Ask Stacy Blackman

Target Schools: London Business School, Stanford GSB, Cranfield MBA, NUS MBA, ISB

GMAT: 710, V:35, M:50, AWA:6

GOAL: Work in Business development and strategy group of a leading Energy Corporation, Form an Energy Consultancy Firm in India 3-5 years down the line.

Experiences:
Reliance Power Ltd
Engineering and Equipment Procurement Group: Infrastructure Planning, Equipment Specification development, Vendor Management, Technical Bid Evaluation, and Contract Negotiation
Aug'09-till date

Assistant Manager  Exceeded KRAs by taking initiative to design & implement a world-class Mine Lubricant management system. Managed/Led collaborative effort between my team and global leaders in Lubrication space to form and execute the contract.
 Conceptualized and formed complete design specifications for novel utility trucks, convinced senior management and business group to invest in such avant-garde equipment.
 Managed complete projects of developing equipment specifications to issue NIT, understand life cycle cost economics, and contract negotiation to bring in best technology into the mines.
 Inspection and Performance testing of equipments at manufacturer works and Reliance site.
 Mentoring a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Graduate Engineer Trainee
 Evaluation of technical bids submitted by various vendors for a range of equipments
 Understanding the Indian Power & Mining industry and impact of current global Scenario through various analytical models.

Internship:
Defence College of Management and Technology, Cranfield University, U.K.
Research Project on "Power Management of a robotic Vehicle" May'08-Jul'08
Summer Intern, Defence Academy of United Kingdom
 Created a Mathematical model for development of automated control system of the robotic vehicle to be utilized in military application by UK
 Conducted data collection experiments on independent power utilization of the four actuators of the robotic vehicle on diverse ground terrains (100m X 100m)


Education:
Degree
B.Tech. Mining Machinery Engineering Indian School of Mines - University (IIT affiliated), Dhanbad, India. 2005 - 2009 8.07/10 (3rd rank in branch)

Certifications:
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute, USA) Level 2 Pass

Team and Leadership Activities:

Blood Donation Campaign  Since last 2 years, organized Annual Blood Donation Drive at Reliance Power, corporate campus, and co-ordinated for the same at various project locations.

Reliance Power League
Annual Sports Event  Team Member in Cricket, Football, Squash, and Badminton

Kartavya, NGO
Teacher  Contributed towards social responsibility by teaching underprivileged children.
 Motivated and enabled poor families to secure proper education for their children.

MAILER DAEMON, ISMU student Newspaper
Co-ordinator  Lead the various departments to develop monthly issues and manage the publication through outside vendor for external representation.
 Interviewed industry professionals visiting the campus for their perspective on industry trends and quality of their recruits from ISM.
 Published various articles on events at ISM.

ISMU-SAF (Scholastic Activity Fund)
Co-Founder  Arranged funding through monetary support from Alumni for ISM students having innovative ideas and capability for research work at ISM and eminent universities abroad.
 Handpicked the team and designed working structure & constitution of the Fund.

Achievements:
Academic
. Cleared IIT-JEE Exam, among top 4000 students out of 300,000 who appeared.
"¢ ISMU 3 year merit cum need based Tuition waiver and Stipend INR 7000 p.a.
"¢ Topper of School in secondary examinations (class X), Awarded two year freeship.

Extra Curricular "¢ 1st prize in Skit competition at Srijan 2009, ISM Tech-Cultural Festival.
"¢ 2nd prize in Nishantrika, robotics competition, at Srijan 2009, ISM Tech-Cultural Festival.

Additional Information:
Strengths  Hardworking, Dedicated, Optimistic, Willingness to learn, Adaptable to New Environments
Interests  Adventure Sports: Bunjee Jump, para-sailing, river rafting; Sports: cricket, football, & swimming; Reading Novels