Purna Duggirala

Purna Duggirala

Chief Excel Officer - Chandoo.org, Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services

India

Current
Past
Education
  • Indian Institute of Management, Indore
  • Andhra University
  • Andhra Polytechnic
Connections
281 connections
Industry
Insurance
Websites

Purna Duggirala’s Summary

I am the founder of http://chandoo.org/wp an award-winning excel and visualization blog, with over 6500 members and a quarter million visits every month.

I am also an IIM graduate and work at Tata Consultancy Services as a Business Analyst in their insurance vertical.

Microsoft awarded me the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award for year 2009.

Purna Duggirala’s Specialties:

I am a specialist in data analytics, information dashboard design, Excel and VBA based modeling and business solutions, insurance (P&C) and software development


Purna Duggirala’s Experience

  • Business Analyst

    TATA Consultancy Services

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2006Present (3 years 7 months)

    I help insurance companies around the world become more successful in their IT projects. I have worked with 10 Fortune 500 clients and another 10 International insurance companies in the last 3.5 years and helped them design better claim processing, underwriting, policy admin systems.

    I have extensive work experience in US, Europe and APAC insurance markets. I have consulted in South Korea, Hong Kong, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, US and India since 2006.

  • Chief Excel Officer

    Chandoo.org

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2004Present (5 years 5 months)

    At Chandoo.org, I help people to be awesome in Excel and Charting. Don't take my word, just go to http://chandoo.org/wp/

  • Marketing Intern

    Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

    (Public Company; GLENMARK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    April 2005June 2005 (3 months)

    As a marketing intern with Glenmark Pharma I have prepared an operational CRM framework for their dermatology division.

  • Software Engineer

    XINTHE Technologies

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2003June 2004 (1 year 2 months)

    As a software engineer at Xinthe technologies (http://xinthe.com) I have developed a Sales Force Automation application for Reebok International. It was deployed in Reebok France.


Purna Duggirala’s Education

  • Indian Institute of Management, Indore

    PGDM , Marketing, Systems , 20042006

    First prize in a national level marketing event conducted at MDI, Gurgoan

  • Andhra University

    B Tech , Computer Science & Engineering , 19992003

    State FIRST rank in the entrance examination (ECET - 1999)

  • Andhra Polytechnic

    Diploma in Computer Engineering , Computer Engineering , 19961999


Additional Information

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Purna Duggirala’s Interests:

Data Analytics, Dashboard Design, Photography, Cartoons & Reading

Purna Duggirala’s Groups:

IIM Indore

  •    Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
  •    IIM Indore Alumni
  •    Tata Consultancy Services Limited
  •    Startup Specialists
  •    Microsoft Excel MVPs
  •    IIM-Jobs group

Purna Duggirala’s Honors:

Microsoft MVP Award - 2009


Purna Duggirala’s Contact Settings

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