Supply Chain Manager

Nitin Jatekar

Program Management & Business Leader

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Summary

Proven Business leader experienced in leading large scale global initiatives in engineering services, consumer

electronics and interactive entertainment businesses. Developed a track record of success across all aspects of

HW & SW product development, global supply chain & launch management, IT Systems and Customer Service

excellence.

Specialties:

* Large scale global program & operations management

* Incubation investigations & Program Development

* HW/SW technologies for computer peripherals and Interactive Entertainment (Xbox, Kinect)

* New Market Entry - Strategy, Development & Launch

* Communications & Performance Measurement

* Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain logistics

* Quality Management & Six-Sigma methodology

* Customer Relationship Management

* Project Management Professional (PMI)

Experience

Business Unit Director at Synapse Product Development

July 2012 - Present (1 year)

Lead the creation & growth of a new strategic business unit focussed on product deployment, HW & SW

product maintenance and Field Support for a Fortune 100 client.

Responsibilities encompass setting strategic direction & goals for the business unit; recruiting & staffing

onsite and remote project teams to serve client needs, as well as overall business units performance -

financial, people, customer and shared company objectives. Additional responsibilities include providing

leadership for development of the the company's end to end product development process.

Program Manager - Xbox Platform R&D at Microsoft

January 2009 - July 2012 (3 years 7 months)

* Program Manager on the Xbox Kinect team, focussed on integrating development efforts between HW, SW

and Games workstreams for the Kinect launch in November 2010.

* Device Accessories Program Manager - lead SW planning, development & implementation for Xbox

Accessories (current Xbox 360 and future generation products)

Group Program Manager, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Microsoft

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August 1999 - December 2008 (9 years 5 months)

* New Emerging Markets Launch - market evaluation, requirements and operational launch - E. Europe,

China, S. Africa, India, Chile, Brazil

* Xbox Customer Satisfaction - led cross-organizational council to urgently deliver rapid improvements,

reducing executive escalation by 65% in under a year and $5M in operational costs

* Xbox Developer Program Turnaround - reduced operational costs, improve customer satisfaction, saved

over $3MM by restructuring global supply chain

* Team Leader for Global Launch management, Xbox Hardware & Supply Chain

Group Program Manager, Hardware Operations & Manufacturing at Microsoft

July 1992 - July 1999 (7 years 1 month)

* Responsible for worldwide production and availability of the mouse and gaming HW product lines

* Management of supply chain vendor base & relationships in the US, Far East and Mexico

* Saved over $100M in cost of goods by implementing new sourcing model from OEM/ODM to contract

manufacturing

Skills & Expertise

Program Management

Product Management

Strategy

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Market Entry

Software Project Management

Process Improvement

Six Sigma

Education

Birla Institute of Technology

B.S, Mechanical Engineering

University of New Haven

M.B.A, International / Business Strategy

University of New Haven

M.S, Industrial Engineering

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Program Management & Business Leader

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