Shankar Sundararaman

Address: ***, ********* ***, ******, *** Jersey – 08817

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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shankar13

Note Possess L2 type US visa – valid till Jan 2019

Career Objective

In quest for challenges in the field of Electrical Energy Management by way of working with Products and Systems. Interested to work in Power Solution businesses such as Renewable energy solutions, Demand side management, Data analytics, Green buildings and so on

Professional Snapshot

A seasoned professional with 16 years of technical and leadership experience in Electrical Products / System Verification and Validation (V&V), Test automation

My recent employment was with Schneider Electric Bangalore, India as Technical Manager – V&V, Certification and Automation (Power Monitoring, Control & Gateways – Power Solutions business)

Gained extensive knowledge in V&V, Test Management and Deft at performing market release testing of Power monitoring products (Smart meters) and Numerical Protection relays. Worked with various product application and functional testing areas, product integration testing, system engineering tools, product configuration tools, product type data verification

Expertise in providing technical support for testing Electro Mechanical, Static and Disc type relays

Adept at conceptualizing profitable new projects encompassing product design and engineering, process conceptualization and quality management

Delivered dramatic breakthrough improvements towards operational excellence by way of test process improvements, i.e. Automated Test Benches development

An effective communicator with relationship management, analytical and communication skills

Possess good knowledge in PCBA and Cable harness manufacturing

Skills and Expertise

Domain Electrical Power Systems – Products and Solutions

Software Windows, C, Assembly language, RTOS concepts

Product Standards IEC 61850, 6205X-XX, 61557-12, Modbus, BACNet and so on

Quality Systems ISO, CMMI, Six-Sigma

Expertise

-Electrical / Energy management - Agile testing

-Technology Transfer and Absorption - Product and System testing

-Test Automation - Design for manufacturing

-Team building and management - Product management

Work Experience, Star Awards and Projects

Schneider Electric, Bangalore, INDIA

Technical Manager Sep 2013 – Jul 2017 (~4 years)

Leader for the Global Connected Test Labs initiative between India, North America & China test organizations. Established the following in-house test labs – i.e. per-compliance (EMI-EMC), Product measurement accuracy standards (IEC), Environment simulation and so on

Accountable for Product V&V, including requirements and use cases review, developing test strategy, V&V plan validation, resource planning, project execution and team management

Responsible for overall efficiency and effectiveness of the V&V team by driving continuous improvement in test processes and methods, Architecting Test cases, identifying automation requirements and delivery (using Lab View/Python) and so on

Managing all V&V projects and ensuring quality deliverables, meeting customer requirements and time to market

Working closely with both product design and project teams in understanding marketing requirements, involving in hardware (electronics) platform testing, firmware verification support, mechanical design reviews, system integration tests, Reviewing field trial test plans and so on

Responsible for validation qualification as per product design standards such as IEC / ANSI / MID and so on. Ensure that the products meet relevant EMI-EMC test levels, Mechanical endurance, safety compliance, Interoperability standard requirements and so on

Technical Lead Aug 2011 – Sep 2013 (~2 years)

Won an award for Innovative Go-to-market idea – i.e. automatic firmware upgrade in field network

Won the runner-up prize for the Best Booth at the R&D India test conference event

Preparing and execution of field specific test cases. Ensuring all the features and functionalities of the products are working as per the marketing specification and so on. Work with teams and deliver the entire V&V project under my portfolio

Smart Demand Controller V&V – Energy Management is crucial in an electrical system where there is an imbalance between power generation and consumption. Smart Demand Controller continuously monitors key electrical parameters such as Basic RMS, Power, Energy, Demand and does load control using the relays housed in the device (also using time of day (TOD) mode). Thereby, avoid any penalty that a customer would incur to utility, ensure grid stability or avoid distribution transformer overload condition and so on

Validation of Smart meters for Data Centers – A Data center is an information critical facility housing backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g. HVAC and so on) and security devices. The smart meters continuously monitor all electrical power parameters (using digital inputs to sense external signals and so on) and maintain the system health condition by triggering alarms (using digital, relay outputs and so on), switch between power sources and so on - when the electrical system exceeds the set limits for abnormalities

ABB Research Center, Bangalore, INDIA

Senior Domain Engineer Nov 2007 – Aug 2011 (~4 years)

Leader for a Technology Transfer Project – the team got appreciation from ABB, Finland organization

Preparing and execution of field specific test cases for Substation Automation products

Working on various testing methodologies such as black box testing, white box testing

Developing test strategy, providing test automation support along with conducting test data analysis

IEC 61850 protocol mapping verification and conducting product integration testing

Power Management Controller (PMC) Application testing – The product is meant for

Load shedding application of industrial loads. The PMC does load shedding operation based on load priorities set. An industry has many forms of power sources. The product monitors various electrical parameters, senses breaker status and gives trip command to the low priority loads based on the power imbalance

Responsible to test and deliver various Substation applications such as Generator circuit breaker protection relay functionality, Circuit breaker wear and tear monitoring and control, Transformer protection relay application function testing, PC software based IED configuration tool, Substation automation test environment software and so on

Efficiently worked on application function testing using ATS (Automated Test Benches)

oIntensively worked in making standard configurations to test functions using IED access tool and contributed by logging defects

oPossess proficient knowledge in Network Management SCADA

Areva T&D, Chennai, INDIA

Product Support Engineer Sep 2005 – Oct 2007 (~2 years)

Test automation requirement gathering, Implementation support, Ensure safety methods during test execution, Project management and so on

Demonstrated the fully functional, world-class Automated Test Benches for performing the Functional, High Voltage flash testing of EM relay products (implementation model) to the COE committee at Areva, UK

oDi-electric Test Station – The scope of the project was to automate the di-electric testing process, done by applying high voltage across electrically isolated circuits of an electrical relay (as per IEC electrical test and product safety standards). Conducted the testing automation systems performance analysis report detailing the benefits in terms of quality and quantity

oFunctional Test Station – The scope of the project is to automate the functional testing of electrical relays as per field conditions and standard test specifications. Conducted the testing automation systems performance analysis report detailing the benefits in terms of quality and quantity

Prolix Technologies, Chennai, INDIA

Test Engineer Apr 2004 – Aug 2005 (~1.5 years)

Cable Harness Test System Validation – Cable harnesses been manufactured are tested for end-end continuity. To test complex harnesses, a microcontroller based test solution was validated by me and deployed for Production

Avalon Technologies, Chennai, INDIA

Engineer (Products & Projects) Feb 2002 – Mar 2004 (~2 years)

Single handedly managed a cable harness project and got the first Japanese customer order

Formulating functional and software test setups to test PCBAs & Cable Harnesses

Working as the New Product Engineer for Network and Communication, Power Control Applications, Industrial Electronics

Worked as the Customer Representative for GE, Tyco, HCL and Shimadzu

Actively participated towards achieving TS certification (Automotive quality standard)

Academic Credentials

Year 2004 – 2006 Masters in Manufacturing Management from BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan with CGPA score 6.5 / 10

Year 1997 – 2001 Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from SCSVMV, Tamil Nadu with 72% aggregate

Certifications

Seeking, Energy Manager & Energy Auditor certification

Year 2007, successfully completed the Fast Track Program on Business Management at IIM, Bangalore

Year 2004, Certified Embedded System Design Engineer from Accel Technologies Ltd., Chennai

Year 2002, Certified C Professional from Aptech India Ltd., Chennai

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