1. Vandana Saini
(Vinnie)
7 Mount Ranier Crescent
Brampton, ON
L6R2K8
(905)301-7125
vsaini@cs.toronto.edu
A results-driven, articulate and motivated Big Data Analyst and Scientist, with
strong experience in using novel approaches to discover insights from high-volume,
high-dimensional temporal data.
 Sound working knowledge of SDLC and exceptional skills in developing business plans,
requirements specifications, documentation and data analysis
 Proficient in data management and relational modeling, providing implementation
support in C++, Java and interactive visualization analytics in Tableau and IPython
 Excellent technical knowledge of database concepts and common programming
languages
 Working knowledge of Information technology concepts, protocols and frameworks ,
including the ability to analyse and evaluate research data, and develop trends and
recommendations to address opportunities in gaining actionable insights
 Using Google’s c loud-based machine learning tools to draw insights from massive data
 Exceptional decision-making, leadership, communication, presentation and
documentation skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Big Data Analyst / Senior Research Scientist
Geotab Inc. - Oakville, ON May 2014 to Present
 Working on petabytes of structured and unstructured data sets, supporting real time
streaming implementation in Java and creating automated real time reports, effective
Tableau dashboards and I Python notebooks for live and extracted data analysis
 Managing the project on Data Audit and Security Standards Management, automating
the processes for business rules across different departments
 Researching on issues relevant to data analytics, software development and assessing
their potential impact on organization’s growth.
 Distributing, parsing and scripting spreadsheet webpages for real time data analysis on
Google BigQuery Cloud platform using SQL like queries to extract and gain actionable
insights
 Conducting structured analysis, data modeling and process mapping to assess
business requirements and promoting the big query SaaS platform within the Cloud
business unit
 Developing and implementing data correction plans to address the issues as they arise,
ensuring the automated data imports/exports to run in the configured manner
 Defining dataset definitions to ensure relevant application of metrics
 Evaluating trends and standards for appropriate prediction analysis of fuel consumption,
engine statistics etc.

2.  Planning and organizing information sessions to acquire business requirements.
Client Support Officer
BMO Financial Group - Mississauga, ON October 2010 to September 2013
 Served corporate clients across U.S and Canada by fulfilling and auditing the MasterCard
requests, meeting the bank SLA and quality standards
 Built relations with different teams and clients to ensure close alignment between
business objectives and operational processes.
 Analyzed information and input from key stakeholders to identify business implications;
develop analytical strategy options and technological infrastructure impact analysis for
review by senior management
 Worked effectively with both technical and business resources
 Performed financial analysis, investigating necessary compliance issues
 Successfully completed the courses on Bank Protection Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Foreign
Assets Control, Truth in Lending, Marketing Rules
 Supported the project on conversion of new credit card system (TSYS, TS2) and
migration of Diners Club credit card portfolio to BMO
 Assisted in the coordination of Client relation and employee management activities
 Produced a variety of strategy and audit documents, including reports, whitepapers,
minutes of meetings, plans, training manuals etc.
 Awarded for performance in leading correspondence work stream, monitoring the
projects and resolving issues effectively
Technical Consultant
Clear wire Inc. - Toronto, ON December 2009 to November 2010
 Defined and developed system specifications and configurations for Sale and Inventory
Management requirements
 Provided technical support on 3g and Wi-max 4g technologies.
 Identified the root cause of the arising issues to plan and implement solutions.
 Coordinated User requirements with executive support, recommend and implement
solutions.
 Facilitated the customers and co-workers with the updated operational procedures.
Delivered web presentations to promote the upcoming marketing initiatives
 Awarded for working effectively with cross functional teams to achieve project goals.
Senior Lecturer/Placements Coordinator
RBIET - Chandigarh, India July 2007 to April 2009
 Interacted and worked with business users and engineers towards identifying and
facilitating the technical requirements
 Delivered the course updates to engineering graduates
 Generated detailed financial and operational projections for Projects
 Presented the research content and Project reviews to senior management
 Managed a team of developers on a project-by-project basis
Lecturer/Training and Development Officer

3. Doon Technologies, India December 2004 to June 2007
 Planned, Developed and facilitated training mater ials for engineering trainees
 Performed qualitative research, including writing research plans, conducting one -on-one
focus groups with project teams
 Worked closely with various teams across the company to identify and solve business
challenges utilizing large structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in a
distributed processing environment.
 Conducted post implementation analysis to monitor the performance of teams
EDUCATION
 M.Sc. (Applied Computing) Sep 2013 to Dec2014
University of Toronto - Toronto, ON
 Certification in Business Analysis Oct 2012 to Dec 2012
University of Toronto - Mississauga, ON
 Masters in Technology Aug 2005 to Jan 2007
Object Oriented Programing, RVD University
 Bachelors in Technology Aug 1999 to Jan 2003
Computer Engineering, Kurukshetra University
LATEST PROJECTS
Data Audit and Security Standards Management
The project is being managed to implement a defined security and standards policy throughout
the connectivity process for Geotab devices
The Data Audit framework is defined, intended to be well defined covering the Safety Standards,
Sub Control Objectives, Expected Control, Assessment Priority and the Remarks.
Big Data Analysis and Reports Automation for Intelligent Fleet Management
Data scale: Real-time incoming data at the approximate speed of 1 file in 2 seconds, 25,000 rows
per file and 0.2KB per row, subject to growth.
Supporting Real-time streaming implementation into a data store, which can fit into real time big
data analysis. Integration and automation of batch reports generation with google spreadsheets.
Gaining actionable insights by developing real time data interactive dashboards in Tableau and
I Python.

4. GPU as an encryption accelerator
The project implements the AES encryption in open CL and compares the performance against
AES implementation, measuring the time it takes to run the OpenCL AES kernel on different sizes
of input.
http://jagleeso.github.io/gpu-encrypt-site/
MapReduce Optimization for Graph Analytics
Comparison of the performance of graph databases over a memory cloud.
Research on Graph analytics not being utilized enough in enterprises due to lack of available
platforms/tools and proposal of map reduce to optimize the low-latency online query processing
and high-throughput offline analytics, with increasing scalabilities.
Limiting Mobile data exposure with Idle Eviction
Research and analysis on the new Mobile Operating Systems to meet the data security concerns
imposed by data hoarded on various mobile applications.
A Proposal for an inexpensive, Low-latency Head-controlled mouse
The project introduced a novel, camera-based head-controlled mouse for RSI patients.
Experiments showed that HM allowed the participants to complete a pointing task faster than a
competing head-controlled mouse replacement. An analysis was then performed to indicate the
less physical effort required and quickly develop proprioception.
http://vandsaini.github.io/Head-Controlled-Mouse/