Project Management Product Development
Resume:
JAGADEESWARAN.N
Dynamic and results-driven professional withexperience
regulatory compliance to drive innovation, operational excellence, and global delivery success in a leadership role within a thinking organization focused on engineering, manufacturing, Core Competencies
Strategic Planning & Leadership
Project Management
New Product Development (NPD)
Program Management
Manufacturing Engineering
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) &
Design Verification and Validation
(DVV)
Regulatory Compliance (ISO 13485,
EUMDR, ISO 14971)
Lean Six Sigma / Continuous
Improvement
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) &
Simulation
Industrial Automation / Industry
4.0 Implementation
Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) & Engineering Change
Management (ECM)
Team Building &
Leadership
Education
B.E. (Mechanical
Engineering) from Anna
University, Chennai, 2007
Profile Summary
Seasoned professional with 1
experience across
delivering complex portfolios in both
speed, scalability, and customer satisfaction.
Led strategic New Product Development (NPD) and Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM)
solutions while alig
disciplinary teams.
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
improvement programs; successfully executed over 50 Kaizen projects, resulting in signifi
manufacturing and R&D setups.
Expert in navigating stringent regulatory environments and ISO 13485/14971
standards for CE certification, quality system robustness, and comprehensive risk management (DMR/DHF).
Led Finite Element Analysis (FEA) teams
optimization of wind turbines, commercial vehicles, and advanced codes (EN 1993, ANSI Y14.5), while aligning project execution with Industry 4.0 frameworks.
Proven track record in managing Greenfield and Brownfield engineering projects integrating OSHA standards, advanced plant
techniques to elevate safety, scalability, and compliance in global production environments.
Proven Track Record in Built
teams (Founders, CXOs) to align infr
driving rapid expansion, risk mitigation, and customer verticals and geographies.
Champion of Innovation & Operational Excellence,
design practices, and lean construction principles to enhance build quality, accelerate timelines, and minimize lifecycle costs
term value creation.
Career Timeline
Work Experience
Since Jun’21
Project Lead
Key Result Areas:
Spearheading e
development,
standards.
Acting
JAGADEESWARAN.N
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experience in project and program management, new product development, and regulatory compliance to drive innovation, operational excellence, and global delivery success in a leadership role within a thinking organization focused on engineering, manufacturing, or medical technologies. Profile Summary
Seasoned professional with 18 years of end-to-end project and program management experience across Automotive, Industrial, Wind Energy, and Medical Device domains delivering complex portfolios in both onsite (USA) and offshore models speed, scalability, and customer satisfaction.
Led strategic New Product Development (NPD) and Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) initiatives, successfully transforming conceptual designs into market solutions while aligning technical, regulatory, and business priorities across multi disciplinary teams.
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with a proven ability to lead enterprise improvement programs; successfully executed over 50 Kaizen projects, resulting in significant cost savings, quality enhancement, and operational agility across global manufacturing and R&D setups.
Expert in navigating stringent regulatory environments—particularly EU MDR 2017/745 and ISO 13485/14971—ensuring medical device development aligns w standards for CE certification, quality system robustness, and comprehensive risk management (DMR/DHF).
Led Finite Element Analysis (FEA) teams and contributed to the design and structural optimization of wind turbines, commercial vehicles, and advanced codes (EN 1993, ANSI Y14.5), while aligning project execution with Industry 4.0 frameworks.
Proven track record in managing Greenfield and Brownfield engineering projects integrating OSHA standards, advanced plant-level processes, and digital transformation techniques to elevate safety, scalability, and compliance in global production environments.
Proven Track Record in Built-to-Suit Solutions, adept at working closely with leadership teams (Founders, CXOs) to align infrastructure rollouts with evolving business needs, driving rapid expansion, risk mitigation, and customer-centric outcomes across diverse verticals and geographies.
Champion of Innovation & Operational Excellence, integrating automation, sustainable design practices, and lean construction principles to enhance build quality, accelerate timelines, and minimize lifecycle costs — ensuring stakeholder satisfaction and long term value creation.
Career Timeline
Work Experience
Since Jun’21 HCL Technologies, Chennai
Project Lead – Senior Technical Lead (NPD)
Key Result Areas:
Spearheading end-to-end NPD initiatives for infusion medical devices, overseeing design, development, and cross-functional integration in compliance with ISO 13485:2016 standards.
Acting as Technical Gate Reviewer, validating engineering concepts, troubleshooting Aug’07-Sep’10 Sep’10-Jun’21
L&T Technology
Services, Chennai
EGS Computers
India Private
Limited, Chennai
HCL Technologies,
Chennai
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project and program management, new product development, and regulatory compliance to drive innovation, operational excellence, and global delivery success in a leadership role within a forward- or medical technologies.
end project and program management
Automotive, Industrial, Wind Energy, and Medical Device domains— fshore models with a focus on
Led strategic New Product Development (NPD) and Product Lifecycle Management initiatives, successfully transforming conceptual designs into market-ready ning technical, regulatory, and business priorities across multi- with a proven ability to lead enterprise-wide
improvement programs; successfully executed over 50 Kaizen projects, resulting in cant cost savings, quality enhancement, and operational agility across global particularly EU MDR 2017/745
ensuring medical device development aligns with global standards for CE certification, quality system robustness, and comprehensive risk and contributed to the design and structural
optimization of wind turbines, commercial vehicles, and industrial products using advanced codes (EN 1993, ANSI Y14.5), while aligning project execution with Industry 4.0 Proven track record in managing Greenfield and Brownfield engineering projects, processes, and digital transformation
techniques to elevate safety, scalability, and compliance in global production
, adept at working closely with leadership
astructure rollouts with evolving business needs,
centric outcomes across diverse
integrating automation, sustainable
design practices, and lean construction principles to enhance build quality, accelerate ensuring stakeholder satisfaction and long-
end NPD initiatives for infusion medical devices, overseeing design, functional integration in compliance with ISO 13485:2016 as Technical Gate Reviewer, validating engineering concepts, troubleshooting HCL Technologies,
Chennai
Since Jun’21
Led vendor capability assessments and finalized Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) through rigorous validation, capability analysis, and cost-quality benchmarking.
