50 Fairwood Drive, (480) 228-4370

Greenwood cove, Rochester, NY SARATHCHANDRA TUMULURI st9379@rit.edu

14623. Available – Summer& Fall 2017
Summary
Industrial Engineering graduate student seeking Summer-2017 internship. Areas of expertise include Manufacturing
process improvements, Lean six sigma and Data analytics.

Education
• Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY May 2018
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering (16,000$ Merit Scholarship)
• Osmania University - Hyderabad, India June 2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial and Production Engineering

Work Experience
Research Assistant INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS ACTIVITY (IARPA, ROCHESTER) AUG 2016 – Present
- Implementing advanced forecasting methods and MRP systems to manage capacity planning and potentially
reduce manufacturing costs of clients by 20%.
- Achieved 5% improvement in forecasting accuracy by using Design of Experiments and time series forecasting.
- Created warning signals for possible stock-outs within lead time or late purchase orders using R scripts and Java.
- Created PFEP databases to schedule process that confirms with regulatory authority (FDA), identifies shelf life of
products and determines product packaging (reduced oxygen packaging) etc. in client retail stores.

Business Analyst WELLS FARGO BANK (HYDERABAD, INDIA) JUL 2014 - Jun 2016
- Provided timely updates to all the stake holders involved in the project by generating non confirmation (NCR) and
daily status reports using Excel tools and data consolidation techniques.
- Deciphered the business requirements and helped cross functional teams in appreciating the importance.
- Negotiated technical and non-technical solutions to conform with the technical architecture of business user.
- Ensured accuracy and clean-up of data using R scripts which formed the design criteria specifications of vendors.

Industrial Engineering Intern FORD MOTOR COMPANY (CHENNAI, INDIA) DEC 2013 - FEB 2014
- Conducted time studies and applied cGMP’s to identify and eliminate bottle necks in engine assembly line.
- Achieved a 15% reduction in cycle time of glass guling skid.
- Worked with a team that Developed & engineered labor standards using MOST®.
- Minimized Inventory holding costs by 6% through Just In Time (JIT) and VMI Initiatives.

Industrial Engineering Intern ACE DESIGNERS (BENGALURU, INDIA) DEC 2012 - MAR 2013
- Reduced rejection rate of spindles by 2% in a spindle manufacturing division of Machine Tool Industry.
- Developed control charts to identify root causes for controlled and uncontrolled variations in processes.

Skills & Certificates

• Tools: Value stream mapping, PDCA, A3, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Kaizen events, FMEA, Root cause analysis, Project
priority matrix, Cost benefit analysis and Design of experiments.
• Programming Languages: R Programming, SQL, AutoCAD, Microsoft office suite, Bash Shell Scripting, Java, Python
and Microsoft Access.
• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Oracle Certified Java Programmer.

Awards and Recognition

• Winner of shared success award for system automation in Anvil Repo Trading Business at Wells Fargo Securities.
• Winner of Forecasting model competition for achieving least error measure value in Short term electric load
Forecast held at RIT.