Job Description and Project Undertaken at EY from June 2017 to Sept 2019 EY - GDS, R&D Labs, PI Advisory

1. PROJECTS AT EY
SANJAY TALUKDAR
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION | MANAGEMENT CONSULTING | PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
June 2017 to September 2019 Trivandrum, Kerala, India
LIST OF THE PROJECTS
Assurance Coaches Meet Immersion
Day Event and AI Garage
Smart Cities Benchmarking and
Future Cities Simulation Tools
Automation of Audit form filling
Risk Service Line PoC development
Agriculture and Govt. Public Sector
Canvas
Govt. & Public-Sector Immersion Day
Strategic Research on Emerging
Technologies/EY Mega Trends
Innovation Tools and Accelerators
Whitepaper & Innovation Newsletters
Gamification online onboarding for
TAS recruits
Chatbots for Banking Domain
List of other POV and POC worked on
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION
Provide industry research support to identify actionable ideas from the market
Provide information on latest topics/ trends/mega -rends relevant for various
markets/geography
Work with clients to enrich their ideas with relevant macro/micro/industry/sector information
Provide Point of View(PoV), solution, data or input for an area or module in deck making,
proposal or project where problem and scope of work is defined or big picture and storyline of
the larger engagement is shared
Contribute towards high impact innovation programmes in cross-functional teams across
businesses in achieving business-level strategic objectives
Develop breakthrough value propositions in terms of products, services and business models
for various businesses within the group and take them to market through a process of business
planning and prototyping
Creation of an internal and external ecosystem to support innovation i.e. experts, academicians
and workshops, advanced labs etc. Play the role of process, content expert with project teams
Project management for the innovation programs including implementation. Have end -to -end
ownership in the project from ideation to implementation and domain development
Develop assets and methodologies, PoV, research or white papers, support development of
marketing collateral, conduct public speaking and publish in industry periodicals
Collaborate with senior management in the development and enhancement of knowledge and
thought methodologies & frameworks, and capability
Ideation & thought leadership in specific domain sector, Risk Management SL & Assurance
Assist in innovation projects in specific domain sector, Risk Management SL & Assurance
Product Management - Strategic Research, Development and Marketing
Lead Consultant: Sept 2018 to Sept 2019
Senior Consultant: June 2017 to Aug 2018
EY - GDS, R&D (Innovation) Labs, PI Advisory

2. PROJECT NAME 1: ASSURANCE
COACHES MEET IMMERSION DAY
EVENT AND AI GARAGE
PROJECT NAME 2: SMART CITIES BENCHMARKING AND FUTURE CITIES SIMULATION
Project 1 - 360 - 400 Hours
(EY US Assurance Innovation)
Project 2 - 520 - 560 Hours
(EY Global Smart Cities)
Project Description: Agile team member responsible for focus areas, use-case and themes identification, understanding the
various innovative tools developed by several EY teams, strategic research on the emerging risks (Including technology
risks) for business and preparing research materials for Assurance service lines leveraging the capability of Blockchain, IoT
& Drones (Connected Things), AI/ML (chat-bot, data-driven intelligence and document intelligence for contract audits) and
AR/VR. Developing a gamification concept for training and knowledge building sessions by elaborating the selected use-
cases for the assurance community in EY.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Education/L&D, Gaming, Assurance, Compliance, Technology Risk
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness,
Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Organizational Plans and Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Strategy, Technology & Digital, Human Resource
Management Consulting Skills: Change management, Information analysis, Business analysis, Communication,
Interpersonal Skills, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product design & strategy
Product Management Deliverables: Demo presentations, GTM strategy, Wireframe, Implementation plan, Requirement
specification, Status reports, User stories
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Design Thinking, Scrum, SWOT Matrix, PESTLE analysis
Project Description: Domain expert responsible for gathering business requirements from Global EY Smart Cities team for
the development of EY Tools (Smart Cities Benchmarking tool and Future cities Simulation platform) for client engagement
contributing into domain knowledge/research, UI/UX designs, coordination with multiple teams (Mobile, Development,
