Purna Duggirala

Current

Business Analyst at TATA Consultancy Services
Chief Excel Officer at Chandoo.org

Past

Marketing Intern at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Software Engineer at XINTHE Technologies

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Andhra University
Andhra Polytechnic

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Industry

Insurance

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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 2006 — Present (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 2004 — Present (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 2005 — June 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 2003 — June 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 , 2004 — 2006

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

B Tech , Computer Science & Engineering , 1999 — 2003

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

Diploma in Computer Engineering , Computer Engineering , 1996 — 1999