Functioned as SPOC for Senior Management Reviews (SMRs), delivering executive-level project presentations and aligning strategic direction with leadership expectations.
Directed compliance-driven project execution including PCI and ISO audits, while optimizing resource allocation, cost control, and product quality across the development lifecycle.
Technical Lead – Project Lead & Management under the Medical Devices division. Directed EU MDR 2017/745 compliance efforts for infusion devices, overseeing DHF/DMR documentation, notified body engagement, and CE certification readiness.
Led cross-functional teams for MDS rebranding and CCMD RECODES projects, ensuring design optimization and adherence to Design Control protocols for regulatory submissions.
Orchestrated ETT product development lifecycle, including engineering drawing release, while enforcing ISO 13485:2016 MQMS standards and streamlined tracking systems.
Acted as SPOC for Senior Management Reviews, PCI, and ISO audits, delivering strategic project insights to top leadership and ensuring compliance across cost, quality, and timelines. Sep’10-Jun’21 L&T Technology Services, Chennai
Assistant Manager – Mechanical Design (ME/IE department) Commercial Vehicle division, MN. USA End-to-End Project Ownership – Directed cross-functional teams across Product Engineering and Program Management in Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering; collaborated with senior directors to drive project milestones and ensure on-time delivery. New Product Development (NPD) Specialist – Acted as SPOC for Commercial Vehicle NPD projects, overseeing DV/ PV cycles, DFMEA/ PFMEA, prototype builds, 200% inspection, ECR/ECO coordination, and cross-functional validation from design through pilot production.
Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing Professional – Championed digital transformation through plant layout redesign, robotics cell automation, RFID traceability, dashboarding, cloud-based paint layout integration, and sub-assembly/line automation. Tooling & Material Handling Innovator – Led design verification and implementation of advanced JIGS & FIXTURES, BIW automation tools, gauges, line carts, lifting devices, and 5S racks; streamlined deployment into production with strong focus on ergonomics and efficiency.
Lean Champion & Process Optimization Leader – Drove 50+ Lean Six Sigma initiatives, led VA/NVA studies, engineered SOPs across the product lifecycle, and standardized time-motion benchmarks for plant transition, ECM, chassis pre-markups, and final inspection processes.
Program Lead – ME/IE Department- commercial vehicle division, INDIA Led 2 major accounts as Program Lead, managing onsite-offshore teams, project milestones, deliverables, bottleneck analysis, budgeting, and kickoff meetings.
Executed greenfield project from initiation to delivery, handling cross-functional teams (Process, Simulation, Automation, Tooling, Material Handling) and ensured on-time, within-budget completion. Used PM Smart for end-to-end project tracking, managing defect logs, action items, SMRs, PO/invoice flow, timesheet approvals, and milestone reviews.
Offshore Lead – Mechanical Design (ME/IE department) commercial vehicle division, INDIA Spearheaded a 16-member team as Project Lead, managing customer input collection, task allocation, deliverables validation, mentoring, and ensuring adherence to timelines.
Acted as Gate Reviewer across projects, conducting rigorous technical validations including FEA reports, tolerance stack-ups, assembly checks, material selection, and managing full review cycle till sign-off. Executed end-to-end design and delivery of BIW welding fixtures and material handling tools—covering concept, FEA, design validation, drawings, documentation, and Industrial 4.0-compliant layout updates. Lead Engineer – Industrial Products Design, Wind energy division, INDIA Designed and developed industrial components like valves, turbine hubs, and WTG base frames with detailed modeling and manufacturing drawings; executed full release via Windchill PLM lifecycle. Managed end-to-end Engineering Change Management—initiated ECRs from raw data, implemented updates, routed ECOs, and secured customer approvals for seamless execution. Created EU-standard technical documentation and performed structural design verification using manual FOS calculations; led cross- functional evaluations for final release.
Aug’07-Sep’10 EGS Computers India Private Limited, Chennai Senior Design Engineer – Product Design and Simulation, INDIA Executed FEA simulations for HDB and LFB air suspensions under push, pull, and cornering loads; optimized mass of cross members and pedestals without compromising structural integrity. Delivered mass optimization for wind turbine base skeletons under Pitching, Rolling, and Yawing loads through iterative FEA; ensured structural stability while achieving targeted weight reduction. Led reverse and re-engineering of industrial equipment—dismantled assemblies, analyzed legacy designs, and redesigned for 30% productivity gain; also conducted SolidWorks training for engineering teams. Technical Skills
Agile, Team Center, Smart Team & Wind chill
Engineering Design - CAD Tools (Advanced Solid Works, CREO) Solid works Simulation, Cosmos Geo star, ANSYS
MS Office & MS-Project
Personal Details
Languages Known:English & Tamil
Address: Chennai 600073
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