Design, Research), overseeing the overall development of the tool, quality assurance and suggesting functionalities
changes in the tools in the subsequent phase developments of the platform/tool.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Govt. & Public sector, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Health, Education,
Public Finance, Infrastructure, Mobility, Telecom, Cyber Security & Defense, Waste management & sustainability, Gaming
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Benchmarking, Strategy and Planning, Project
Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Organizational plans, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Strategy, Technology & Digital
Management Consulting Skills: Information analysis, Business analysis, Market Strategic Planning, Interpersonal Skills,
Communication, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User research, Data Analysis, Product Design, Product Strategy, Quality Assurance,
Wireframing, Product Development, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Demo presentation, GTM strategy, Implementation Plan, Product Roadmap, Product
Backlog, Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing, Pilot
Approaches & Methodologies: Waterfall, Design Thinking, Agile

3. PROJECT NAME 3: AUTOMATION
OF AUDIT FORM FILLING
PROJECT NAME 4: RISK SERVICE LINE POC DEVELOPMENT
Project 3 - 320 - 360 Hours
(EY India GDS Risk Assurance)
Project 4 - 240 - 280 Hours
(EY India GDS Risk Management)
Project Description: SPOC during PoC development, tool vision & scope document preparation, quality and PI support
during the development of MVP - tool for automation of 107GL form to be filled from SOC reports leveraging AI/ML
capabilities by converting, extracting and summarizing the unstructured data and option to edit into the filled 107GL form
format (Human-Centric Machine Learning approach where the tool will learn over usage with a web-based application with
multiple user access).
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Audit & Assurance, Compliance
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Organizational Plans and Reports & Videos
Management Consulting Functions: Strategy, Technology & Digital, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change management, Information analysis, Business analysis, Interpersonal skills,
Communication, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User research, Data Analysis, Product design & strategy, Project Management, Quality
Assurance, Product Development, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Demo presentations, GTM strategy, Implementation plan, Requirement specification,
Status reports, Product Roadmap & Backlog, User stories, Prototype, Minimal viable product
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SWOT Matrix, Growth/Share Matrix
Project Description: SPOC for the development of multiple Proof of Concepts, responsible for ideation with the Risk
Service Line counterparts, understanding the business requirement and managing the development of the POCs related to
finding out the anomalies, relationships & insights dashboarding for Identity Access Management, Sourcing of Materials
use-cases leveraging graph database and Document Intelligence use-cases for PDF extraction of structured and
unstructured data (Contracts, Audit Reports, IFRS Documents, Payroll Register) & Language Translation.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Risk Management, Audit, Compliance
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Policies & Procedures, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Strategy, Technology & Digital, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning,
Business analysis, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Design, Product Strategy, Project
Management, Quality Assurance, Wireframing, Product Development, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Wireframes, Demo Presentation, GTM Strategy, Implementation Plan, Product
Backlog, Product Roadmap, Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing, Prototype
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Prototype model, SWOT analysis, Growth/Share Matrix

4. PROJECT NAME 5: AGRICULTURE
AND GOVT. PUBLIC SECTOR
CANVAS
PROJECT NAME 6: GOVT. & PUBLIC-SECTOR IMMERSION DAY
Project 5 - 150 - 180 Hours
(EY Americas Innovation)
Project 6 - 80 - 120 Hours
(EY Americas Innovation)
Project Description: Strategic research for identifying focus areas, start-ups & competitor scan and researching use-cases
related to Agricultural & Govt. Public sector focusing on emerging technology from internal and external databases, having
ideation session and elaborating the selected ideas into Point of Views (POVs) for EY Americas Innovation Advisory.
