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Masters in Engineering Management
👋 Hey there! I’m Vaishnavi (Vaish), an Engineering Management Student on a mission to build awesome things that make life easier and more exciting.
I thrive at the intersection of technology and management, with a background in software engineering and my interest in helping people be their best version. I also love turning ideas into impactful, user-friendly products. Discovering the Master’s in Engineering Management degree was super exciting for me, as this is the path that will help me follow the stuff I enjoy as a career. (Do what you love and love what you do right?)
I’m passionate about:
💡 Driving innovation in tech
🤝 Building products that users can’t live without
🔄 Continuous learning and collaboration
When I’m not solving tech puzzles, you can find me:
🎮 Enjoying a good puzzle-solving game
📚 Learning random trivia
🍴 Trying out different food( cooking or eating out)
🎬 Watching some new show or movie and googling its cast and plot theories
Let’s connect and talk about Product Management, your favorite place to eat, or even the latest best thing you watched!
I am currently seeking internship/co-op in Spring, Summer, Fall 2025 to leverage my techno-managerial skills from 3 years’ experience to drive impactful projects within dynamic teams and deliver innovative customer-centric products in fast-paced environments.
Experience
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Product Engineer
Target CorporationResponsibilities include:
- Headed a team of 6 to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for an HR tool to automate recruitment scheduling; Implemented Agile methodologies to effectively assign tasks, manage tight timelines and create Product Requirement Documents (PRD).
- Directed teams as Scrum Master, orchestrating sprint ceremonies with clear communication, ensuring timely completion of deliverables to build in-house applications replacing third party software saving $500000 annually.
- Led security initiatives, cross collaborated with sister teams to address endpoint vulnerabilities, automated processes with Vulnerability Management as a Service (VMaaS) tools, and boosted efficiency, saving 14 man-hours monthly.
- Optimized software code structure, reducing issue resolution time by 5%, increasing effectiveness of production support during peak sales season and minimizing downtime.
- Prioritized feature rollouts, optimized UI/UX and built APIs to enhance applications’ performance and streamline functionality. Managed the product lifecycle while communicating with stakeholders to ensure alignment on product vision.
- Organized innovative team-building initiatives, significantly boosting interdepartmental collaboration and cohesion, facilitated women in tech group to address challenges, fostering an inclusive community and supporting career development.
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Software Engineering Intern
Fidelity InvestmentsResponsibilities include:
- Developed reusable and scalable batch pipeline for Grafana dashboards, automating data extraction from CSV files, storing into databases, and streamlining visualization of applications’ health into a unified dashboard, reducing analysis time to 1 click.
- Collaborated with Personalization Business Unit (PZN), backing multiple applications across various business units ensuring seamless integration and performance optimization, addressing needs of each unit to enhance UX and operational efficiency
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Student Intern
Daman InsuranceResponsibilities include:
- Synergized with IT Security on a (CMDB) Configuration Management Database project; built a Python tool to convert XML files to Excel, boosting efficiency by 10%.
- Collaborated with IT Service Desk, CMDB team, and IT Access Management to gain insights into business functions, enhancing cross-functional understanding and project alignment.
Education
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Masters in Engineering Management
Purdue UniversityGPA: 4.0/4.0
Technical Project Manager, Bayer SISTAC (Experiential learning); Building a data-driven decision-making dashboard, identifying KPI’s and leveraging AI for transforming the service providing online healthcare at a start-up.
Courses included:
- Risk Analysis and Management
- Project Management
- Marketing Management
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B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering
National Institute of Technology (NIT) CalicutGPA: 7.99/10.0