– 25 years of global experience in thought leadership, market research, consulting, collaboration, team/program management, emerging technology adoption, quality and transformation in core industrial domains.
– LinkedIn Top Voice, Creator Accelerator Program India 2022 alumni. I was part of the first batch of 200 creative content creators. My focus was broadly on automobile engineering, electric vehicles and manufacturing trends. – ongoing articles in Forbes India, Industrial Automation, other publications, Tamil magazine Vikatan. – regular blogger on LinkedIn (>200 blogs, weekly automotive trends newsletter with more than16K subscribers). – regular speaker on diverse topics in corporates and academic institutions – reskilling, digital transformation, Industry 4.0, servitization, AI, technology adoption, general management. – Past board member, Branding & Communication, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) India.
Principal Consultant, Infosys Knowledge Institute, Bangalore from April 2016
Lead for manufacturing, engineering, energy domains in Infosys thought leadership and research team. The focus is on publishing compelling point-of-views for global trends in technology adoption and management, with academic, industry and policy making institutions collaboration. Responsible for primary and secondary market research to come out with influential publications in multiple media channels and social media amplification. Topics of interest: Industry 4.0, servitization, circular economy, product lifecycle management, AI/Generative AI. Link to all publications: https://www.infosys.com/iki
– invited as panel discussion member, Industry 4.0 in UNIDO’s 50th Anniversary event, Vienna, Nov 2016
– runner-up, “Best Ambassador of Infosys” award, Bangalore Delivery Center – Rewards & Recognition 2017
– courses completed: Machine Learning, Andrew Ng, Stanford University on Coursera.org, Mar 2017
Prior role in Solution Design, BPM unit until December 2018 – responsible for capability development, identification of white spaces, response to proposals, proactive point-of-views on above topics based on recent trends.
Principal Research Manager, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Bangalore Jul 2013 – Mar 2016
Lead research analyst and consultant for Asia/Pacific for innovation, manufacturing systems, automation, Industry 4.0, supply chain management, product development, business process management for in-depth analysis, research and insights, best practices for enabling emerging technologies.
– thought leader in conceptualizing and authoring more than 15 publications and 10 white papers on PLM, Internet of Things, ERP, cloud, mobility, supply chain management, advanced manufacturing, in addition to annual predictions, IT spending guides and forecasts, case studies, perspectives, infographs, media articles and blogs based on primary research backed by IDC insights.
– conceptualized and drove several custom projects for end user organizations across domains from automotive, logistics, pharma in supply chain management, software, go-to-market projects for technology vendors.
– speaker in industrial forums/IDC syndicated events, ongoing interaction with industry leadership (CIOs), vendor community (software vendors, system integrators) for collaboration on recent trends (Make in India, technology adoption, case studies) and to form partnerships and new initiatives, jury member in annual IDC Insights Awards.
Manager, GE Energy, Bangalore May 2011 – Jul 2013
Team Leader for implementation and roll-out of high impact PLM suite of applications and their associated competencies in Engineering Tools CoE with a team of 10. Change Agent for local team of 600 engineers in collaboration with global team and partners for a successful go-live, ongoing support and improvement.
Transformation Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard, Bangalore Apr 2009 – May 2011
Work stream leader for PLM, pan-HP initiative driving transformation – CoE setup, SKU rationalization and cycle time reduction. Other areas included Order Fulfillment (improvement in ship to first commit, consolidation of consumer and commercial business), Procurement and Planning (Finished Goods Inventory distribution).
Senior Project Manager, Cambridge Solutions, Bangalore Jul 2007 – Mar 2009
Program Manager for PLM applications in manufacturing domain, in collaboration with Dassault Systemes. Led a team of 50 members. Implemented several end-to-end strategic projects, upgrades and product development efforts. Key accounts/projects handled: Ashok Leyland, LG, Masoneilan.
Six Sigma Black Belt, Analytics CoE, Genpact, Bangalore Feb 2006 – Jul 2007
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in ‘Analytics Centre of Excellence’, Genpact, in SCM vertical. Trained & Tested in DMAIC methodology. Green Belt trainer. Projects: Inventory Optimization for C class parts at parts warehouse for GE Aviation, Capacity Utilization of Repair Shops for GE Energy.
Project Manager, GE Energy/GRC, Bangalore, Atlanta, Greenville Jun 2000 – Feb 2006
Project Manager for key PLM/digitization programs at John F Welch Technology Centre and on intra-company transfer at GE Energy onsite to deliver mission critical applications.
– SMART (Safety Management and Reliability Tracking) – an incident reporting, analyses and lessons learnt
application designed for analysis of turbine reliability and safety data. Collaborated with ReliaSoft to customize their QTMS product for multiple businesses in GE.
– Project Manager for a suite of PLM applications for gas turbine bill-of-material management, tracking of capital parts throughout its life cycle, automation of Quote to Order process for turbine uprates.
Production Engineer, Hindustan Motors, Thiruvallur (Chennai) Mar 1997 – Oct 1998 Cell Leader for Spindle & Banjo cell in Axle plant, earthmoving equipment division.
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