Specialties

Expertise in project life cycle management from project initiation, planning, implementation, and project closure along with an ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously under agile environment and monitor Scope, Quality, Schedule and budget.

13* years of Multinational experience working at USA, Germany, India & France on various aerospace and Automotive projects.

Expertise in facing clients/Vendors and understanding the requirements and offer feasible engineering design solutions in CAD tools such as

CATIA V5, Solid Works, Inventor, Auto CADD & solid edge ST5 software's.

Education:

Master of Business Administration (MBA), California State University East Bay -(GPA 3.4) July 2012-June 2013

Regional participant in 4th Annual (2013) Bill Clinton’s (42nd President of the United States) Global Initiative Hult International Business plan competition held in SFO-CA on "Food security in Urban slum by 2018".

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from VTU University (GPA 3.3) Jan 1999 - May 2003

Professional Experience:

Project Manager, Morbark, Michigan From July 2015 – Till date

Statistical analysis of market data to determine Morbark product features from data driven decisions.

Identify and evaluate Engineering CAD outsourcing supplier for their ability to support our CAD requirements.

Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables through a full scale project plans.

Interact with cross functional team for design modification and signoff production prints from Solid edge ST5.

Mange resource allocation, project time lines and project documentation such as meeting minutes-risk management, Design changes.

Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and evaluate the results to fine tune the final Vehicle before launch.

Aid in development process by ensuring design are cost efficient, DFM (design for manufacturing), DFA (design for assembly) and reliable.

Constantly monitor scope, schedule, quality and budge adherence and present it to all the stakeholders.

Staff Engineer at RMM for Morbark- Michigan From April 2014 – June 2015

Meeting clients to understand their needs to simplify and communicate to offshore team members. Demonstrate & sell CAD capabilities to seek additional business. Achieved annual sales target by establishing new leads in North America MES business.

Provide technical leadership and design solutions (from concept to prototype) of Metallic & Sheet metal components that meet DFM & DFA for Boxer Model Vehicle launch. Manage multiple projects simultaneously with an eye on scope, schedule & quality products by allocating project work to team members.

Capture and Present Project matrices, Project goal completion, Monthly billable hours etc., to all the stake holders.

Networking with VP, CEO in tradeshows, conferences to establish strategic partnership. Conduct email & cold call campaign to generate hot leads and pursue to convert them. Train and mentor 2 inside sales associates towards meeting the sales goals.

Business Development Manager- RGBSI, San Jose-CA From Sep 2013 – Jan 2014

Responding to clients RFQ/RFP/RFI by coordinating with internal Tech team.

Help HR team in Identifying and hiring Subject matter experts by conducting technical interview, evaluate and train on soft skills before deploying them on to a project.

Offer Mechanical engineering design and drafting guidance to offshore team to execute the outsourced CAD task by MORBARK.

Student Master of Business Administration (MBA), CSU East Bay - (GPA 3.4) From July 2012 – June 2013

Project Lead- Creative Synergies Group (CSG- “Startup”) Bangalore, India. From July 2011 – March 2012

In a span of 4 months formed an aerospace engineering team by technical interviews, accessing candidates’ CAD/CAM skills.

Responsible for directing and providing project management consultation for all aspects of the design, development and implementation of programs. Reviewed project progress and status of all deliverables within the program. Presented bi-weekly project status to the project stakeholder. Instrumental in setting up ISO standards & implantation within the startup environment.

Project Lead - InfoTech Enterprises limited, India, USA, Germany & France From July 2006 - July 2011

Design and 2D manufacturing drawing generation of various aerospace lighting products for Good Rich lighting systems- Tampa- Florida.

Worked in Oklahoma on Gulfstream projects Wing design modification and offshore / cross-functional team co ordination to deliver quality CAD files.

Worked in France on Airbus project with clients and built a team of 23 offshore engineers that leveraged $1 Million in revenue.

Worked in Germany for Airbus A 350 interior project on ATA 21 HVAC ducts and ATA 92 Electrical bundle modification using CATIA V5 software.

Design Engineer- IDS Engineering, Chandigarh, India From March 2005 - May 2006

Extensively worked on design and detailing of Dassault Falcon F16 and F900 EX and F2000EX components in sheet metal and metallic part design modules on CATIA V5 software. Also migrate several Dassault aircraft structural components from CATIA V4 to CATIA V5 software.

Independently lead VM motors Italy-Tractor engine project with a team of 4 members. Awarded best employee of the month, towards quality and efficient deliverables of VM motor project.

CADD Engineer- Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India From July 2003 - March 2005

Collaborate and understand Cross-functional engineering team requirements and provide Process and Instrumentation (P&I) Diagram in Autodesk Inventor software.

Design changes and new product development in Coordination with production team to deliver fomenters & vessels of various capacities.

Prepared several checklists to avoid repetitive human error before signing off a production drawings.