Abhinav Lal / Al Lal
Al Lal
Tel: 91-731-209544
Email: lal...@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NOKIA, Singapore, 1999
Administration of the financial reporting and planning system. Data
extraction, and transformation, and loading of the financial system.
SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES, Singapore, 1998 - 1999
Systems Specialist
Consulting, training, and support on business reporting, analysis,
management and planning systems. Sales and consulting on Business
Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions. Consulting on Hyperion
Essbase OLAP.
* Implemented Sales & Marketing reporting system at Singapore
Airlines with Essbase and Excel.
* Implemented Financial reporting and plannning system at ESPN
with Essbase and Excel.
WALKER, San Francisco, U.S.A., 1997
Consultant
Consulting on Hyperions Essbase database implemented with Walkers ERP
system. Implement Essbase to collect data from all modules of Walkers
software for business analysis and reporting.
* Designed reporting system at Laclede Gas with Essbase and Excel.
* Developed business reporting system for Menon Bank with Essbase,
Excel, and Visual Basic.
COMSHARE, Chicago, U.S.A., 1996 - 1997
Applications Consultant
Consulting, training, and support to clients on Comshare's business
planning and reporting systems. Consulting on Arthur Planning, Sales
Analysis, and Essbase. Implementation of client/server solutions with
Windows NT and Unix servers and Windows clients.
* Implemented Arthur Planning, Sales Analysis, and Essbase at
Guess?
* Implemented Arthur Planning, Sales Analysis, and Essbase at Walt
Disney.
* Provided training to Wal-Mart on Arthur Plan Monitor and
Essbase.
* Provided training to Duty Free Stores on Arthur Plan Monitor and
Essbase.
GENERAL MILLS, Orlando, U.S.A., 1995 - 1996
Systems Analyst
Evaluation and implementation of desktop computers, network management
software, network planning software and desktop operating systems.
* Evaluated desktop intel based Windows computers from multiple
vendors.
* Documented internal computer network with NetViz.
* Set up HP Open View and Cabletron LANView network management
system software.
* Co-ordinated preparation of a RFP for outsourcing customer
service.
WESTERN DIGITAL, Singapore, 1994
Engineer
System and network administration of HP-UX workstations. Collecting
quality information from HP printed circuit board testing system.
Implementation of Computer Integrated Manufacturing system with
Windows PCs and HP-UX workstations.
* Implemented QSTATS database for management reporting.
* Completed study and plan for CIM system.
* Conducted internal training on HP-UX Unix.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (Finance)
Rollins College, Orlando, U.S.A., 1994 - 1996
GPA 3.52/4.00, GMAT 640/800
Completed MBA degree with a concentration in Finance. Received
scholarship and assistantship for the MBA program. Worked as a
research and teaching assistant in Operations Management. Researched
and developed trend forecasting models for company stocks. Graded
homework for the Quantitative Methods course. Held the post of
President of the Finance Association, and Vice President of the
Marketing Association.
Elective coursework: Advanced Financial Management, Mergers &
Acquisitions, Investments Analysis, Marketing Research, Venture
Management, and Leadership.
B.S. Computer Engineering
University of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A., 1991 - 1993
GPA 3.24/4.00, GRE 1960/2400
Completed BS degree in Computer Engineering. Completed masters level
coursework in Digital Systems Design. Developed temperature
controlled environment for characterizing experimental semi-conductor
devices. Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.
Elective coursework: Digital Micro-electronics, Advanced Logic
Design, Computer Architecture, Digital Systems Design, Matrix
Analysis, and Structure of Matter.
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Computer Skills: Excel, Access, Essbase, Visual Basic, Windows NT,
Oracle, C, Unix, HTML, Windows.
Computer Training: Essbase 5, Essbase Design and Optimization,
Essbase Partitioning, Visual Basic, Oracle 7 Introduction, Oracle 7
DBA, and HP Network Administration.