Project Manager Engineer

PRAKASH TENDOLKAR

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

* Seasoned, well-rounded, hands-on engineer/project manager with a broad skill base, knowledge

and experience –

* Manufacturing plants analysis * Process development / optimization * Cost reduction projects / opportunities

* Product teardowns & analysis * Component engineering / compliance * Suppliers/OEMs/ODMs enablement

* System test / validation * Voice Of Customer/CAPA/QA/QC/CQI * Electromechanical & electronics grasp, debug

* Information Technology * Project / Program management * BOMs/ECOs/SOWs/WIs/Deviations/5Cs

* Other Skills/Experience – * Know how to ensure customer satisfaction * Out of the box thinking

* Ability to cross engineering disciplines * Logical & methodical approach

EMPLOYMENT

* Founder and CEO, Sian-Tech Global, LLC, Austin, TX 08/2013 –

present

- Started a company called Sian-Tech Global LLC, to offer following engineering services

Manufacturing Plant Analysis and Follow-Up Actions - The BEST plants across ALL industries,

around the globe, are the benchmark for this analysis (Unique). We scrutinize all functions

(Assembly, QA/QC, Testing, Packaging, Shipping, Maintenance, Warehouse, etc.), with laser

sharp focus. We check specifications, processes, fluidity in communications, inventories,

SOPs, maintenance, synchronization among various functions, and identify issues,

inconsistencies, opportunities, solutions. We come up with an action plan and work with you to

implement it.

Competitive Product Teardowns & DFX analysis - We teardown/dismantle the product/s of your

competition and conduct DFX analysis, study packaging, analyze un-boxing (initial customer

experience), identify ideas, and then feed you that important information - their design

decisions, practices, components, materials, etc., which you can implement, and also their

pitfalls which you can avoid. So theoretically, you are starting at a higher level than your

competitors. We also work with your design team to design your product by taking right DFX

decisions. Teardowns could be conducted for your own products for further improvements.

* Principle Quality Engineer, Dell Quality Engineering, Round Rock, TX 07/2011 –

08/2013

- Drive quality during server development – Ensure product quality through reviews and follow-

up actions regarding PRD, VOC, LL’s, NUDDs, DFM, Serviceability, Usability, Customer facing

documents, PCBAs quality, and various audits, followed by corrective / preventive actions

(CAPA), and by working with NPI team.

- Conduct customer surveys, unbox and install servers at customer sites, and take corrective

actions on findings.

- Project Manager: Led Dell-Foxconn Task Force meetings (cross-functional) to reduce FIR60 in

server manufacturing at Foxconn, Mexico. Conducted audits of pre-pilot, pilot, safe-launch and

production systems and drove corrective actions. Also conducted audits of assembly, pre-test,

burn-in, packaging, and shipping functions. Found 70+ product and process issues, leading to

product or process improvements.

- Project Manager: Led cross-functional effort to develop DFM requirements.

* Senior Business Systems Analyst, Dell IT, Round Rock, TX

09/2009 – 07/2011

- Program Manager: Led a team of business systems analysts to scrutinize the business needs,

and convert them into testable system requirements, for order-routing and for on-boarding of

mergers/acquisitions.

* Senior Component Engineer, Dell Component Engineering, Round Rock, TX

09/2005 – 09/2009

- Technical Lead: Led Component Engineering team in Competitive Analysis of servers.

Identified $200 million cost saving opportunities together with other teams .

- Selected components based on specifications, quality, reliability, global regulatory compliance

(such as, RoHS), and cost, for new and storage products.

- Project Lead: Developed a test strategy to ensure 100% test coverage.

* Senior Staff Product Engineer, Motorola, Platforms Division, Austin, TX

04/2002 – 11/2004

- Program Manager: Led assembly and test teams in Austin and Malaysia to increase chip

production yields from 78% to 96% in 8 months.

- Project Engineer: Led teams to establish/re-engineer processes to eliminate boot test in chip

production (cost & cycle time savings, simplified flow) and worked with development team to

improve quality.(5000ppm to < 300ppm rejects). Captured failures and drove FA/new tests.

