Ref. No. : CA - 22563 - (Designer & Product Developer – with 28.3 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1988

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992.

Post-Graduation in Tool Engineering in 1995

Skill Sets

Process & Product Engineering

Work Experience

Senior Program Manager
Since Jul 2007
Company Profile: Global information technology, consulting and outsourcing company
Job Profile:
Managed Integrated (HW, Embedded SW & Mechanical) development (from concept to mass production support) program for telematics product for Australian customer
Responsible for managing & growing the largest Aerospace account in Engineering Design Services.
Responsible for the annual Revenue of ~US$5Million
Responsible for customer relationship management.
Driving onsite fulfillment through the TA team.
Started the offshore business for the existing US customer
Earlier Position held:   
Senior Business Development Manager (Product Engineering Services – India Geo)
Responsible for the US$10 Million Product engineering business in India.
Achieved more than 30% YoY growth both on Revenue & Order booking consistently. 
Added multiple new logos for Engineering design services by cross selling.

Sr. Product Engineer (NPI Team Lead)
November 2001 to June 2007
Company Profile: Electronic manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturing (ODM)
Job Profile : 
Leading a team of Process & Product Engineers & setting up the NPI process.
Responsible for maintaining the up do date BOM reflecting all design changes, manufacturing readiness, cost reduction efforts in time.
Ensuring the timely escalation takes place for all the product failures at the line, CPC, life test & PPA & the fix in place for all the major defects.
Ensuring the production quality meets the expectation for all the proto builds. 
Ensuring that the permanent solution in place for the defects found & similar defect prevention.
Lead the continuous improvement efforts for reducing the defects on the line & work on early detection & preventive methods. 
Meeting the cost reduction & product improvement goal every quarter for volume production.
Providing Engineering support to the production for meeting yield goals & continuous improvement till the EOL. 

June 1999 to April 2001
Tooling Engineer
Company Name: Flextronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Job Profile : 
Managing Projects in terms of Project costing. 
Product Design & Development. 
Managing Supplier Qualification & Ensuring the part/sub assembly quality. 
Co-ordination of process developments, testing & liaising with customer.
Product Transfer from Customers to Suppliers. 
Customizing & managing the Application Software, Data Transfer & Documentation. 
Tooling Qualifications of Injection Moulds, Stamping Tools & Compression Moulds. 
Some of the products designed & developed include 
Control Panel for printer. 
Barcode reader. 
Wiper motor brush plate for Automobile Industry. 
Computer chassis for Video Editing Work Station.
New Product Introduction for 
Cordless head band phone 
ADSL Home portal & Line Filter

Mould Design Engineer
May 1997 to May 1999
Asahi Electronics (S) Pte. Ltd.
Job Profile : 
Liaise with the customer during preliminary tooling discussions. 
Preparing assembly & detailed design for the plastic injection moulds. 
Follow-up activities pertaining to the fabrication of the mould. 
Electrode design & manufacturing support. 
Tool testing, debugging & tool modification till the approval from the customer.

Cad/cam Engineer
Feb 1996 to April 1997
Company Name: Kojin Moulds Mfg. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Job Profile :
Development of 3D models for machining process using Solid Designer & PRO- E. 
Updating 3D- models for any design changes. 
Documentation of product modifications. 
Updating information to Design & CAM on product modification
Transmittal of tooling drawings to clients, & co-ordination for their approval. 
Providing necessary technical expertise on product modification for cost effectiveness of mould & reduction of defects in components. 
Developed system & Procedures for Quality Improvement by conducting weekly training program for in-house Quality Management. 
Providing information on design intricacy & mould cost at Quotation stage.

Design Engineer
Nov 1992 - Dec 1993
Company Name: Innovative Engineering Systems
Job Profile:
In this period I was involved in Concept Design, Innovation for manufacture of tension tester, Dip Coater, Tape Winder, Tape Slitter machines for M/s Birla-3M, India. 
Concept Design of X-Ray sliding unit for Wipro-GE Medicals, India. 
Contract finalization, detail engineering, material procurement, installation and training of usage of above SPM’s to vendors etc. 
Maintenance and repair and optimization techniques of above

Proficiency Courses: 
CNC Technology at FTI. (1993)
Metrology and Inspection at ITI. (1995)
Hydraulics and Pneumatics at ITI. (1995)
AutoCAD and AME at United CADD Services. (1995) 
Quality Improvement Process at OMNI Plastics, Singapore. (1996)

Pro/Engineer Training Course: 
Fundamentals of Design (1999) 
Drawings for Designers (1999) 
Advanced Surfacing (1999) 
Plastic Part Design (2000)
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis at Too Meng Ken Consultancy (2000)
ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor Training at Venture Corporation, Singapore (2004)
One Space Model Manager training at HP, Singapore. (2004)
Stephen Covey – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People at Wipro, Bangalore (2008)
Edward De Bono – 6 Thinking Hats at Wipro, Bangalore (2008)
Dale Carnegie – High Impact Presentation at Wipro, Bangalore (2008)
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (Training Completed & Project in progress).

Professional Association:
Member of Institution of Engineers.
Member of Indian Plastic Institute.

Future Goals

To deliver and maintain high standards of services to the Management and Internal customers of the Organization, to develop and grow personally and Professionally as a leader and make meaningful contributions using my experience and skills.

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