Pratiksh Patel

 Maple Groove, MN, 55111 763-710-0846  pratiksh.patel91@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE_____________________________________________________________
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Research and Development Engineer I
Abbott, Plymouth, MN October 2019
- Present
 Qualified Fixtures, Drawings and Test Methods to support Design V&V.
 Updated Legacy Drawings by including GD&T to specify design intent and lower cost of manufacturing.
 Conducted Gage R&R for Test Method Validation to find out operator r variance for test repeatability.

Research and Development Engineer I

Coloplast, Minneapolis, MN March 2019 – October
2019
 Created a Multivariable Linear Regression Model for predicting velocity of sprint team to automate management.
 Conducted Design of Experiment Studies to set oven parameters to reduce curing time of silicone.
 Updated Relational Databases Meta data in order to provide read optimized queries to all the CLM Users.

Process Engineer I
Abbott, Little Canada, MN October 2017 - March
2019
 Analyzed large dataset (10K + rows) to mine data for post market complains related to functional requirements.
 Programming case structure in LabVIEW in order to automate reoccurring manual product testing.
 Used Tableau to do data visualization for how manufacturing meets drawing dimensions for the product over time

Research and Development Engineer I

Boston Scientific, Minnetonka, MN March 2016 - October
2017
 Gathering data from stakeholders, cleaning the data and then using VBA programming for predicting KPI metrics.
 Gathered data about manufacturing downtime and implemented six sigma practices to optimize throughput
 Applied Statistical Process Controls for doing Process Verification (Control Charts, Tolerance Interval Plots).

Quality Engineering Intern

Electrolux, St Cloud, MN June 2014
- July 2014
 Performed measurements and applied SPC to verify the integrity of process control parameters.
 Used Excel to make data visualization report for automating day to day manufacturing quality control activities.
 Programmed Excel Macros to automate data entry and collection for dimensional measurement of freezers.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

JK Cement Plant, Rajasthan, India May 2014 - June
2014
 Applied Lean manufacturing practices to improve plant’s material flow of cement acquisition.
 Calculated design parameters for heat pump, gear, and kiln for writing design concept documents.
 Collected data regarding cement failure rates and created a PLC based GUI for visualizing the cements lifecycle.

SKILLSET_________________________________________________________________
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 Data Science Skillset: SQL, Python, R SAS, Tableau, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, Advanced Excel skills
(VLOOKUP’s, IF Statements, conditional formatting, charts)
 Analysis Skillset: Lean Design, Six Sigma, ANOVA Gauge R&R, Capability Studies, Design of Experiments,
Statistical Process Control, Finite Element Analysis, and Monte Carlo Analysis
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 Programming Skillset: JAVA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SolidWorks, Minitab, SIMULINK, MATLAB and
LabVIEW

EDUCATION______________________________________________________________
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Dual Bachelor’s in Mechanical & Mfg Engineering (Stat Minor) August 2010 -
December 2016 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
GPA of 3.64 out of 4.00
Dual Master’s in Software Engineering & Data Science (AI Specialization) Fall 2017 -
Spring 2020
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN GPA of 4.00
out of 4.00