One Year Full Time MBA (PGPX)




Archisman Pal

Archisman Pal

Inquisitive, lifelong learner and Big 4 Cybersecurity Consultant adept at leading cross-functional teams and delivering high-impact client projects by managing diverse stakeholders and utilising cutting-edge technologies.

Work Experience

Consultant | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Kolkata, India

  • Resumed factory operations of a $20 Billion Fortune 500 client by leading post-incident recovery in a cross Deloitte effort
  • ​​Spearheaded Automation efforts for a Financial Services client, resulting in a 20% reduction in response time, generating $56,000 monthly cost savings
  • Led the setup of an 11-member dedicated cybersecurity team for 24*7 cyber threat management by training analysts and setting processes and standards resulting in prevention of 20+ cyber-incidents/day
  • Led a cross functional team effort to migrate security platform from On-Premise model to Cloud, migrating 50+rule logics
  • Streamlined client interactions by facilitating weekly standups, which led to 15% decrease in ticket resolution time 
  • Assisted in establishing Deloitte’s Kolkata office and kickstarted operations for my team of 6 as Kolkata Location Lead
  • Hired experienced candidates, as part of the Lateral Hiring Panel by conducting 40+ interviews
  • Provided strategic roadmap to clients to help draft cyber security posture and plan response to incidents based on incident type and severity, resulting in secure and robust company systems
  • Managed Performance for 20+ analysts; evaluated performance and provided career coaching

 

Associate Consultant | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Hyderabad, India

  • Reduced analyst workload by 30%, saving 600+ analyst hours per month by enhancing monitoring effectiveness and designing process improvements for a Financial Services client.
  • Awarded Spot Award for leading efforts to onboard a new monitoring tool for a Financial Services client and migrate operations to the new tool
  • Conducted a workshop on a new threat monitoring tool for Leadership Team of a global Lifesciences & Healthcare client.
  • Identified monitoring gaps while evaluating detection logics and designed 30+ new detection rules to tackle gaps
  • Selected among 90 Campus Hires (2/90) to participate in Campus Brand Building activity at UG alma mater
  • Trained 50+ newly hired analysts through bootcamps, as part of the New Hire Orientation Team
  • Maintained above 95% SLA compliance and performed randomized audits to ensure satisfactory service quality
  • Onboarded a global Life Science and Healthcare client and set up steady-state operations 

 

Analyst | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Hyderabad, India

  • Reduced incident count by 25% through data analysis and pattern recognition and eliminating known false positives.
  • Awarded Spot Award for going above and beyond and working on additional clients
  • Received Client Appreciation from a Financial Services client for exemplary cybersecurity incident analysis
  • Responded to cybersecurity incidents across 6 clients while adhering to established Turn-around-Times (TATs)
     
Accomplishments
  • 5/100 Campus Hires to be promoted twice in two consecutive years (2021,22)
  • 2nd Position (2/16) in Wright Flight, Engineer 2016, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
  • Winner (1/20), Inter DPS West Zone Quiz Competition 2011
     
Education

BTech, Mechanical Engineering (Minor in Business Management), Manipal Academy of Higher Education
 

Certificates
  • Corelight 3 day Training, Corelight
  • Splunk Certified Core Power User, Splunk
  • Google Chronicle Training, Google Cloud Security
  • iPolicy for Young Leaders, Center for Civil Society
     
Co/Extra-curricular
  • Campus Finalist (Top 3%) in Flipkart Wired 8.0 Business Track among 45000+ registered teams
  • Elected Member of the Alumni Committee of PGPX, organized 7+ Alum Interaction events to enhance industry connect
  • Lead for Pay It Forward (PIF), a pro bono initiative for MBA interview preparation, resulting in 7 IIMA PGPX admits
  • Part of a Global Consulting Cohort of 10+ members, designed a 0-1 E-commerce & Marketing strategy to double revenue in a year for a niche European client
  • Avid traveller, having travelled to 20+ Indian states/UTs and 8 countries
  • 180,000+ post views on LinkedIn in last 1 year
  • Management Member of University Aeromodelling Team (AeroMIT), responsible for overall team management
  • Social Media Organizer for MIT Manipal’s National Level Technical and Cultural Festivals, maintained social media handles and introduced new mediums (Instagram stories) increasing account reach by 10% and 15% respectively
     

