Thak Aravind
Professional Summary
Project Coordinator with 0 years of experience in PMO operations, data analysis, and Agile/Waterfall delivery. Hands-on with project governance, reporting and dashboards, WBS management, resource utilization tracking, and compliance. Skilled in Advanced Excel (Power Query / Power Pivot), Power BI, SQL, Python, Jira, and Azure; leverages generative AI tools to automate reporting and improve project visibility for data-driven decision-making.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
- Planned and coordinated Web3 partnership initiatives end-to-end, conducting ecosystem research to identify high-value KOLs and channels for community acquisition.
- Managed onboarding for 4 key opinion leaders (KOLs), including contracts, onboarding materials and campaign briefs, accelerating influencer campaign launch timelines.
- Monitored partnership deliverables and resolved cross-functional blockers using Jira and status trackers to ensure on-time execution of campaigns.
- Prepared and presented weekly partnership pipeline updates to stakeholders using Excel and PowerPoint, improving visibility into expected reach and activation timelines.
- Coached team members on task execution and scope alignment; implemented standardized onboarding checklists to reduce onboarding rework.
- Maintained partnership documentation, compliance records, and budget tracking sheets, ensuring campaigns remained within planned timelines and financial limits.
- Analyzed campaign performance metrics (reach, engagement, CTR, conversions) using Excel and Power BI to identify performance patterns across channels.
- Built interactive Power BI dashboards to compare campaign KPIs and support data-driven campaign prioritization by marketing stakeholders.
- Applied SQL and Excel Power Query to cleanse and consolidate multi-source campaign data for accurate reporting and trend analysis.
- Identified and recommended discontinuation of 2 underperforming campaigns, contributing to approximately 30% reduction in campaign spend.
- Documented analysis workflows and created repeatable reporting templates, reducing weekly reporting time for the marketing team.
- Presented actionable insights and optimization recommendations to the marketing lead, enabling reallocation of budget to higher-ROI channels.
- Architected and implemented an Azure-based chatbot using Azure Bot Service and built-in NLP capabilities to handle common user queries.
- Developed a serverless static web application using Azure Static Web Apps to host the chatbot UI, reducing page load time by ~50%.
- Optimized data storage and retrieval by configuring Azure Storage Accounts, improving retrieval speeds by ~60% and lowering storage costs by ~35%.
- Integrated the chatbot with backend endpoints and implemented caching patterns to reduce response latency, improving customer response time by ~40%.
- Documented solution architecture, deployment steps and test cases to support reproducible deployments and knowledge transfer.
- Performed functional testing and basic monitoring setup to validate performance and ensure stable behavior under typical usage scenarios.
Projects
- Performed operational performance tracking and created visual dashboards to monitor project progress and KPIs.
- Managed documentation for data pipelines and reporting workflows to ensure traceability and process consistency.
- Leveraged generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini) to automate data extraction and accelerate recurring operational reports.
- Utilized project management tools for backlog grooming and version control to support SDLC best practices.
- Coordinated cross-functional task execution, maintained status trackers and communicated project updates to stakeholders.
- Tracked resource utilization and maintained project artifacts (WBS, change requests) to comply with PMO governance standards.
Education
Certifications
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