1. RESUME
Name : Dr. Gopalasamudram R Sivaramakumar (Siva)
Email : Gopalasamudram.Sivaramakumar@cognizant.com
Phone : 1-408-317-8259
Residential status : Permanent resident
Willingness to relocate : Willing to relocate anywhere within USA
EDUCATION
Title of the Degree with Branch College/University Year of Passing
MDP in Business Management
(Management Development
Program)
IIM, Bangalore 1997 Certificate
Course(6Months)
DOCTORATE DEGREE (Adaptive
Systems)
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India
1993
MASTER DEGREE (Instrument
Technology)
Madras Institute of Technology,
Anna University, Chennai, India
1986
BACHELOR DEGREE (Electronics
and Communication)
College of Engineering,
Anna University, Chennai, India
1984
SKILLS
Operating
systems
Unix Windows
Languages R PERL SQL PLSQL Python
Unix shell
scripting
JAVA(exposure) SAS(Exposure)
Databases ORACLE SQL Server
Utilities JDA –
Supply
chain
strategist
JDA – Supply
chain planner
JDA- Demand
manager
JDA_
Factory
planner
Data
science -
Alteryx
Knowledge Machine
learning
Demand
forecasting
Optimization Supply chain
optimization
Data
science -
Analytics
Algorithms Transportation
planning models
Stochastic
optimization
Linear
programming
Control
systems
Additional Editorial board member for an international journal ‘Smart and
sustainable manufacturing systems’.
Served as a reviewer in International journals and conferences.

2. WORK SUMMARY:
1. Cognizant Technology Solutions (From Dec2010 to till date)
Gopalasamudram Sivaramakumar has been holding the position of Manager-Consulting in
Cognizant Technology Solutions from Dec, 2010.
Assignments:
Client Period Description
Schneider International, Green
Bay, WI
(Transportation industry)
Oct 2015 Senior business analyst and
Subject Matter Expert(SME):
Enhancements, documentation
and support of the planning
system ‘Short Haul Optimizer’
– A mixed linear integer
programming based
optimization system for
transportation planning.
Walgreens, Chicago, IL
(Retail)
Dec 2014 SME for the project Macro
space optimization.
Developed a complete solution
(in ‘R’) for the estimation of lost
sales during stock out periods
using predictive analytic
algorithms suitably modified
based on the special structure
and requirements such as the
time periods within a day,
holidays, availability of similar
products, cannibalization etc.,
Mattel Toys, Los Angeles, CA
(Retail)
Oct 2014 SME - Developed a complete
solution for the SKU
rationalization using
multivariable pareto analysis
and goal programming.
Papa John’s, Louisville, KY
(Hospitality)
July2014 SME - Analysis of the customer
order processing and making
recommendations for
improvements.
Kimberly Clark, TX
(Health care)
MAY2014 to JUN2014 SME - Predictive analytics for
prevention of infections
Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY
(Services)
Oct2013 – Jan2014 Fraud analytics: Subject
matter expert in the project for
the identification of potential
frauds in the Food Stamp
welfare programs.
Toyota Motor Services, Torrance,
CA
(Automotive)
Feb2014 – April – 2014
and July 2013 –
Oct2013
Subject Matter Expert in
Accessories planning team of
Toyota Motor Services Inc.,
Torrance, CA.
Mathematical modeling expert
for the ILOG based decision
support system for sales target
allocation.

