• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Designation: Other
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 22.5 Year(s)

Education

Exective - MBA From Manipal University in 2007

B.Tech Polymer Technology, Crescent Engineering College, From University of Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, University in 2002

Skill Sets

Product Development & Project Management

Work Experience

Product Development & Project Management
Since Apr 2012
Company Profile: Is a leading Farm Equipment & Utility Vehicle manufacturer
Job Profile:
Managing Plastics & Composites Technology Projects.
Material Selection for New Car and Farm Equipment programs.
Part development & Standards Development for New Car and Farm Equipment Programs.
Head of Polymer lab for Testing & Validation of Polymers and Paints.
Supplier Quality Auditing & New Source Approval
Conducting techno-commercial survey for new vehicle programs
Key Achievements:
Successfully managed New technology programs with a focused approach on Light Weighting, Customer Perceived Quality and Sustainability. One Light weighting Composite Concept was also patented.
Widely acclaimed Interior Part Development in vehicle with focus on Haptics.
Fuel Tank Part Development in Tractor.
Got NABL Accreditation for Polymer Lab in role as Technical Manager.
Have won numerable Spot Awards and Excellerator awards in recognition of Project Management activities.
Patents & Publications:
Patent filed for Composite Floor in Body-on-Frame Automotive Vehicle Architecture.
Co-Authored 3 paper publications in SAE International in the area of Plastics & Composites – New materials & technologies.

Product Development
2006 to 2012
Company Profile : Leading Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer in India with their own brand of Buses and Trucks.
Job Profile :
Program Management – Product Dev.
Domain Lead for Plastics, Paints, Adhesives, Sealants & Composites in Materials Engineering Department
Material Selection, Drafting Part Specifications & Standards for New Vehicle Programs
Drafting DFMEA & DVVP for Interior and Exterior trims
Testing and Validation of Plastics, Rubbers, Composites and Paints including NVH materials
New Material Dev. & Introduction of New Technologies.
Supplier Quality Auditing & New Source Approval
Conducting techno-commercial survey for new vehicle programs
Key Achievements:
Successfully developed Technical Standards (Material Specifications) for Polymeric materials after developing the Value Equation.
Parts comprise Plastics & Soft Interior Trims.
Interior Part Development in Truck Cabs.
Paint Development for Trucks and Buses.
New Coatings Development for Metallic Fasteners & Bolts. 
Corrosion Management.
Supplier Quality Auditing of several key vendors. 
Identification of new sources for Polymers, composites and coatings.
Execution of Value Engineering projects by being part of a CFT thereby saving significantly.
Techno-commercial Feasbility Survey conducted for a new vehicle program thereby resulting in signing of a MOU between Ashok Leyland and another company.
Led a team in Metal to Plastic Conversion projects (Light Weighting)

R&D/Marketing Technical Support
2004 to 2006
Company Name: Hydro S&S Industries Limited
Company Profile: Is a leading Plastic Compounder in India
Job Profile : 
R&D / Marketing Technical Support
Design and development of formulations meeting customer specific requirements and establishing the same at customer’s end.
New Color Development and Color Matching.
Concept testing and maintaining MIS for effective product management. 
Technical service to customers for both PP & TPE (Hyprene & Santoprene)
Troubleshooting both in the plant and at customer’s end 
Executing R&D projects.
Achievements:
Engineered several Product and Market Development Programs for TPEs and PP Compounds.
Pioneered the Usage of TPEs inAutomotive and Wire and Cable Industry 
Increased the market share of TPE from ~32MTA to ~110MTA during tenure.
Resolved several customer complaints at reputed Automotive component supplier sites for both PP &
TPE products and have streamlined the Hyprene TPE manufacturing Process in Production plant.
Color Management of both PP & TPE materials led to Color Harmony in Passenger car.

Technical Development Engineer 
2002 to 2004
Company Name : Bhimrajka Impex Limited
Company Profile : Is the exclusive and leading distributor of erstwhile Dupont Dow Elastomers LLC USA in the Asia Pacific region that is now into two separate entities, Dupont and Dow Chemical Co.
Job Profile : 
Marketing Technical Services / Sales / Business Development
Market Development activity for the Elastomers in South India using the marketing tools of Demand Forecasting, Market Development Programs and customer SWOT analysisfor effective market management.
Achievements
Successfully increased Sales in Tamilnadu & Kerala Markets.
Activated the Andhra Pradesh market for the company and was responsible for sales from AP.
Successfully positioned Engage Polyolefin Elastomer in the Indian Cable Industry and Nordel EPDM rubber as a component in Auto Butyl inner tubes, as insulators in electrical pylons and as gaskets for potable water applications. 
Received “Best Performer Award” in 2003 from the Asia-Pacific Director of Dupont Dow Elastomers.

Industries Served : Automotive, Appliance, Writing Instruments, Industrial
Key Areas : Plastics & Composites, Rubbers, Adhesives & Sealants, Paints &  Surface Coatings.
Profile : Project Management, Product Management, Vendor Development, Quality  

Future Goals

Growth