TANIA ARORA
214-799-4750|tania.arora89@gmail.com| www.linkedin.com/in/taniaarora
EDUCATION
Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
M.S., Business Analytics | M.S, International Management Studies
Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India
B. Tech, Computer Science
May 2016
June 2007
CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL SKILLS
Certifications:
Certified J2EE Programmer Hewlett-Packard India Pvt. Ltd, Google Analytics Certification-Google Inc.
Analytics Tools:
SAS, Advanced Excel
Programming:
SQL, Java, SAS Programming, HTML
SAP:
ERP, Business Data Warehousing, BEx Designer, BEx Analyzer, Crystal Reports, XCelsius
Databases:
Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access
Documentation Tools:
MS PowerPoint, Project 2013, Visio
Others:
SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, ProjectMangement, Requirement gathering, Data mining techniques
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The University of Texas at Dallas
May 2014-present
Teaching Assistant
 Leading Query sessions for 100+ students for courses: Global Business and Introduction to MIS
 Establish expert proofreading skills while grading at least 50 assignments and case studies on a monthly basis
 Researched and identify papers for future class discussions and projects
Inside Software Pvt. Ltd, Dehradun, India
Feb 2013-Feb 2014
Lead Analyst
 Achieved savings of approximately 2 Million USD dollar by reducing SDLC time by 20%
 Pioneered the project using Waterfall, Agile Methodology and SWOT and GAP Analysis for feasibility and improved integration
 Managed effective communication by acting as a Liaison between customer and development team of 5
 Led and managed status meetings with stakeholders
 Received service excellence award for streamlining the deployment process with efficient planning & division of responsibilities
Digiweb Software Services Pvt. Ltd, Jaipur, India
Jun 2011-Oct 2012
Business/Data Analyst
 Employed data mining techniques to explore the data and find the consistent pattern and validate it to new subsets of Data
 Analyzed results and Interpreted data using statistical techniques: clustering, association, classification and ANOVA
 Defined workflows and business flow diagrams using MS Visio
 Integrated projects with Microsoft SQL 2012 for accessing and manipulating database systems
 Accomplished star of the month employee award among a group of 50 employees
Infosys Campus Connect: Infosys, Jaipur, India
May 2010-Aug 2010
Summer Intern
 Selected for the Infosys campus, connecting program – One of the 100 Students across India
 Enforced software development process to develop an inventory and sales management system for a department store
ACADEMIC PROJECT
Predictive Marketing Analytics,ConAgra Foods,UT Dallas
 Executed regression analysis to predict reasons for the decline in frozen food consumption in the US market
 Strategized a predictive model to increase frozen food consumption of top American food manufacturer
 Achieved 2nd position among 18 groups for our analysis to ConAgra Foods consumer analytics team
Business Intelligence
• Assessed and interpreted data to find consistent patterns and to apply various Business Techniques
• Evaluated data sets comprised of training data and testing data, with predictive models
Jan 2014-present
Jan 2014- present
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONS
Global Business Organization, UT Dallas – Secretary
Aug 2014-Present
 Educating 70 students to prepare them for the business world by fostering a deeper understanding of cultures and business
etiquette
 Drafting minutes of meetings, maintaining club membership records and an attendance roster