Prateek Soni

Experience

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  Spandan Society

  Jul 2015 - May 2024

  Lead Volunteer

  1. Managed and been a part of 50+ rural drives, including food distribution, blanket distribution, health camps, and Law-Awareness Camps impacting 7500+ villagers.2. Ideated and Spearheaded the "Learning Center" division's pilot project succesfully, that eventually led to its establishment.

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  Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Intern
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  Ethiccraft Club

  Aug 2018 - May 2024

  Senior Mentor & Volunteer

  1. Instituted and led a team of 20 volunteers to raise 1 Crore rupees for “UDGAAR Festival”, aimed to create awareness about drug addiction and education among youth regarding its abuse and long-term effects, which was attended by about 15,000 youths from across the country. It was presided by a few Central cabinet ministers & Vice Chancellors & Deans of various premium colleges/universities of the country.2. Mentored 50+ college students as part of the youth empowerment initiative, while being the mentor coordinator for five colleges.3. Scripted and directed a forty-five-minute theatrical presentation presented in front of 8000+ attendees for UDGAAR. Show less

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  Sopra Steria

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2024

  1. Bagged and headed the end-to-end development and delivery of a Human Resource (HR) application, managing HR operations for the client’s 100,000 employee base spread across 20+ countries, a project worth 1 Million USD, with a cross-functional team of 15 from France, United Kingdom, and India.2. Spearheaded with a team the development of an application from scratch, an application that was part of a basket of applications thus playing a crucial role in bagging further business. Received “Falcon” award for efforts.2. Conducted several Knowledge Transfer (KT) sessions for new recruits (Engineer Trainees, Software Engineers, and Senior Software Engineers), mentored them on the different aspects of the application and the Company’s best practices; documented the comprehensive training guidelines to be followed for future recruits.3. Upgraded various UI & API projects to the latest version of the technology stack to improve their efficiency.4. Presented walkthroughs/demos/presentations for projects with teams and stakeholders from various functions and countries.5. Active memberof the Tarang & CSR activities. Show less 1. Negotiated with international stakeholders from France and Singapore regarding a penalty for the breach of 0% downtime SLA in the RCA (Root Cause Analysis) meeting and saved 250,000 USD as penalty. Received “On the Spot” award for efforts.2. Handpicked to helm the solution to a production-critical issue (youngest in the firm) leading to a production-downtime to the client.3. Coached & mentored 20+ new joiners to the team in France and India, giving them functional & technical training and facilitated their campus to corporate adjustment.4. Led a team of five to arrange a team bonding activity for 300+ employees. Got appreciation from the CEO.5. Proposed & implemented a redesign of the service flow & the code to the client, reducing the time by 25%. Received “On the Spot” award for efforts. Show less

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Software Engineer

    May 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Engineer Trainee

    Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
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  Sahitya Mandir

  May 2021 - Jun 2024

  Co-Founder & Strategy Consultant

  1. Evaluated the sources of revenue & profits from various avenues of the business and proposed the library tender vertical.2. Pioneered the implementation of the Library Books Tender vertical, which improved the revenue by 100%.3. Planned the execution of the tender’s business that increased the profits by 200% for that vertical by purchasing the books at an optimal time and cutting on some unnecessary costs.

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  University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Aug 2024 - now

  Research Assistant

  Research Assistant to Prof. Anil K Gupta, Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship.Working on Understanding changing patterns of strategy of MNCs for India and China markets.