Leading Project Engineering team to deliver service by building platform solutions (tools , skills and processes)

Lead Product and Solutions (HES, MDM, Smart Meters) development team to deliver Smart meters, Advanced metering infrastructure services for RDSS Program, Representing technical solutions to DISCOM, Energy Utility customers, and build people portfolio by hiring talent and nurturing skills by domain & tech trainings

• Worked closely with SBUs, development, and cross-functional team to identify business potential, costs & investment needs for new products. Prepared incisive business cases with detailed proposals & analysis to help decision-making by group executives (MD, CXOs)• Driven effective new product launches and strategic product & solutions roadmaps in collaboration with the SBUs – prepare strategy, plan, communicate and execute the same with minimum scrap and seamless customer experience.• Articulated product roadmaps in line with the product vision, managing and ensuring the programs’ scope is well articulated and remains true to the vision, and roadmap of the product throughout the program journey. • Regularly updated Decision makers/stakeholders on SWOT & PESTEL/STEER (Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory), align strategy and product roadmaps. Inputs (analysis, conclusions, recommendations) to strategy reviews by group executives.• Was accountable for the profitability of the product line. Perform PESTEL/STEER analysis for product and systems portfolio area. Analyze the product’s competitive & gross margin performance regularly. Ensured achievement of the business objectives, aligning roadmaps (by course & fine corrective actions) to achieve strategic goals • Developed understanding for customers’ problems and developing a value proposition to address intrinsic and stated needs. Ensure products & services are delivered for a better competitive position in each market. Ensured field trials & user acceptance testing within program scope and closure of feedback.• Continuously improved upon a robust, but simple process performed in the product & portfolio management workgroup.

Driven Change management in processes, people skills, and tools for Institutionalisation of productivity frameworks. Delivered productivity frameworks (tools, automation, skills & processes) for improving the efficiency & effectiveness of the NPI - New Product Introduction function.

Group lead of test automation engineers in new product development-shared services, which interacts with metering RTOS developers, embedded application developers, and test teams based in India, Australia, Sweden, and the UK for ensuring quick and efficient service and timely delivery with high-quality of metering RTOS firmware and automation solutions to internal customers. This involves:- Resource allocation to testing or automation projects keeping business needs and priorities in focus.- Review metering RTOS testing strategy, master test plan, and strategic guidance for achieving high quality with test automation.- Responsible for ensuring zero defect leakage by review of full testing coverage in all FW products released.- Reviewing defects reported by FW validation team, defect chart, planning and execution of regression testing.- Preparing concise reports of testing progress for each project and present to senior management.- Strategic guidance to development automation and productivity tools - Review code coverage of metering firmware by AQTIME using emulations by embedded ‘C’ code in Borland C++ Builder. - Demonstration of final products to internal/external customers. - Conducting release readiness reviews and ensuring the quality of products to be released.- Simulating field conditions, learning from product failures, and enriching master test plan.- Design verification (white box testing) of application firmware-CLEM™ and generating test cases for application firmware-CLEM™ testing for code & path coverage and ensuring zero defect leakage in application firmware –CLEM™ development.- Responsible for recruiting and training new team members, appraisal of the team, and keeping the team motivation high by providing enough challenges and growth opportunities. - Presenting long-term improvement actions progress monthly to senior management in NPD- shared services -score card meetings.

- Lead a team of test engineers for the metering product, resource allocation to testing projects keeping business needs and priorities in focus.- Review metering RTOS testing strategy and master test plan and strategic guidance for achieving high-quality Firmware with test automation.- Responsible for ensuring zero defect leakage by review of full testing coverage in all meteringproducts released.- Reviewing defects reported by the product validation team, defect chart, planning and execution of regression testing.- Conducting release readiness reviews and ensuring the quality of embedded products to be released.- Simulating field conditions, learning from product failures, and enriching master test plans.- Design verification (white box testing) of application firmware-CLEM™ and generating test cases for application firmware-CLEM™ testing for code & path coverage and ensuring zero defect leakage in application Firmware –CLEM™ development.

Performed manual, automated, regression, functional, and performance testing on metering products and software. Responsibilities: Problem recreation, field condition simulation, problem reporting, summarising issues, closely working with developers to get the issues fixed, following testing guidelines, strategy, and quality processes. Timely release of products and systems.Worked on products - single & three phase direct connected electricity meters, Meter reading and configuration software, e-Watch: energy efficiency software