* Engineering Manager, Motorola Multimedia Systems, Austin, TX

08/2000 – 03/2002 Managed a design team of 10 engineers and technicians to develop set top

box systems to run ADSL, VDSL, Ethernet, Video on Demand, etc. Responsibilities -

specifications, design, prototyping, and component engineering.

- Interfaced with software & firmware teams for system integration and testing.

- Worked with a PSU supplier to design / test a new power supply to reduce cost.

* System Design Verification Manager, Motorola, Multimedia Systems, Austin, TX

05/1999 – 08/2000

- Set up verification lab (hands-on) from scratch for the new division and new product line.

- Developed system test plans and test phases with Entry-Exit Criteria for each phase.

- Developed and conducted tests – ADSL, VDSL, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, Ethernet-to/from-xDSL

Bridging, VOD, MPEG1 & 2, Different Bitrates / Resolutions, SARNOFF tests, Video, Jitter, etc.

- As part of SDLC, managed System verification operation in Austin, TX; Software verification

operation in Beijing, China; and Firmware verification operation in Singapore.

- Technical Lead / Project Manager - This project involved a massive setup of a video wall to aid

in testing of 48 systems (to establish statistical performance) that can run functionality tests

simultaneously over extended periods. Developed architecture, inputs/outputs, configurations,

and technical specifications.

* Senior Component Engineer (contract), AMP, Round Rock, TX

10/1998 - 02/1999

- Re-engineered supply chain processes. Provided component engineering support for contract

manufacturing.

* Engineering Manager – Customization, Eaton Semiconductor Equipment, Austin, TX

08/1997 – 06/1998

- Interfaced with global sales force and customers to understand custom requirements for

modifications to semiconductor equipment products, offered design tradeoffs & drove towards

optimal solutions.

- Liaison between customers, sales, marketing, business management and engineering.

* Senior Electrical Engineer, Eaton Semiconductor Equipment, Austin, TX

06/1995 – 08/1997

- Led projects with suppliers to achieve technical competencies.

- Project Leader (hands-on): For ion-implanter projects, developed specifications, and

designed/modified/tested electromechanical subsystems to meet customer requirements,

integrated them at system level by designing interfaces. Conducted design reviews.

- Project Manager: Debugged a major issue with operation of chillers.

* Advanced Electronics Engineer, 3M Corporation, Petaluma, CA

09/1989 – 06/1995

- Troubleshot / Debugged CNC machines.

- Replaced two motors driving a spindle in master/slave combination by a brushless DC motor

by working with the DC motor vendor. Modified the controller circuit, and conducted approval

testing of the entire setup.

- Installed a LAN for about 20 PCs using Windows NT Advanced Server and did system

administration.

* Software Developer, Metaware Inc. Santa Cruz, CA

11/1988 – 06/1989

- Developed and evaluated diagnostics for newly built C compilers & libraries on UNIX & DOS.

- Designed and implemented a random tests generator to test newly built C compilers.

COMPUTER & LAB SKILLS

* Lab skills: Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Power Supplies, Waveform Generators, Mechanical

Measurement Tools

* Software: MS Office, Agile, BPMN, Visio, MS Project, DDTS (Manage Defects), Quality Tools,

ABC flowcharter

* Languages: C, Basic, Assembly (Intel x86 / Pentium, Motorola 68000, and TMS 32010)

* Operating Systems: Windows, Windows NT, UNIX, SunOS, DOS, Mac OS

EDUCATION

* M.S.E.E., Bradley University, Peoria, IL. (Awardee of Research Assistantship)

08/1988

* B.S.E.E., Marathwada University, India. (First Rank in the University)

06/1985

PERSONAL

* Dell Silver Award for excellent global support for 12th Generation of Servers Launch

(July 2012)

* Dell special recognition award for outstanding contributions in competitive analysis efforts.

(Oct 2009)

* Dell On-The-Spot award for driving Enterprise competitive product analysis efforts . (Nov

2007)

* Recognition of achievement for BPI for competitive product analysis Efforts. (Oct

2007)

* Employee of the Year Award, Eaton Semiconductor (now Axcelis, Inc.) (Dec

1995)

* Favorite Article - Harvard Business Review - ‘Reading a plant fast’.

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