Swagata B. Chakrabarti
Lynnfield, MA 01940
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EDUCATION
**** – 2008 COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL New York, NY
MBA
**** – 1998 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, College of Engineering Ithaca, NY
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, GE Fellow
EXPERIENCE
2008-Present ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS Brugge, Belgium
Integral Project Manager
• Led Cross Functional Management Teams of Marketing, Design, R&D, Supply Chain, Cost
Accounting, and Industrialization on the following multi-million euro projects:
Green TV 2k10 (2009-Present)
o Prepared the Business Case for the Innovative Environmental Television
China/AP/Brazil TVs 2k10 (2010-Present)
o Developed Business Model to Customize, and Localize Production of European TVs
for Emerging Markets
Aurea TV 2k9 (2008-2009)
o Develop Flagship High End Luxury TV and Ambilight Carrier: Aurea LED TV and
its innovative Remote Control
o Led cross divisional, multi-national teams to ensure seamless user control between
Philips TVs and Philips Soundbars via the TV user interface
Digital TV Platform (2008-2009)
o Led HW/SW teams, as well as chip supplier MTK, to develop 2k9 digital platform
2007-2008 TECHNODYNE
Business Analyst/Business Developer Wayne, NJ
•Worked at a start up IT company, advising at KPMG, Cushman & Wakefield, and Sony Music
1998-2007 TERADYNE Boston, MA
Systems Engineer (2005-2007)
• Recruited along with other managers and team leaders to newly formed systems engineering
organization, created to fundamentally change Teradyne’s product development process
• Led design teams in Taiwan, India, Germany, and US on Teradyne’s most critical design project: Test
System for flat screen, LCD device market
New Product Development Team Leader (2001- 2005)
• Led team of engineers and marketers as the first formal “Voice of the Customer” on a design project
for entering untapped market segment
• Identified and contacted target customers for building market requirements, and later for design in
activity ($100m sales in first year of release)
• Led Round Table Session at Teradyne’s Users Group Conference 2004
• Won Teradyne Users Conference Best Paper 2005: “Use Models From Inception to Release”
Lead Mixed Signal Applications Engineer (2000-2002)
• Developed test programs and circuit boards on site at TI, Motorola, and Infineon
• Wrote and Presented Trade Show and Training Material
• Won 2nd place: “Coherent Multi-tone with Elements” at Teradyne’s Users Conference 2001
Digital & Memory Applications Engineer (1998- 2000)
• Optimized digital programs, and presented subsequent cost of test advantages to customers
• Wrote and Presented Trade Show Material
EXTRACURRICULARS
• Class Agent for Phillips Academy, Andover Alumni Organization
• Elected Cluster Rep for Columbia;, Graduation Speaker, Co-Chair of Reunion Committee, Corporate
Sponsor of New Product Development Class in Paris, France (2008 & 2009)