ASHISH AGARWAL
C/O INSEAD, 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, Singapore- 138676 Cell: +65- 8180 2185; Email: Ashish.Agarwal@alumni.insead.edu
EDUCATION
INSEAD – Wharton MBA Program Singapore/France Master of Business Administration Candidate, Major in Finance and Entrepreneurship /USA, 2006 Portfolio Manager - INSEAD's Asset Management Club: Portfolio selected earned 16% return on Euro 50000 endowment Executive Committee: Global Leadership Development and Entrepreneurship Club- Actively involved in organizing Entrepreneurship and Networking events National Institute of Technology – Trichy (N. I. T. – Trichy) India, Bachelor of Technology, Major in Chemical Engineering, Minor in Computer Science 1995-1999 Captain, University Cricket Team and was awarded 'Best Cricketer' at N.I.T. – Trichy As President of Alumni Association (1999 batch), organized social networking events, and raised donations for my college Summer Research Assistant at I. I. T. – Delhi, India : Successfully developed simulation model of a Cooling Tower
EXPERIENCE
UPSTREAM VENTURES (Asian early age Venture Capital firm, www.upstreamventures.com) Singapore/India Summer Intern Jul - Aug, 2006 Performed financial valuation, business planning and analyzed exit opportunities for the portfolio companies Conducted PE/VC field research for ‘Deal Sourcing’ opportunities in the Indian market. Report was prepared after meeting several VC firms in India and presented the same during the Asia-Pacific Private Equity Conference in Hong Kong PEROT SYSTEMS (A Fortune – 1000 and among Fortune's most admired IT Consulting firms) Project Manager (2004-2005), Technical Lead (2001-2004), Software Engineer (1999-2001) USA/UK/India 1999-2005
Due Diligence and Financial Analysis Led feasibility studies, prepared RFP, performed NPV analysis and did due diligence to evaluate viability of projects budgeting up to $10 million and presented them to executive committee Responsible for P&L for projects amounting to $5 million. Negotiated annual budget allocation, and performed periodic cost and productivity analyses resulting in costs savings of 12% Implemented $7 million Financial Management System for a major healthcare client in US Teamwork and Leadership Continuous record of out of turn promotions, having started as a Software Engineer (1999) to Senior Software Engineer (2000), was promoted out of turn to Technical Lead(2001) and then to Project Manger (2004) Led a multinational team of 18 analysts to provide end-to-end business solution to European clients. Introduced best practices in project management, thereby increasing revenues by 33%. Subsequently, the team won the 'Most Valuable Team' award Strategy and Business Development Led IT business solution strategy, prepared go-to-market strategies and marketed different IT service offerings to financial and insurance firms, and the government sector Enabled a major insurance client in Europe cut costs by 25%, by successfully creating and implementing the IT outsourcing service delivery model. Helped the client to successfully set up Multi-Site offshore solution centers in India Analyzed and assessed security threats, and created Application Security and Disaster Recovery Master Plans for large governmental organizations and media industry Problem Solving and Analytical Skills Provided effective Crisis Management by developing Electronic Data Interchange applications to help US client meet healthcare (HIPAA) acts, thus avoiding $5 million in non-compliance penalties Introduced change management to reduce processing times by a third, for a Licensing software for the Indian Government Designed and implemented small to large sized databases, one of which was acclaimed as 'Best database design' by Oracle Corporation and the US client benchmarked it for future designs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Achievements: 'Employee Performance of the Year' award successively in 2000, 2001 by Perot Systems Highlighted technical challenges and solutions in the IT industry, and authored two technical papers Awarded the prestigious National Talent (top 0.05%) scholarship by Government of India Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator Languages: Hindi (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Basic Under Study), Punjabi (Fluent)