Mirant Desai

M I R A N T D E S A I --EDUCATION Purdue University - Masters of Business Administration, Class of 2014 Merit Scholarship Grant AWARDS Innovation at Workplace (July 2010) Purdue Krannert Mentor SKILLS Corporate Strategy and Analysis, Client Development and Advocacy, Sales and Marketing, Cloud Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Market Research EXPERIENCE StartupCradle LLC – San Francisco, CA Founder, Feb 2017- Present, Web Link: https://thecradle.io Founded a cloud based SaaS platform that provides a one stop repository of productivity tools, educational resources, partners, and capabilities for startup founders, and small business owners Ernst and Young LLP - San Francisco, CA Senior Consultant, September 2015 - February 2017 Worked on a team of 4 practitioners to deliver $585m in free cash flow benefits from working capital improvements for a newly spun off $50B tech company Assisted in the day 1 – 100 planning of a tax and acquisition structuring PMO for a major acquisition of a web security solutions company Developed forecasting model to predict material requirements for a leading aerospace client, delivered $16M in inventory working capital benefits Deloitte Consulting, Strategy and Operations - New York, NY Management Consultant, July 2014 - July 2015 Identified cost reduction opportunities of $15million in product spend , and developed the operating model for the three-year strategic plan for a food company Assisted with the program management of a technology enabler for a service delivery transformation of the Procure to pay and Tax functions for a media client Amazon.com Senior Program Manager Intern, May 2013- July 2013 Developed an adaptive forecasting model for capacity planning to evaluate the fulfilment landscape of Amazon over a 3-year horizon Prepared a proposal to enhance the capacity planning process to integrate the predictive buying algorithm for sales and operations planning Larsen and Toubro Senior Engineer, June 2009- June 2012 Facilitated Quality Audits, incorporated a Workplace Management system, and conducted internal audits for compliance to the quality standards Planned the strategic sourcing and procurement of electrical and electronic inventory and consumables worth $20M w w w . m i r a n t d e s a i . c f