Sanket Parikh

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Executive Summary

Total 18 years of experience in Electronics products manufacturing, maintenance, development and project management

Ability to ramp fast in any technology, environment and make key contributions in every role

Development of electronics products from concept to final product manufacturing which covers feasibility to after sales support

Experience in manufacturing and project execution for proto, bulk quantity and modifications in products as per client and field level requirements

Building/maintaining relationships with strategic customers and working with contract manufacturers and suppliers

Interaction with different department heads – Design, sales, finance and sales representative of different regions for day to day execution and business requirements

Experience of building teams and actively involved in business strategy, product road map, cash flow and contingencies

Management of complete project & deliverables as per schedule, Review meetings & presentation on day-to-day basis with client

Experience in the areas of Design, Operations and maintenance of Radar, Telecom and IT with military organization (Served as a Flt Lt in Indian Air force)

Skill Set

Implementation and management of operational plans and strategic initiatives for projects to ensure that operating unit is running efficiently by optimizing company resources

Establish resource requirement, procurement, Identify risks and recommend appropriate solutions

Planning, coordination, resource assignment and work allocation for software and hardware requirements

Work with top management for development of strategic plans and optimizing business performance

Work closely with business teams and stakeholders to identify and develop opportunities to improve processes, products and/or services and dealing with business inquiries

Develop and implement procedures and methodologies to achieve business goals and efficiency through innovations and initiatives

Performance monitoring and creating development action plans for managers and leads

Develop and manage budget including capital expenditures and cost management

Ensuring all regulatory compliance, quality standards, specifications and policies

Product design, experience development, testing and circuit analysis experience

Development of high speed board design and EMI/EMC compliant products for various domain like wireless, home, medical, office, security, surveillance, fire for global customers

Analog and Digital circuit design using Hi-end DSP like DM64x, DM6446 SoC from TI,AMD geode LX processor, 8/16 bit Microcontrollers,DDR and SDR SDRAM

QA member of CMMI level process implementation within organization

Current Work Experience– VP Operatins at Strix System INC. -Since May 2011

. Handling India and USA operation centers as a head of Operations

Developed center from start to the strength of 40 team members and started technical and operations activities in India

By Optimizing cost of items, resources and delivery time and implementing same at different stage for product cycle resulted in increased company revenue

Established products operations and manufacturing facility including ESD lab for Wi-Fi mesh network products at India

All activities related to product development and manufacturing such as RFQ support, order execution, production planning, product manufacturing, material planning and ordering, testing, QA activities, shipping and after sales support

Leading - Technical, procurement, logistic, Import/Export, Customer support and RMA teams

Supporting and driving procurement team for all procurement activities such as vendor communication, selection, analysis and finalization

Point of contact for a substantial contract manufacturing vendors located globally

Drive continuous process and collaborate with Research and Development team for product development and manufacturing improvements

Working with sales team to develop new business and maintain customer relationships

Support to other team heads for team expansion, new vendors and retain clients

Mentoring team members for their performance, goal orientation, client support activities, debugging activities and day to day execution

Defining and monitoring resource training for different stage and giving feedback

Retaining and reshuffling skilled resource and recruitment of new resource

Drive a culture of high performance and accountability within company

Past Work Experience (Operations manager & Design lead eInfochips Ltd. : 5 Years)

All operational activities such as Production, Supply chain and testing for different product range

Product requirements gathering, feasibility, procurement and validation of different range of IP cameras, DVR, Video management software and VA card

Product development from conceptualization to testing - support and features enhancement as per new requirements and clients feedback

Resource planning, management and optimization

Solution architect for different customer projects requirements

Product training to sales, support team, client and channel partners

On-line and off-line demo support, pre and post-sales support

Responsible for Infrastructure set up including Demo room and ESD lab

As a Project Leader, involved in various hardware design projects and development related activities

On-site (U.S.A.) visit for project proposal, feasibility and client requirements

Project planning, scheduling and client communications

Reviewing of detailed design, schematics, board pre-placement diagram and test plan

Component selection, vendor liaison and evaluation

Prototype development and testing using test equipments like Digital/Storage Oscilloscope, RF Generator, Logic analyzer, EMI/EMC related equipments

Extensive experience of Schematics design tool - Cadence and PCB Layout verification tool - Cadence Allegro

Resolving inter dependency issues and supporting to embedded software and FPGA teams

Main Projects Undertaken at eInfochips Ltd.

RFID System: Next generation medical storage carts based on AMD Geode 500 processor

Meeting request System: Web based scheduling device which is used to reserve the shared resources remotely over network

IPVSS (IP based video security system) : Very compact single channel IP based video security system using TI DSP (DaVinci) which can fit in digital CCD camera.

Video Analytics card : Feasibility of video analytics card which provide analytics like Trip wire, Video tamper, Loitering, Area marking based on DM365 based MP camera

Smart Micro NVR: Embedded CPU product which can connect to camera and work as a remote recording device with facility of extra recording through USB and SD card

Past Work Experience (Associate Project Manager HCL Technologies : 1 Year)

Responsible for system board design, development, layout, testing, procurement and regulatory activities of various hardware and software projects

Day to day project activities like - Planning, scheduling, monitoring and deliverables tracking

Development of Schematic, BOM, Component selection based on FMEA and stress analysis

Review of design, schematics, board placement diagram, test plan and board bring – up

Involvement in Board layout, fabrication, assembly, EMI-EMC, DFM & DFT

Review meetings and presentation to client for project related activities

Single point of contact for client and other team for all project activities

Main Projects Undertaken at HCL Technologies Ltd.

Emergency VoIP Phone: An Emergency Phone to avail emergency/information services

MLIC (Multi Loop Interface Control): Fire detection and suppression for industrial and residential Application

Past Work Experience (Senior Technical Officer Indian Air Force : 6.5 years)

Responsible for different projects and round the clock operations and maintenance activities for

Mobile Antenna, RF Transmitters, high sensitive receiver of medium power pulse radar, RF Devices and real time digital signal processing systems

Simulation of the circuit blocks, design calculations, vendor evaluation and component selection for up gradation of system, reliability test result analysis and design improvements

Budgeting, costing and expense control of equipments worth 100 crore rupees through Supply Chain Management and Vendor Development

Statutory compliance and obtaining regulatory approvals for projects and major contracts

Subcontracting services management and contract management as per technical and administrative requirements

Resource planning, management and optimization

Projects Undertaken at Indian Air Force

Project Title :IRAN Project (Inspection & Repair As Necessary)

Team involved : BEL, ECIL, DRDO, AMSE & BRD

Description: Project known as "Inspection & Repair As Necessary" of medium level 3-D Radar system for performance enhancement of edging system. Coordinator with different organization like BEL, ECIL, DRDO, AMSE & BRD for all project related logistic & technical activities. Key Member for improvement of range, resolution of radar & height improvement from 60% to 90%

Past Work Experience (From August 1997 to November 1998) : 1.25 years

Commenced professional career as an Assistant Engineer (Production & Quality Control) from Rider electronics, Gandhinagar

Education and other qualifications

Diploma in business Management from MDI, Gurgaon

PGDIM (Operation Research) from IGNOU

Course on Radar (Receiver & Transmitter Systems) from ADGESTI, Bangalore

B.E (Electronics & Communication) from North Gujarat University

Personal Information

Date of Birth 28 March 1976

Permanent Address 101, Devarsh Appt, Near Vastrapur Fountain,

Nehru Park, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380015,India

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