Industry Experience: Govt. & Public Sector, Agriculture, Retail & Consumer Goods, Healthcare & Wellness, Pharma,
Software & Technology
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Strategy & Planning, Transformation/Change, Project
Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Business Plan, GTM Decks, User Stories, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Procurement, Strategy, Technology & Digital,
Finance, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Strategic Planning, Business analysis,
Communication, Interpersonal Skills
Product Management Skills: Market Research, Data analysis,
Product Management Deliverables: Demo presentation, GTM Strategy, User stories, Point of Views
Approaches & Methodologies: PESTLE analysis, SWOT Matrix, Porter’s 5 Forces, Growth/Share Matrix
Project Description: Program Management, managing the budget & timelines and discussions with Strategic Management
Resources, Account team based in US and Internal team members(product owners), developing business collateral for
following prototypes and coordinating with internal (use-case ideation), multiple externals teams (Digital, Mobile, UI/Ux,
BMC) during development for EY Americas Innovation leveraging the capability of Blockchain, AI/ML (chat-bot), AR/VR &
analytics:
Fraud analysis using graph analysis; Traceability & Smart Contracts for procurement; Chatbots for better public services
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Govt. & Public Sector, Procurement, Insurance
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Business Plan, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Procurement, Strategy, Technology & Digital,
Marketing & Sales, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning,
Business analysis, Communication, Financial Analysis, Interpersonal Skills, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Design, Product Strategy, Project
Management, Quality Assurance, Wireframing, Product Development, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Wireframes, Demo Presentation, GTM Strategy, Implementation Plan, Requirement
Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing, Prototype
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Design Thinking, Scrum, Prototype Model, Rapid Application Development

5. PROJECT NAME 7: STRATEGIC
RESEARCH ON EY MEGA-TRENDS
PROJECT NAME 8: INNOVATION TOOLS AND ACCELERATORS
Project 7 - 40 - 60 Hours
(Client Project)
Project 8 - 320 - 360 Hours
(EY US Assurance Innovation)
Project Description: Responsible for developing one-pagers on emerging technologies and megatrends in lines with EY on
the topics of Cyber Security, Edge Computing, Food Waste and Industry Redefined for multiple client projects.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Manufacturing and Industries, Sustainability
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Strategy & Planning
Management Consulting Deliverables: Reports (One-Pagers GTM Material)
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Strategy, Technology & Digital, Marketing & Sales
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning,
Business analysis
Product Management Skills: Data Analysis, Market Research
Product Management Deliverables: GTM Strategy, Status Reports
Approaches & Methodologies: PESTLE analysis, SWOT Matrix, Porter’s 5 Forces, Growth/Share Matrix
Project Description: Participating in numerous ideation sessions and contributing to various Innovation tools and
accelerators developed by Innovation Labs team which included strategic research to find the industry assurance related
use-cases by scanning the startups and competitors from several external and internal database; developing questionnaires
to understand the demand of digital transformation in the assurance service line to be included the NorthStar Accelerator;
Suggesting strategic frameworks to be included in the NorthStar Accelerator; UX writing, developing user-manual for the
Venture Builder and Innovation Wallet (Rewards Program).
Industry Experience: Innovation Management, Software, Technology
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Business Plan, Organizational Plans, Policies & Procedures, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Strategy, Technology & Digital
Management Consulting Skills: Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning, Business analysis,
Communication, Interpersonal Skills
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Strategy, Project Management
Product Management Deliverables: Wireframes, Demo Presentation, GTM Strategy, Implementation Plan, Product
Backlog, Product Roadmap, Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing, Prototype, Minimal Viable
Product
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Design Thinking, Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), PESTLE analysis, SWOT Matrix,
Porter’s 5 Forces

6. PROJECT NAME 9: WHITEPAPER
& INNOVATION NEWSLETTERS
PROJECT NAME 10: GAMIFICATION ONLINE ONBOARDING FOR TAS RECRUITS
Project 9 - 280 - 320 Hours
(Internal - BD Efforts + GDS Assurance)
Project 10 - 80 - 100 Hours
(Internal - BD Efforts + GDS TAS)
Project Description: Author/Co-Author and Lead Researcher focusing on two emerging technologies (Digital Twins &
Quantum Computing) for multiple industry use-cases, start-ups and leaders in the technology. Digital twin research article
focusing on the manufacturing sector published in EY internal discover knowledge section and published as thought
leadership paper in the series of EY – GDS Advisory blogs. Socializing on EY Yammer Group to collaborate with the PLC
team of GSA region to develop a prototype based on DT for IoT integration and AR capabilities for parts assembly on the
LEGO truck for monitoring & training purposes and help in bringing in business for Innovation Labs (R&D Labs).
