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Ashish Agarwal
Philadelphia, PA
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About Me

Short-term goal:
Applying my learning and professional experience to Valuation Analysis in IM and IB.

Long-term goal:
Scale up Valuation and Analysis capabilities to benefit investors.

Work History

  • Under Prof. Sara Grillo
  • Equity Research Analyst
  • December 2011 to Present
  • • Prepared consolidated financial models, valuation analysis (Comparables & DCF) in healthcare, Telecom and Utilities sectors for value based investment discipline

  • Axion Financial Group
  • Equity Analyst Intern
  • June 2011 to September 2011
  • • Prepared analyses on macroeconomic and industry analysis to forecast business performance
    • Developed comparable companies analysis in Technology, Pharmaceutical and Financial sectors
    • Provided recommendations for investment-decision making and strategic asset allocation process
    • Analyzed and synthesized fundamental and technical analysis to short and long positions in the securities
    • Assisted in actively managing clients’ portfolios and implementing sector rotation to optimize returns
    • Performed diligence to ensure client’s investment policy and portfolio
    • Prepared marketing documents solicit clients and presentations to communicate portfolio performance and market activities

  • Oracle
  • Analytics Consultant
  • June 2008 to August 2010
  • • Established coordination among project managers, strategy heads, product & sales manager and team
    • Supervised team of 10 members and accomplished project in 3 phases with deadline-oriented releases
    • Analyzed and designed an ETL generic architecture for the product and its performance improvement
    • Estimated time for different phases of the project as part of planning

  • ThoughtFocus
  • Team Lead
  • December 2005 to May 2008
  • • Developed directory, recycle bin and announcement features and raised eBoard subscribers by 25%
    • Improved the report generation time from 3 minutes to 20 seconds
    • Ensured development, deadline-oriented deliveries including β release of project with quality excellence
    • Improved design for performance & security and helped Bucyrus increase sales by 15%

Education

  • Drexel University
  • MBA, Finance
  • 2010 - 2012
  • Expected Graduation June 2012
    GPA: 3.52/4.00

  • National Institute of Technology Hamirpur India
  • B. Tech (BS equivalent), Computer Science & Engineering
  • 2001 - 2005

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