Pratik Patel

747 N Wabash Ave Apt1303ac, Chicago, IL 60611 (m) 734.673.9305 pp56ce32@westpost

.net
Highly-motivated seasoned consultant looking to leverage industry experience and
MBA, interested in a senior level position. Experience in business consulting,
project management, and solution delivery management
EDUCATION:
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
Master in Business Administration - Information Systems & Manufacturing
June 2010
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
Bachelor of Business Administration - Information Systems & Manufacturing
April 2003
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Accenture Management Consulting (5/07 to 1/09) - Systems Integration Cons
ulting Chicago, IL
* Developed general and detailed designs for interfaces between mainframe and fu
ture state system. Lead client meetings and documented current AS-IS process for
interface work. (Federal Government)
* Lead reporting workstream for Best Practices and Industry Standards around Pre
-Certification and Notification. Provided dedicated work stream support for futu
re for Executive Dashboard and Operational Reporting. (Health & Life Science)
* Lead initiatives in a PMO to develop reporting strategies/metrics for utilizat
ion of labor hours in a development center. (State Government)
* Lead client meetings to achieve strategic value in executive reporting standar
ds for client's PMO. Integrated client's data extracts into Access to develop me
asurable reports. (High Tech & Communication)
* All consulting based on internal SDLC methodology
Ford Motor Company (01/06 to -5/07) - Technology Management: Business Ana
lyst Dearborn, MI
* Developed processes to improve asset lifecycle, identified business requiremen
ts, data elements and documented user guides
* Provide guidance and best practices for Center of Excellence for Asset Center
integration for the entire North American Data Center
* Trained department with each release coordinated UATs, process flows and risk
analysis of system/process enhancement
* Publish metrics across multiple business lines to insure proper end of lease d
ates are achieved 15 departments
* Provide technical business requirements for the Asset Center the development t
eam
* Reconcile data, scrub, manipulate and normalize data for import into the DB
* Conducted financial analysis on all IT fixed assets for Data Center Storage T
eam
Ford Motor Company (12/04 to 12/05) - Asset Management: Systems Administrator
Dearborn, MI
* Administrator of Asset Center tool and Operational Support (1st & 2nd level)
* Performed software/server configuration changes and performance tuning. Report
ed on data issues
* Performed Unit and Code testing
* Analyzed and corrected batch cycle deficiencies. Enforced Sarbanes-Oxley initi
atives per company standards
* Single point of contact between business teams and Asset Management Developmen
t team
* Conducted problem resolution of data issues, tailoring of data views and repor
ts for customers
* Installed, configured, documented and maintained servers and recommend improve
ments
AAA - Auto Club Group (4/03 to 1/04) - Storage Management: Storage Analyst
Dearborn, MI
* Analyzed, tested and prepared server storage backups and procedures for all AA
A branches in seven states
* Monitored 90 servers for data backup integrity. Performed backup testing analy
sis and planning for all data restores
* Diagnosed system failures to isolate issues between hardware and application s
oftware
AAA - Auto Club Group (6/02 to 04/03) - Asset Management: Procurement Anal
yst Dearborn, MI
* Continually identified and analyzed data and process methods to achieve accura
te data integrity
* Owned all IT invoices for payment and processing. Processed all work orders fo
r all deployed IT assets for AAA
Plante & Moran, L.L.P. (1/00 to 9/00) - Management Consultant: Intern
Southfield, MI
* Collaborated on projects from IT-Litigation, RFPs for clients, software select
ion
* Designed a client/vendor database for an internal use
* Participated on a Y2K Proof of Loss Litigation project. Reengineered the datab
ase for the project
* Gathered, analyzed, and modeled data as a liaison between the different depart
ments in the MCS team
SKILLS & TOOLS:
(References available upon request)