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Manufacturing, Power & Utilities, Financial services
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Organizational Plans, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Strategy, Technology & Digital
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning,
Business analysis, Communication, Financial Analysis, Interpersonal Skills, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research
Product Management Deliverables: GTM Strategy
Approaches & Methodologies: SWOT Matrix, PESTLE analysis, Porter’s 5 Forces, Product Life-Cycle Management
Project Description: Building a comprehensive immersive online onboarding program around gamification (baseball game)
for Transaction Advisory Services new joiners. Employee gamification is a strategy that uses game-based elements such as
competition, scores, and rewards to boost morale and motivate employees to complete tasks. The onboarding programs
included personal challenges around understanding the TAS team, Key KPIs, about the various TAS segments, Projects &
Clients, TAS Leadership in EY etc., which will have a significant impact on employee engagement, enthusiasm, and overall
performance.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Transaction Advisory Services, Gaming, Education/Training Program
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Business Plan, Organizational Plans, Reports
Management Consulting Functions: Strategy, Technology & Digital, Human Resources, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Strategic Planning, Business analysis,
Communication, Interpersonal Skills
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Design, Product Strategy, Project
Management, Quality Assurance, Wireframing, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Wireframes, Demo Presentation, GTM Strategy, Implementation Plan, Product
Roadmap, Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Design Thinking, Scrum, SWOT Matrix

7. PROJECT NAME 11: ORACLE
INTEGRATED HR ASSISTANT BOT
FOR A BANK CUSTOMER
PROJECT NAME 12: EBS FINANCIALS CHATBOT BANK CUSTOMER
Project 11 - 80 Hours
(Client Project)
Project 12 - 80 Hours
(Client Project)
Project Description: The HR Assistant Bot brings a real-time & secure conversation, answering standard & personalized
queries for the employees of the Bank. Personalized bot for each of the employees where onboarding, policies, leave
application, payroll and other multiple areas could be handled online. ML processed chat outputs levering MS Bot
Framework using Language Understanding (LUIS) for NLP with Cortana virtual assistant integrated to the solution. The
chat interface of the solution is communicating with the Oracle fusion middleware platform and the employee details are
picked up from the MongoDB database.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Banking, Human Resource
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Reports, Chatbot conversation Flow maps on MS Project/Visio for eight to ten use-
cases
Management Consulting Functions: Strategy, Technology & Digital, Finance, Operations, Human Resources
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Strategic Planning, Business analysis,
Communication
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Product Strategy, Project Management
Product Management Deliverables: Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Scrum
Project Description: Chatbot asset for a client for increasing the efficiency of the Month-End Close Process in Oracle
Applications which include Payables, Purchasing, Assets, General Ledger and Receivables. The Chatbot features an easy to
use UI that provides a checklist of all necessary steps to close the books in Oracle. Which have been built on Microsoft’s
technology platform Azure Cognitive abilities. The UI connects directly to an Oracle database, allowing for PL/SQL queries
that can provide the user with relevant information directly in the UI.
