi-tasking. Towards the end of my MS, I was offered a full-time Engineer position at Steward Observatory to work on an instrument that is part of largest terrestrial telescope on earth. I took the exciting opportunity and been there for 3 years now and worked on several interesting projects and also dabbled with project management.

I realized during my MS that in today’s world, information systems play a really important part and it helps an engineer with domain knowledge to know more about how to manage the data associated with engineering tasks. While continuing in my full-time position as Engineer, I pursued MS in Management of Information Systems at University of Arizona. Consequently, I was involved in several projects dealing with development of information systems and performed business process analysis. I used database concepts and use case analysis in the projects and designed systems using UML.

I strongly believe that in a competitive environment, companies need multi-dimensional personnel to successfully integrate different functional groups within the organization. I feel comfortable and confident of my abilities to work not only in any of the functional areas in my expertise, but also in other areas by learning new skills.

I look forward to talk to you more about myself and how can I contribute to the success of your company. Thank you very much for your time and patience.

Rakesh Mopidevi
- posted by Rakesh @ 9:30 AM