About Me

Geerthika Senthil

I'm a third-year Management Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. I’m interested in software development and data engineering. I’m currently delving into machine learning concepts like natural language processing. I am always eager to learn something new and strive to innovate. My Preferred Programming Languages are:

  • Ruby on Rails for Backend Development
  • JavaScript, HTML and CSS for Frontend Development
  • Python for Data Processing & Analysis
  • Java for Object Oriented Programming

    • Keep scrolling to see my work experience and extracurriculars. To view my side projects, check out the Projects tab or click the button below.



    Hackathons and Conferences Attended:

    Starter Hacks
    2019

    TO Hacks
    2019

    IISE
    2020

    Hack the North
    2021

    WISE
    2021





    Clubs and Societies

    Project Manager

    UW Entrepreneurship Society

    Jan 2021 – Apr 2021

  • Managed an initiative called Founders Club, a community built for University of Waterloo students and alumni founders to network and gain advice.
  • Created programming, reached out to student founders, and carried out social events.


    • Research and Development Lead

    Industry 4.0 Competition

    Sept 2018 – Apr 2021

  • Led the design of the 2020 and 2021 case competitions related to optimization and supply chain management for high school students across Canada.
  • Pitched to 60+ members from the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund to obtain funding and creating posts for the team's social media page


    • First-year Mentor

    University of Waterloo

    Sept 2020 – Apr 2021

  • Held weekly mentorship sessions with a first-year student.
  • Provided advice and tips on how to navigate school, joining clubs and navigating the job application process



    • Class Representative for Management Engineering Class of 2023

    University of Waterloo

    Jan 2019 – Apr 2019

  • Advocated for students' need through divisional meeting
  • Created surveys to gain feedback from students on a course by course basis



    • Work Experience

    Programmer System Officer Intern

    Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto, ON

    May – Aug 2021

  • Created 2 workflows to eliminate manual handling of documents and streamline the process of making Registered Disability Savings Plan accounts and contributions for 3000+ clients using C#
  • Developed a data warehousing procedure for the File Manaagement System in SQL; scripted 20 data loaders and parsers in Toad for Oracle with ANSI SQL, PL/SQL, and T-SQL, replacing 5 cross-functional workflows
  • Designed 7 custom reporting interfaces for 5+ departments using SSDT for Visual Studio and XML
    • Tools:

    SQL

    PL/SQL

    Oracle

    C#

    XML



    Data Science Intern

    PepsiCo Foods, Mississauga, ON

    Sept – Dec 2020

  • Designed three dashboards in Tableau to track the behaviour of Canadian shoppers at the retailer, brand, and cohort level to gain actionable shopper insights and determine product popularity
  • Created a data model in Python that tracked the impact of product placement changes on sales
  • Worked in a team to propose a 2-year action plan to increase the national sales of the ‘Better for You’ product line
    • Tools:

    Python

    Tableau

    Trifacta

    SQL




    Project Management/Data Analytics Intern

    PepsiCo Foods, Mississauga, ON

    Jan – Apr 2020

  • Performed data wrangling in Trifacta to help move 3+ years of sales data to the cloud and create insights into portfolios without purchasing third party data
  • Created a dashboard for PepsiCo’s sales portal which replaced 6 daily sales reports and enabled teams to track sales metrics and forecast product performance
  • Took initiative to reconfigure the company’s onboarding protocol by creating 20+ user guide videos for TPM, a promotion tool
    • Tools:

    Tableau

    Trifacta

    SQL

    Excel



    Business Analyst Intern

    IBM , Markham, ON

    May – Aug 2019

  • Created a project management tool in Excel using VBA which helped keep track of details of all projects being worked on across Canada
  • Self-learned Compass, a Cognos Analytics data reporting tool and hosted tutorials for the data team
    • Tools:

    Excel

    VBA