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Banking, Accounting
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Strategy & Planning, Transformation/Change, Project
Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Reports, Chatbot conversation Flow maps on MS Project/Visio for six - eight use-
cases
Management Consulting Functions: Strategy, Technology & Digital, Finance, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Strategic Planning, Business analysis,
Communication
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Product Strategy, Project Management
Product Management Deliverables: Requirement Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Scrum

8. PROJECT NAME 13: LIST OF
OTHER POV AND POC WORKED
ON
Project 13 - 400+ Hours
(Internal Innovation Labs)
Smart Procurement on a Blockchain platform – IoT for monitoring the product/materials while transportation
Fleet Optimization for Public Transportation – Using On-Board Diagnostic - II (OBD Sensor) on the company transport
services & personal vehicle, analyzing & simulating the data and dashboarding the insights using Power BI
Smart Water Network using solenoid valves and water flow sensors – Dashboarding of the insights of water leakage by
simulating the water network using Power BI
Virtual Reality training for the Air Traffic Controllers – Also developed the low fidelity wireframe for the solution
Public Contract analyzer with Graph Databases – Developed use-cases and user stories
IoT enabled Carbon trading platform with a smart contract embedded – Preparing the business case and low fidelity
wireframe for a blockchain & IoT use-case for manufacturing organizations to manage carbon footprint along with a
carbon trading platform with a smart contract embedded and presenting in EY Hackathon which was selected in the top
10 ideas among a list of 100+ ideas
Intelligent conversational bot for Market Pursuits Team – Leading role in collaborating for digital transformation in the
Market Pursuits team by developing a POC on a proposal conversational tool with machine learning capabilities were in
the initial draft of the proposal and Target Company information is developed using natural language understanding
leveraging the Microsoft Azure services (LUIS and Cortana)
Digital Platform for Medicinal Plants, Herbs and Spices (MAP Species) - POV on the need of a digital platform which works
on deep learning on the based on the inputs from various data-sets and having a solution using machine learning that
could help medicinal plant growers better identify and manage various kind of diseases quickly. Based on the case study
while working at the Program Management Unit in NER - India (2009 - 2011) where foliar diseases infected Rauwolfia
Serpentina (Indian Snake Root) polybag plants which the forest department nursery of Meghalaya lost as they couldn’t
detect in time which spread to other plants as well and resulted in the loss of around 2000 + serpentina mother plants.
Project Description: Developing Point of Views (POV), use-cases, user stories, customer journey map (CJM), business
model canvas (BMC), value proposition design (VPD) working in an agile environment along with the internal Innovation
Labs development team to develop the high-level data flow, technical architecture along with the working prototype for
the following POCs -
Industry Experience: Software, Technology, Procurement, Public Transport, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Climate
Change and sustainability, RFPs/Contracts, Healthcare & Wellness
Management Consulting Capabilities: Operations & Performance, Organization Design & Effectiveness, Strategy &
Planning, Transformation/Change, Project Management
Management Consulting Deliverables: Business Plan, Organizational Plans, Policies & Procedures, Reports, GTM Videos
Management Consulting Functions: Corporate & Business Development, Procurement, Strategy, Technology & Digital,
Marketing & Sales, Operations
Management Consulting Skills: Change Management, Information analysis, Marketing Planning, Strategic Planning,
Business analysis, Communication, Financial Analysis, Interpersonal Skills, Team Building
Product Management Skills: User Research, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Design, Product Strategy,
Project Management, Wireframing, Product Development, UX/UI
Product Management Deliverables: Wireframes, Demo Presentation, GTM Strategy, Implementation Plan, Requirement
Specifications, Status Report, User stories, UX Writing, Prototype
Approaches & Methodologies: Agile, Design Thinking, Scrum, Prototype Model, Rapid Application Development, PESTLE
analysis, SWOT Matrix, Porter's 5 Forces, Growth/Share Matrix
Tools & Softwares: Canva for Designing; INVisionApp for digital product design workflow, wireframes & collaboration; MS
Visio; MS Projects; JIRA; Trello; Wondershare Filmora/I-Movie/In-Shot for Video creation; Power BI and D3.Js for
Visualization; ProductPlan a Roadmapping software; Customer Survey tools such as SurveyMonkey