• Gender: Male
• Age: 53
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Anywhere
• Work Experience: 30.4 Year(s)

Education

MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai during August 1995-97.
Post Graduate Diploma in Die & Tool Design from GTTC, Chennai in September 1994-95.
B.E. (Mechanical) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India during July 1989-93.

Skill Sets

Technical Skills:
OS - Windows NT/2000, UNIX; Languages - C, C++, Visual Basic 5.0 (MCP)
Database- Oracle, MS Access; CAD - Pro/ENGINEER 2001/Wildfire 2.0, CATIAV5
PDM - Pro/INTRALINK; PLM - Windchill
Others - MS Office, MS Project ERP - SAP R/3 (PPC)

Work Experience

Project / Account Manager
Since October 2007 till date
Presently working with a leading Engineering Services company in South India
Responsibilities:
End to end project management; heading the teams at offshore, offsite and onsite
Handling both Fixed bid, Time and Material projects
Scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, resource, procurement and change management
Understanding the customers implied needs and setting the delivery processes for the ERROR FREE deliverables
Grooming project leaders, project managers and People management
Account management & identification of new opportunities

Project Manager
Since December 2006 to October 2007
Worked with Schneider Electric India (P) Ltd. - Global Technology Centre, Bangalore
Responsibilities:
Leading the Design and Migration teams
Leading the project meetings, Setting up the standards, guidelines and quality processes; risk management, change management and Quality of deliverables
Account management & identification of new projects.
People management

Projects:
1. RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) - (Customer: Schneider Electric, France)
Team size: 8; Tool: Pro/Engineer 2001
Implementation RoHS changes for the Surface coatings, in compliance with RoHS Directive
Implementation of Schneiders global PIM methodology
Publication of parts, drawings and Spec sheet in Symphony, Windchill.

2. Powerpact-R (Customer: Square-D, USA)
Team size: 7; Tool: Pro/Engineer 2001 (Solid & Sheet metal)
Migration of the existing drawings and the design changes as recommended by the customer.
Implementation of Schneiders global PIM methodology
Publication of parts, drawings and Spec sheet in Symphony, Windchill.

3. SAP & IRIS BOM corrections - (Customer: Schneider Electric, France)
Team size: 3; Tool: SAP, IRIS and Excel
Verification & validation of SAP and IRIS BOM levels
Validation of the variants, attributes and quantity.
Implement changes in the SAP and IRIS BOMs.
Achievements:
Improved the productivity to 90% and achieved >95% utilization
Contained Effort variance & Schedule variance within 5% (though the organization goal was 10%)

Project Manager Engineering Services
Since May 2003 to November 2006
Worked with Hinduja TMT Ltd, Bangalore
Responsibilities:
Led the design & design change teams; Project, People and Account management,
Provided MIS reports to management, assisting in the alignment of project deliverables and customer-specific schedules, managing multiple projects.
Established Quality control & assurance processes for the deliverables and continuous improvement.
Coordinated with support departments, ensuring completion of the project on schedule and within budget.
Done mining of the existing customers for new business; New lead generation & interaction with prospects; Business development activities in sync with offshore & onsite Marketing teams
Internal Quality Auditor for HTMT

Projects:
1. Camozzi Spa. Italy
Technology: Pro/ENGINEER 2001
Team Size: 10-14

Valves Series Projects: Client was developing new series of valves. Existing valves are re-designed as per the markups and modifications as suggested by client. Released the new models and drawings for the prototyping.
Valve accessories Projects: Created new varieties of valve accessories from the existing products. Solid models and associated detail drawings were created. The projects include creation of sub-assemblies with skeleton models and drawings.
e-Catalogue Project: Converted various types of valves 2D drawings to 3D solid models and associated 2D drawings. Client used these models for assemblies and to publish as e-Catalogue.

Senior Engineer - CAD/CAM
Since March 2000 to April 2003
Worked with Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (GECP IDC), Hyderabad
Client: GE Consumer Products, KY, USA

Engineer - Design
Since March 1997 to March 2000
Worked with Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), Chennai

Engineer - Design
Since October 1995 to March 1997
Worked with L.G. Balakrishnan & Bros. Ltd. Coimbatore, India

Engineer - Design & Development
Since June 1993 to September 1994
Worked with Sri Vinayaga Tools (P) Ltd., Coimbatore, India