30~Essay 1: Your Professional Experience and Achievements (minimum 500 words)

Please describe your professional experience and career progression to date including the dates
of any promotions and salary increases.
We would like to learn about the companies you have worked for, the breadth and depth of the
knowledge you have acquired in the workplace, your key achievements, your management and
international business experiences and the impact you have made in your different roles.
Particularly highlight the parts of your career that demonstrate any of the following:
Managing people (team, business area, department, company)
Managing client relationships
Leading significant projects
Managing budgets, resources or processes
Defining/influencing strategy
International exposure
Entrepreneurial experience
Sree:
I started my career in 2008, when the world was hit badly by recession & the
trend was no different for me either. I was briefed about the delayed
conversion of my campus offers by the campus placement cell of my college.
I came to know about a contractual, full time opportunity on one of my
favorite subjects- databases & opted for it.
I was appointed as a Software Programmer at Bengal Industrial Training Center.

I was assigned to work for the database engineering domain & started providing datamodeling solutions for the in-house projects. Subsequently, I was roped in for planning
the upgrade to automated solutions for internal proceedings. This required me to pick up
the related skillsets in databases/oracle.
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4. Assist in Database Administration (DBA) activities

Initiatives and achievements:

1. Caught up with the data modelling concepts, implemented solutions
2. Had a semi-independent role in the DBA zone- had to work for it

3. Supported my team mate & led the assignments

After about a year, nearing the end of my contractual tenure, my campus offer got converted, & I
joined Cognizant Technology Solutions as a Trainee & then went on to assume the
role of a Technology Analyst- CRM. Initially I started as a team member for the
marketing financials management team, but was entrusted with the responsibility of
leading the team. I also contributed to the other aspects of the project as a team
member-i.e. on the marketing resource management approval flows, workflows etc.
Please find the details outlined underneath.
Cognizant Technology Solutions- Customer relationship management (CRM),
VerticalsTravel & Hospitality (Client: Wyndham Hotel Group)
Life Sciences (Client: Astrazeneca)

Job Responsibilities:
1. Learn the basics of Marketing Automation, Aprimo MRM Suite (Teradata)
2. Be the second in hierarchy, manage the team responsible for Aprimo Financials
Management,
3. Be involved with supporting the clients through budgeting, forecasting,
commitments, closeouts
4. Ensure that SLAs have been respected
5. Contribute as a team member for the development efforts
Initiatives and achievements:
1. Successful in catching up on the unknown zone of Marketing Automation
2. Interacted with clients effectively
3. Held the team together & guide junior team mates into working independently,
but with synergy
4. Had a positive role in transitioning knowledge for on-boarding team members
After working with Cognizant for almost 3 years, I thought it was time for change.
Although I did acknowledge owing a lot of my knowledge to the opportunities I as
presented with, during my tenure with Cognizant- the idea of exploring something
novel, working for a client in a different domain, excited me. Thus, I ended up with
switching over to a new organization. I was instantly deputed domestically &
following would be the details pertaining to my employment.

Jun 2012 - Nov 2013, Kolkata, India

Tata Consultancy Services (India) Full
Time
Systems Engineer
Verticals: Hi-Tech (Client: Xerox)
Insurance (Client: Aegon Religare)

Job Responsibilities:
1. Design & consult on Marketing Automation Initiatives
2. Suggest ideas to help maximize ROI, assist with upselling & cross-selling
initiatives
3. Lead the team, design the developments and manage team synergy
4. Co-ordinate with the partner vendors to facilitate optimal solutions for the client
5. On-board team-mates, transition knwoledge & help them in getting upto speed
Initiatives and achievements:
1. Successful in getting the delivery process structured, making the developments
process-oriented
2. Streamlined resource allocations, helped usher in work-load balance
3. Worked for & convinced the client for more assignments
4. Transitioned smoothly into the existing lead's role & maintained team synergy,
been methodical
5. Monitoring of support cases, very rare SLA breaches happened, mostly due to
vendor issues
Things were pretty much sorted, though I had an inherent desire to work for a
product based organized. The one thought of brain storming on marketing
automation ideas for my employer, rather than the clients presented itself now &
then. Quite miraculously, I received a call from my future employer, about pursuing
a job opportunity. I considered it worthwhile to give it a shot & things worked out
perfect. I am still working with the same employer below are my employment
specifications.

Jan 2014 Till date, Pune, India

Symantec Software India Pvt. Ltd. (Full Time)
Senior IT Applications Specialist
US trip: Business tour to Mountain View for attending a seminar/workshop from
vendor-Oracle.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Develop Marketing Automation initiatives on Eloqua by Oracle. Work on Multichannel Campaigns
2. Provide Insight on Campaign Analytics, Dashboards, Lead Management, Lead
Scoring Models
3. Assist with Customer Profiling, Reaching the Target Audience,
4. Contribute to the Data Side, Manage Data Integrity across the platform
5. Work on Security, Privilege Issues as Eloqua Admin Lead, Digital Asset
ManagementForms/Landing Pages
Initiatives and achievements:
1. Have picked up working on a new platform within no time, got self-trained &
certified
2. Managed the expectations for the India team, put forth process orinetd ideas
3. Assist with on-boarding newer team-mates, provide guidance & leadership,
introduced
methodologies
4. Supportive of the leadership changes, accommodated for the organizational restructuring
5. Have been candid about my capabilities & diligent about every assigment that
has come my way