Abhinav Kumar Email & Phone Number

A well-rounded Mechanical Engineer and an MBA from Copenhagen Business School, with extensive experience in maturing advanced Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Projects from design through construction, commissioning and commercial operations.(1) Experienced in High Temperature Energy Projects: Worked on Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor based NPP Projects with equipment operating around 550 degC(2) Experienced in Project Lifecycle Management from Project design to requirements gathering, technical due diligence, planning, scoping, estimating, blue-printing, scheduling, budgeting, prioritizing, executing and handing over for commercial operations(3) Project Economics Modelling: Adept at Project Economics modelling based on techno-commercial assumptions, market inputs, expense schedule, lifecycle cost analysis (LCCA), revenue projections, macroµ-economic parameters, risks, sensitivities and other parameters like debt structure, taxes, incentives, working capital requirements, financial ratios etc. to determine Project Financial metrics like NPV, IRR, MOIC, profitability index, payback period, ROI, FCFs across the Project timeline to drive strategic decision making(4) Project Risk Assessment: Utilizing simplistic to advanced risk analysis techniques, like sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, monte-carlo simulations, probabilistic methods, fault tree methods, uncertainty analysis and FMEA(5) Project Benefit Case Development: Adept at preparing project benefit cases by integrating Quantitative analysis (like cost-benefit analysis, EVA etc.) and Qualitative analysis (utilizing an array of strategy frameworks - PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, value chain analysis, perceptual maps, TRLs, confrontation matrix, gap analysis, VRIO etc.)(6) Project Governance: Expertise in project leadership utilising various methods like stage-gates, waterfall, agile, lean, hybrid, leading indicators, variance, documentation, monitoring, controlling and reporting(7) Negotiations, Contracting, Procurement and Vendor Management: Experience in gathering requirements, RFP/RFQ/RFI processes, Techno-Commercial Tendering, Negotiations, QA, sign-offs and deliverables management(9) Data Analysis and Visualization: Microsoft certified professional in data analysis using Excel and Power BI and visualizations for driving business cases. Also proficient in MATLAB and CAE tools like SolidWorks, ANSYS etcOther key skills: regulations and licensing, handling FOAK initiatives, problem solving, reliability, stakeholder management, facilitation, change management and graded approach