PRADEEP K. PATEL

 

Project Manager

 

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

 

12/87 -                         ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc., Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Present                         Project Manager

Responsible for the analysis and programming in the area of costing methodology development, operations analysis of train movement with bulk traffic and containerized traffic, quantification of the benefits of advanced train control system and real time work order reporting system, development of computerized track maintenance planning and forecast­ing systems. Also responsible for statistical analysis, modeling and pro­gramming.

 

1/86 -                           University of Houston

5/87                             Teaching Assistant

Sole responsibility of teaching graphics packages of AutoCAD and DI- 3000 for Computer Aided Design Course. Tutoring and grading of vari­ous courses including Project management, Engineering Economy, Human Factors Engineering, Probability and Statistics.

 

11/83 -                         SLM-Maneklal, Ahemedabad, India

6/84                             Subcontracting Engineer

Responsible for all subcontracting jobs for various products of the company, including high capacity blowers, injection and blow-molding machines.

 

8/83 -                           SLM-Maneklal, Ahemedabad, India

10/83                           Trainee Engineer

Underwent supervised training in Quality Control and Production Plan­ning.

 

EDUCATION:

 

1987                            M.S. in Industrial Engineering

                                    University of Houston, Houston, Texas

 

1983                            B.S. In Mechanical Engineering

                                    Gujarat University, Ahemedabad, India

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

American Railroad Engineering Association

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

ALPHA PI MU (Industrial Engineer Honor Society)

 

Vice President, Institute of Industrial Engineers, University of Houston

 

Awarded Sam E. Scharff Scholarship by the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Houston

 

COMPUTER SKILLS:

 

Program Languages: FORTRAN, C, Clipper 5.0, PAL for Paradox, MACRO (VAX ASSEMBLY), LISP, BASIC, GPSS, and SQL.

 

Software Packages: Windows 3.1, Paradox 4.0, Harvard Graphics 3.0, AutoCAD, Lotus 1234.0, dBASE V, ORACLE, SAS. Extensive experience on the VAX (VMS), NAS9000 (VM/CMS), IBM 486, and Apple MACINTOSH.