Product design, development & management

NARESH VEMULAPALLI

VEMULAPALLI NARESH KUMAR

Email: ***********.******@*******.***

Phone: 984*-***-***

Summary:

12+ years of new product design & development experience of which five years

in product management, additional experience in collaborating and leading cross

functional & cross organizational international teams.

Currently managing a global product portfolio with an annual revenue of 150

Million USD exporting globally.

Full lifecycle experience from scoping, designing, developing, and supporting

Enterprise new Product Delivery Processes with focus on Customer Acquisition

Process.

Solution Concept to Execution: Capable of translating business issues into

customer solutions including opportunity identification, requirements

development, Product Specification, delivery, support, and market analysis.

Transformed six big projects (Avg proj size: Five million USD) from product

concept, management approvals, execution & establishing the product.

Innovative Application of Technology: Unique capability to understand capabilities

of technology to solve a particular business problem or create business

opportunity (Filed Two Patents: approval in Progress).

Highlights:

Business data analytics Customer centric

Market & customer research Strategic planning & execution

Six sigma expertise Innovative

Good business knowledge Tech-Savvy

Influencing without authority

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Professional Experience

TAFE: (Strategic partnership with AGCO USA: Agricultural equipment under three brands:

Massey Ferguson, Eicher & TAFE) from Nov 2012 to present:

Managing a product portfolio with an annual sales of ~10,000 tractors

exporting to 60+ countries.

Single point of contact between AGCO (Strategic business partner) & TAFE on

product front.

Interface between marketing, R&D, finance & Product development teams.

Drive portfolio of projects for meeting the product & organizational

objectives as scheduled.

Determine market potential and develop pricing strategy for advanced

technologies and products.

Conducting VOC’s/Customer Clinique’s for understanding customer needs

to formulate new product profiles.

Reduced product complexity by 40% thru regional product realignment &

late configuration strategy resulting in reduction of NPI cycle time by 30%.

International Tractors ltd. (A Sonalika Group) from Apr 2012 to Nov 2012:

Conceptualized and implemented a project in collaboration with Bangladesh

rice research institute for addressing a niche segment of compact tractors

competing with power tillers.

Execute Product strategy thru Engineering, Sales & Business Partners.

Assist in Identifying gaps in product portfolio, develop product and

technology roadmaps, and direct engineering development accordingly.

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At John Deere India from July 2006 to Apr 2012:

Team Leader for Innovation Cell, lead the project from invention to

prototype development & testing. Identify business partners & develop

business plan leading to the commercialization for the industry size of USD

70 million.

As an product engineer leading a team in development of Transmission,

Front Axles, Rear axles and Chassis from idea conception to production-

level for two unique Tractor vehicle programs.

Manage high horse power tractor product line for export markets.

Successful implementation of two Six Sigma Projects:

o Reducing warranty costs of Drivetrain Parts

o Product Complexity reduction/Variants optimization

At Wipro Technologies Oct 2004 July 2006:

(Formerly Known as Quantech Global Services)

As a Product design engineer in engineering design services responsibilities

include:

Support in Design & development of Commercial vehicle & Passenger cars

parts & subsystems for Nissan, Ford & General Motors etc.

Structural analysis, Reverse Engineering & Tooling. Experimental Part

Detailing, Tolerance Stack up Analysis, Large assembly management and

Development of Automotive parts & Subsystems.

At Eqic Dies & Molds Engineers Ltd from May 2002 to Oct 2004.

Designing of Plastic sheet metal and Aluminum parts by reverse engineering

and developing tooling (Injection Moulds, Press tools), for various Automotive

& industrial equipment. Getting the approvals from the customer and

extending our co-operation in tryouts and pilot runs to deliver the project

within schedule.

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Education

Year of Class/Grade

Degree University

Passing Obtained

Post Graduate Diploma in Symbiosis Institute of

International Business Management Studies 2010 First Class

(SIMS) Pune.

Bachelor of Engineering University of Madras,

First Class

(Mechanical Engineering) Chennai India. 2002

State Board of Technical

Diploma in Mechanical

Education & Training, First Class

Engineering. 1998

Hyderabad India

Awards, Certifications & Trainings

Awarded as an INNOVATOR at John Deere India in 2008 & 2009

Outstanding Performer for two consecutive years

Training on Homologation requirements & MPS from Central Motor Vehicle

Regulatory Dept Budhni MP.

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt practitioner from BMG University

Behavioral workshops on Appreciating Diversity & Influencing without

Authority from world renowned MBTI Type Indicator methodology.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 31-07-1979

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : English, Hindi, Telugu Tamil &

Marathi

Address : Flat# 1A, Block-3;

Mogappair west,

Chennai-67. Tamilnadu.

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