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Work Experience
1)Experience
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Teaching Assistant – Intermediate Accounting 2, Krannert School of Management
Summer 2006, Spring 2007
Responsible for grading assignments, quizzes and conducting exams for 3 sections with enrollment of 135 students

Tutor
August 2005 - Present
Tutored sophomore and junior level students of financial, managerial and intermediate accounting classes

Teaching Assistant – Managerial Accounting, Krannert School of Management
Summer 2006
Held review sessions, conducted exams and graded assignments and quizzes for three sections of Managerial Acct. course with a cumulative enrollment of 200 students

Office & Mailroom Assistant, Hawkins Hall
August 2005 - December 2005
Assisted residence hall staff with data entry and other administrative tasks
Provided assistance to students with queries at the front desk

Computer Lab Assistant, Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP)
April 2003 - December 2004
Maintained hardware and software in computer labs across Purdue University network
Provided assistance with MS Windows, MS Office, Windows File Management, Emails, WWW and Unix Editors

2) Voluntary Work
Orientation Staff, International Students & Scholars
August 2004
Helped in orienting new international students to life at Purdue
Assisted students with official paperwork required by Purdue, Social Security and INS

3) I currently do not have any internship experience

Educational Experience
4)
PROJECTS
Audit & Assurance
Spring 2006
Analyzed Hewlett Packard’s annual report for 2005 for accounts with potential audit and internal control risks
Performed an external audit of a music records company. Evaluated audits risk and accounts with potential misstatements. Suggested effects on financial statements and made recommendations in order to improve controls

Stocks Investment Project
Fall 2005
Analyzed and evaluated different stocks to purchase and trade with one million dollars
Generated profits of $560,000 with continuous stock trading over a period of four months

Purdue University vs. Indiana University Financial Case Competition - Runner-up
September 2005
Designed a 5 year financial plan for a start-up medical company
Performed growth and sensitivity analysis and budgeted products price to achieve the financial goals

Marketing & Supply Chain Management
Summer 2005
Analyzed marketing strategies, 4Ps and supply chain mgmt. of Wal-Mart and suggested strategies for improvements
Presented strategic marketing case studies for BMW, Starbucks Coffee, Eastman Kodak and Beetle

5) Honorary member of Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting Fraternity)

SKILLS
6)Exceptional analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills with strong communication abilities and excellent understanding of accounting, finance and economics applications in the business industry. I love to deal with people and am extremely result oriented.

7) I am extremely comfortable in dealing with different groups of people. I have great communication skills and am comfortable in communicating in the following languages.
English
Urdu
Hindi
Arabic
Punjabi

8. Computer Skills:Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, HTML, C programming, MATLAB

9) I am confortable with most kinds of hardware and even if I dont have much experience in some specific machine, I am quick learner and it usually doesnt take me too long to get comfortable with machinery.