Quick Look

  • Work Experience: 4.5 Years
  • Previous Roles

    Consultant, Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services

    Associate Consultant, Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services

    Analyst, Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services

  • Function : Analytics & Data Science
    Consulting
    Project/Program Management
  • Industry/Sector: BFSI
    Consulting
    Technology
Work Experience

Consultant | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Kolkata, India

  • Resumed factory operations of a $20 Billion Fortune 500 client by leading post-incident recovery in a cross Deloitte effort
  • ​​Spearheaded Automation efforts for a Financial Services client, resulting in a 20% reduction in response time, generating $56,000 monthly cost savings
  • Led the setup of an 11-member dedicated cybersecurity team for 24*7 cyber threat management by training analysts and setting processes and standards resulting in prevention of 20+ cyber-incidents/day
  • Led a cross functional team effort to migrate security platform from On-Premise model to Cloud, migrating 50+rule logics
  • Streamlined client interactions by facilitating weekly standups, which led to 15% decrease in ticket resolution time 
  • Assisted in establishing Deloitte’s Kolkata office and kickstarted operations for my team of 6 as Kolkata Location Lead
  • Hired experienced candidates, as part of the Lateral Hiring Panel by conducting 40+ interviews
  • Provided strategic roadmap to clients to help draft cyber security posture and plan response to incidents based on incident type and severity, resulting in secure and robust company systems
  • Managed Performance for 20+ analysts; evaluated performance and provided career coaching

 

Associate Consultant | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Hyderabad, India

  • Reduced analyst workload by 30%, saving 600+ analyst hours per month by enhancing monitoring effectiveness and designing process improvements for a Financial Services client.
  • Awarded Spot Award for leading efforts to onboard a new monitoring tool for a Financial Services client and migrate operations to the new tool
  • Conducted a workshop on a new threat monitoring tool for Leadership Team of a global Lifesciences & Healthcare client.
  • Identified monitoring gaps while evaluating detection logics and designed 30+ new detection rules to tackle gaps
  • Selected among 90 Campus Hires (2/90) to participate in Campus Brand Building activity at UG alma mater
  • Trained 50+ newly hired analysts through bootcamps, as part of the New Hire Orientation Team
  • Maintained above 95% SLA compliance and performed randomized audits to ensure satisfactory service quality
  • Onboarded a global Life Science and Healthcare client and set up steady-state operations 

 

Analyst | Deloitte & Touche Assurance and Enterprise Risk Services | Hyderabad, India

  • Reduced incident count by 25% through data analysis and pattern recognition and eliminating known false positives.
  • Awarded Spot Award for going above and beyond and working on additional clients
  • Received Client Appreciation from a Financial Services client for exemplary cybersecurity incident analysis
  • Responded to cybersecurity incidents across 6 clients while adhering to established Turn-around-Times (TATs)
     
Accomplishments
  • 5/100 Campus Hires to be promoted twice in two consecutive years (2021,22)
  • 2nd Position (2/16) in Wright Flight, Engineer 2016, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
  • Winner (1/20), Inter DPS West Zone Quiz Competition 2011
     
Education

BTech, Mechanical Engineering (Minor in Business Management), Manipal Academy of Higher Education
 

Certificates
  • Corelight 3 day Training, Corelight
  • Splunk Certified Core Power User, Splunk
  • Google Chronicle Training, Google Cloud Security
  • iPolicy for Young Leaders, Center for Civil Society
     
Co/Extra-curricular
  • Campus Finalist (Top 3%) in Flipkart Wired 8.0 Business Track among 45000+ registered teams
  • Elected Member of the Alumni Committee of PGPX, organized 7+ Alum Interaction events to enhance industry connect
  • Lead for Pay It Forward (PIF), a pro bono initiative for MBA interview preparation, resulting in 7 IIMA PGPX admits
  • Part of a Global Consulting Cohort of 10+ members, designed a 0-1 E-commerce & Marketing strategy to double revenue in a year for a niche European client
  • Avid traveller, having travelled to 20+ Indian states/UTs and 8 countries
  • 180,000+ post views on LinkedIn in last 1 year
  • Management Member of University Aeromodelling Team (AeroMIT), responsible for overall team management
  • Social Media Organizer for MIT Manipal’s National Level Technical and Cultural Festivals, maintained social media handles and introduced new mediums (Instagram stories) increasing account reach by 10% and 15% respectively