Navin Chari, Ph.D

•Finished assessment focusing on strategic decisions in data management and governance to develop a Target Operating Model affecting people, processes, and technologies •Devised strategic approach for cloud migration, E2E testing, and data quality standards •Conceived roadmap to mask MDM and other systems to create gold-copies of test data •Established TDM Maturity Model and Test Data Strategy •Instituted rules and masked data sources in mainframe and RDBMS systems •Completed self-service provisioning, synthetic generation, and data reservation •Created on-demand test data for development, QA, performance, and load testing •Developed custom automated validation comprising PowerShell, SQL, and TDM •Working with vendor to develop product enhancements

•Architectural assessments, strategic roadmaps, and data security analyses •Designed CA TDM and CA ARD strategy documents and offering framework including reusable templates and estimation models •Conducted CA TDM training at various clients in NA •Assisted in multiple pre-sales activities for clients in NA, Europe, and Asia CA TDM implementation at a Canadian big-5 bank •Working closely with the VP Enterprise Testing Transformation to implement TDM •Strategic roadmap, Target Operating Model, governance, piloting strategy, benefit realization, enterprise enablement approach and implementation •Coordination with control partners to attain solution risk approval and create architectural blueprint, infrastructure design, and implementation plan CA ARD implementation at a US big-4 bank •Utilized CA ARD to determine optimal test cases and the data required through visual flows •Determined optimal test cases and the data required through visual flows •Established a catalogue of equations for data generation •Developed and implemented integration with ALM with custom PowerShell code •Enabled team working in Shanghai to utilize the tool on their own CA TDM implementation at a Canadian property & casualty insurance company •Created on-demand, highly-customized test data that generated cost savings by reducing effort and mean time to value and improved quality •Built framework to mask and create a copy of production data •Designed a comprehensive self-service approach to mask PII data in XML fields across multiple environments to facilitate data conversion from legacy systems into Guidewire •Developed custom solution to parse and mask CSIO EDI files and orchestrate automation •Masked mainframe system to obfuscate banking and financial information •Established a TDM Centre of Enablement to enable self-sufficiency for the client

•Performed multiple unbiased strategic assessments in continuous delivery in order to: -Assess DevOps, test data management, and data security practices -Create roadmaps to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency by 15-20% -Improve people, processes, and technologies to facilitate future growth -Mitigate against future losses due to data breaches •Analytics investigation for a large US entertainment company -Conducted statistical analyses of financial data to determine anomalies -Isolated irregularities and presented solutions to increase realized revenue -Enabled framework for situational awareness and reusable validation procedures •Formulated complex mathematical models for financial validation •Developed intricate validation procedures using SQL

•Developed sustainable product life-cycle (SPLC) framework for sustainable supply-chains •Authored state of art literature review covering life-cycle analyses (LCAs), ecological footprint, GHG and emergy accounting, and EcoDesign techniques •Used SPLC to focus on areas of improvement in product recovery, manufacturing, and support operations for organizations •Formulated mathematical models to maximize profitability and minimize negative environmental impact in these 3 areas •Created a 2-phased mathematical decomposition model to generate collection routes and scheduling for the recovery of end-of-life (EoL) products •Formulated a 2-stage control model for the strategic implementation of new and reconditioned components from recovered EoL products into the production plan •Developed an unconstrained non-linear warranty policy model to maximize the profitability of products manufactured with new and reconditioned components

An economic analysis of the feasibility of using a new bailing/compaction technology in the collection process of clear PET and aluminium cans from customer drop-off centres covered by the Resource Recovery Fund Board Nova Scotia. The first objective of the report was to analyze the Pilot Project underway in the HRM region. The next was to explore how the technology can be expanded to the rest of the provincial collection network using a multi-stage model. This optimization determined the optimal combination of routes and operational days in order to maximize net savings subject to facility, vehicle, and time constraints. This was a novel, custom-built heuristic utilizing GIS network data, TABU search, and a Mixed Integer Linear Program (MILP). The first stage solution set encompassed several scenarios including: Full Network (all depots), Reduced Network (depots with relatively high volumes) and Localized Network (the greater HRM vicinity).

Employed as a Consultant with Accenture for 3+ years, chiefly working in project management, business strategy, and process design. The majority of my clients were in the telecommunications and high-tech industries including RBC Insurance, Telus, EMC, and Bell Canada.

-Insurance Underwriting Strategy -Conducted sessions to determine Business and Functional Requirements -Determined key tasks, and ranked their importance/priority for the Business -Estimated tasks' respective effort, with regards to resource type and quantity -Created an implementation plan with an outlined timeline and cost estimate

-Developed standards, re-useable tools and processes -Coordination of Testing teams in Canada, India, and Russia -First point of contact for escalation upon failure, liaison to the business -Maintained Environment, tracked fixes, and implemented upgrades -Coordinated and triaged project-wide defects

-Design and implementation of two releases of a custom world-class customer service portal with a new implementation of Oracle Teleservice -Created test scripts as Functional Lead for Case Management project -Administrator for the project’s defects and enhancements tracking tool -Liaison with Development and Client testing teams -Supported Business Simulation and End User Acceptance Testing -Functional and Technical Subject Matter Expert in the conversion process -Created Technical Designs, built SQL code, oversaw migration and release -Managed dependencies on 5 client teams/applications located in 4 different offices -Established metrics, validation, and presentation to client executives

•Developed sustainable product life-cycle (SPLC) framework for sustainable supply-chains •Authored state of art literature review covering life-cycle analyses (LCAs), ecological footprint, GHG and emergy accounting, and EcoDesign techniques •Used SPLC to focus on areas of improvement in product recovery, manufacturing, and support operations for organizations •Formulated mathematical models to maximize profitability and minimize negative environmental impact in these 3 areas •Created a 2-phased mathematical decomposition model to generate collection routes and scheduling for the recovery of end-of-life (EoL) products •Formulated a 2-stage control model for the strategic implementation of new and reconditioned components from recovered EoL products into the production plan •Developed an unconstrained non-linear warranty policy model to maximize the profitability of products manufactured with new and reconditioned components

Determined ideal surface properties for a spacecraft that satisfied the desired temperature requirements while in orbit. This involved heat transfer, spacecraft thermal network models, numerical optimization, materials selection, and spacecraft dynamics and control.

Final design project consisted of performed a detailed analysis on a bulk carrier vessel's grain elevator system for Upper Lakes Group. This included designed a new system with 3D modelling and FEA to have the system running with a larger throughput. The design represented Queen’s University at the 2004 MMO Connections Competition.