3. Caterpillar Logistics Inc., Peoria, IL
(Logistics)
Oct 2012 – June 2013 Subject Matter Expert in
International transportation
team of Caterpillar Inc.,
(Caterpillar Logistics – Morton,
IL).
Responsible for Requirements
Management in Transportation
Order Management System,
Global Trade Compliance, and
Duty drawback and building
interface with cloud based
international transportation
solutions GTNexus for the
shipment data.
3M - St Paul, Minnesota:
(All domains)
Dec 2010 and Sep,
2012
Led and managed the team for
enhancements and support of
demand planning (business
forecasting) and supply chain
planning (aggregate production
and distribution planning)
decision support systems.
SME for business forecasting
algorithms and safety stock
computations.
2. IBM India Pvt Ltd (From Aug2009 to Nov 2010)
Client Period Description
Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA,
USA
(Semi-Conductors)
Aug2009 to Nov2010 Manager for enhancements
and support for the Service
and spare parts planning
(demand and replenishment
planning) solutions.
Developed mathematical
optimization based
solutions for the safety
stock computations based
on various business goals.
3. Satyam Computers Private Ltd: June 2006 to Feb 2007
Client Period Description
‘Conagra Foods Inc.’, Omaha, USA
(Food processing)
June 2006 – Feb 2007 Lead consultant -
Developed a complete
mathematical optimization
model for optimal
distribution network
design which was used in
the software tool ‘Supply

4. Chain Strategist –
Tactical’ from i2
Technologies (Now JDA
Inc.,).
4. The Sherwin Williams Company, Cleveland, April 2001 to Feb 2006
As a Lead Programmer Analyst of the Sherwin
Williams Company, he was responsible for supply
chain planning and demand planning solutions
from i2 Technologies.
Demand planning Responsible for enhancements and
support of JDA-i2-Demand planner.
Supply Chain Planning Responsible for enhancements and
support of JDA – i2- Supply chain
planner.
Developed own mathematical models and
solution algorithms for specialized
problems
Implemented a new innovative idea for
optimal selection of tank sizes for
various paints based on the monthly
net demands. This resulted in saving a
few hundred thousand dollars.
5. Reliant Global, Omaha, Senior consultant, June 2000 to April 2001
Client Description
Lincoln Electric Company Senior consultant - Responsible for
production planning tool ‘Factory planner’
from JDA-i2 Technologies.
6. Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Bangalore, India Oct 1994, May2000 - Manager
Client Description
 Siemens automotive systems, Regensburg,
Federal Republic of Germany.
Developed complete simulation software
for internal combustion engines.
Development of a real time automated test
bench for the data acquisition systems
used by car manufacturing industries etc.
 Asian Paints Ltd, Mumbai, India  Implemented the first supply chain
production planning solution from i2
Technologies in India for ‘Asian Paints’. –
The factory planner. It is considered one

5. of the most complex implementation of the
production planning solution by i2 (JDA).
PUBLISHED PAPERS
1)Production planning with option based demands and Carbon constraints
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Sanjay Jain
Presented in 8th ISDSI Conference, Jan. 2-4, 2015, Pune, India.
2)Production Planning with Uncertain demands and Options
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Sanjay Jain
Accepted for presentation in IEEE International Conference on Automation Science, Taiwan,
August, 2014. Published in the proceedings.
3)Optimal Resource Assignment and Scheduling in Software Firms
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Janat Shah
Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore India, Working Paper Series. 116.
4)An Adaptive Cascade Compensator for a Wide Class of Stable Minimum or Non-Minimum
Phase Plants through Time Moment Estimation
Authors: Sivaramakumar G.R.1; Shankar H.N.2; Rajgopal K.1
Journal: International Journal of General Systems, Volume 32, Number 1, 2003, pp. 1-24 (24)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
5)Multiple Model Matching and Controller Design
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Rajgopal K R;
Book (Edited): Advances in Mathematical Control Theory edited by A V Balakrishnan and M C
Joshi, 1993.
Publisher: Marcel and Decker Ltd.
6)Adaptive Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Rajgopal K;
Presented in IEEE Control and Decision conference, 1992.
7)Adaptive Control with Optimal Model Following
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Rajgopal K;
Published in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering, Wright State
University, Ohio, 1988.
8)A Frequency Domain Approach to Control Systems Design with Multiple Model Matching
Authors: Sivaramakumar G R; Rajgopal K;
Published in Proceedings of International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer
Vision, Singapore, 1990.