SOMNATH BANERJEE

Phone: +91-8098 530 577

somnath.banerjee.85@gmail.com

Summary
Worked in IT consulting assignments for Banking and Financial Services domain, including projects from diverse practices namely Core Banking
Solutions, Loss Mitigation Firms, Identity Management and Clearing houses. Strong client management, project management and change
management skills along with the ability to lead teams in delivering the business solutions to the customers with utmost quality. Seeking a role
in IT consulting assignments with high degree of client exposure.

Academic Distinctions

PGPM (Marketing and IT) from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, IN

Bachelor of Engineering (Computers) from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune (Passed in 2007)

Repeatedly awarded ‘Best Performer of the Year’ for academic excellence and CCA participation in school

All India Rank 81 in 5th National Science Olympiad

Empirical Study
A study on Factors affecting the Decision of Implementation of an ERP Project in an organization

The research will reveal the factors which play the most instrumental role in an organization’s decision to implement an ERP.

The research will give an insight on the deviation of the perceived and the actual benefits from an ERP solution.

Professional Experience
Cognizant Technology Solutions Oct 2007- April 2010
Designation - Analyst/Subject Matter Expert

JP Morgan Chase (USA), EuroClear (Belgium), Round Point Mortgage (USA), Open Solutions Inc. (USA)
Clientele

Appointed as the youngest member of the 6 member Subject Matter Expert team for JPMC-IMSD, which provided
consultation to the whole IMSD engagement.

Led a team of 5 which was responsible for designing and implementation one of the core business automation process for JP
Morgan Chase
Profile

Designed and presented proposals for new business opportunities with existing accounts like JPMC and Round Point Mortgage
to the senior management and clients for the respective accounts.

Worked with McKinsey for implementing an organization level re-structuring initiative called Operation Pinnacle.

Championed cross-functional Knowledge Transition sessions across various modules of JPMC-IMSD

Worked along most of the stages of SDLC for the first one year.

Proposed and implemented an automated business solution for JP Morgan Chase which helped the ‘World Security Services’
division to save $250,000 per year; subsequently awarded the ‘Applause’ for Q3 of 2009 for distinguished contribution
towards business engagement with JPMC
Results
Designed an automated and re-engineered Oracle Package for Open Solutions Inc. which simulated the entire core banking
Achieved solution from the backend of the application and helped the client cut the testing cost of their product by 66%.

Designed a unique business solution for Round Point Mortgage, in association with Fidelity as third party, helping Cognizant in
winning the second phase of bidding for SBx project module.

Lead a team of 5 for 11 months and awarded the Best Performing Team in the IMSD domain of JPMorgan Chase for Q3 and
Rewards Q4 of 2009.

Winner of the IMSD-JP Morgan Chase-QUIZ for Q4 of 2009 under the Experts category.

Extracurricular Achievements

Featured in Top5 finalist teams across all B-schools in India at ‘Guerrilla Marketing War’ at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management and at the B-Paln competition by NEN, EDI and TiE at TiECon, Chennai
Case

Solving the traffic congestion problem in Pune – First Prize at TRAFFIXOLUTION, an event organized by TCS, IEEE and Pune
Studies &
Traffic and Transportation Forum
Business

Winner of Business Idea event at SP College Mumbai and VIIT Pune,
Plans

Winner of Case study competitions at MCOE and MIT Pune

Winner of Situation Analysis Event at MCOE and IMERT Pune

White
First Prize at SP College, Mumbai; MES Wadia College, JSCOE, RSCOE and MESCOE Pune
Papers
Second Prize at DYPCOE, NICMAR, RSCOE-MESA, SCOE, BVUCOE, SKNCOE, MESCOE and COEP Pune

Associations

Actively associated with M2K project – Educating the Support Staff, at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pune.

Lead a team of 10 Students for the Karma Yoga Project at Vengambakkam, a village near Kalpakkam.

Core member of ConsultCom at Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Worked with Saraswati Vidya Mandir, a school in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) to spread computer literacy.

Founded a student welfare organization named ‘Concepts’, which grew from 4 members to 200 member’s community in two years time.