About Me

Technology Risk Specialist - Qubole in Silicon Valley - Santa Clara, California
MS Information Management (Data Analytics) - University of Maryland
USA Summer Intern 2019 at Ernst & Young, LLP - Risk Advisory Practice - Tysons Virginia, USA
Former Risk Analyst (FTE) at Ernst & Young, LLP (GDS) - Bangalore, India
BE in Computer Science Engineering - VTU, DSCE, Bangalore, India

Professional Goal: Continuously drive for excellence, both for organization and self and work in a challenging environment that provides me an opportunity for growth and continuous learning.

I can fit in well into combined or specialized roles involving: Techno-Managerial, Security-Risk, Automation-Analytics, and IT-Audit exposures.

More about my current gig:
Currently, working as a Technology Risk Specialist with Qubole in Silicon Valley, California upon graduating with my Masters from the University of Maryland in Information Management (Data Analytics). It has been a great hands-on in the industry with Qubole Tech GRC / Security team and I have been leading projects for Audit Automation using Python and Big Data through affiliated platforms at Qubole including AWS, GCP, Azure, etc. and have successfully completed Internal Audits as well as External Audits for SOC2, ISO, and HIPAA frameworks.

More about my past endeavors:
Working for a year with Ernst & Young (GDS - INDIA) & (US - VIRGINIA) brought me a greater exposure in the Consulting and Management Industry. Performing IT Audits, SOC Report Evaluation, Anti-Money Laundry Audits, Asset Management Audits, IT Application Controls Testing, Third Party Risk Management & CUEC Walkthroughs in compliance with SOX (Sarbanes Oxley 404) had been my major competencies gained with EY.

Working for a year as Risk Anayst with Ernst & Young LLP along with a promotion as Operations Analyst for EY TPRM Project - Trusight Solutions Pvt. Ltd.brought me a greater exposure in the Risk, Consulting and Management Industry. Through my Summer Internship 2019 at EY, I gain another hands-on-experience as External Audior for FAIT engagements for Fortune 500 banking sector clients, along with gained skillsets through my post graduation course at UMD, I look forward to fit into a more suitable position in the industry and generate better business solutions to exponentially enhance the productivity of outcomes.

During masters, post working as a TA for a Statistics (R) Professor -- I worked with the Robert H. Smith School of Business as Technology Analyst supporting the OCS Tech Team to manage their hiring portal HireSmith hosted on 12Twenty. Accomplished a cloud-integration Salesforce Project where I am Developing a ubiquitous system to integrate and synchronize data movement and operations using SQL and Python API. Through my stint at the position, I have Improved and Developed the career services portal and student database of the business school called HireSmith (ERP/CRM Tool).

Couple of other adventures includes work experiences with astTecs Communications, Merkur Gaming, Riyash Exports, IL&FS Technologies, and Om Kothari Foundations.

While studying Computer Science Engineering & Masters of Information Management, I could foresee the future of organizations lie in Business Transformation, which would be the key differentiating factor for the best-managed companies.

My mission is much more than acquiring a degree in Information Management. It is an exciting voyage of discovery to unravel the most efficient ways of enhancing business!