Saud Ansari

Experience

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  Team Acroracerz

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2019

  Head Designer, Assistant Designer

  • Designed and developed an ‘Electric All-Terrain Vehicle’ for ‘SAE India E-BAJA 2017-18 & 2018-19• Spearheaded the design team to reduce the weight of the car by 38kg resulting in increased acceleration of 14%• Coordinated and managed a team of 25 people to deliver a functioning car within 6 months• Orchestrated a new project timeline in developing innovative manufacturing hacks which reduced the optimized goal deadline to 10% resulting in additional 3 weeks of testing

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2019

  Research Intern

  • Designed VR training module, an interactive step-by-step user interface to assemble an ATV in virtual environment.• Headed the design team to build and scale 3D model parts in Unity game engine• Collaborated with IIT, Indore under the framework of ‘Industry Academia Consortium for Digitization in Small and Medium Enterprises’ Programme (Project No:- APP/18-19\31) funded by ‘Royal Academy of Engineering, London’• Experimented with smart manufacturing technologies, highly significant for realizing Industry 4.0 for SMEs in India Show less

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  Northeastern University

  Feb 2022 - May 2023

  Credential Evaluation Specialist, Application Processor

  • Processing, scrubbing and evaluating undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral applications to safeguard data integrity and accurately convey applicant candidacy for admissions committee review.• Ensured efficient application review, flagging applicant errors, and following up on any discrepancies or missing documents required for application completion as per established application completion rules• Prepared and escalated applications for GPA recalculation and transfer credit evaluation.• Assisted Northeastern Graduate Admissions Office in centralizing the foreign credit evaluations from all major Northeastern Colleges. Show less

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  Aspiring Product Managers Club @ Northeastern University

  Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  VP of Design
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  Dassault Systèmes

  Jun 2023 - Feb 2024

  Product Definition Intern @ SOLIDWORKS

  • Led a team of interns in moderating 20+ user ideas daily for SOLIDWORKS CAD software. Actively engaged in discussions to identify potential enhancement features based on user feedback• Implemented ‘Previous Release Compatibility’ for SOLIDWORKS 2024 by working with QA, UX and Dev team to resolve 15+ bugs• Developed comprehensive user workflows to identify potential SOLIDWORKS cross-compatibility issues with other products• Researched with 3D beam lattices to improve 3MF Import/Export capabilities in future releases• Developed a workflow for users working in 3D Experience Collaborative environment which was presented in 3DX World 2024• Leveraged AI tools to implement in upcoming features to improve product design lifecycle in future SOLIDWORKS releases• Trained incoming interns for onboarding into the product definition team. Ensured a smooth transition for new team members, focusing on understanding SOLIDWORKS features and the collaborative nature of the product definition team Show less

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  Dassault Systèmes

  Jul 2024 - now

  Product Manager @ SOLIDWORKS