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Irvine, California, United States

- Design and implement customized intralogistics automation solutions for major warehouses and distribution centers in the US, specializing in technologies like Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), smart conveyors, and robotic picking systems.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including clients and sales, to analyze data, define requirements, and propose efficient, scalable solutions that address complex operational challenges.- Lead end-to-end project execution, from conceptual design through installation and commissioning, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to client specifications.- Manage vendor relationships and oversee the integration of components and systems into client facilities, ensuring high-quality outcomes and seamless performance.- Continuously explore advancements in automation technologies to enhance system efficiency, reduce operational costs, and stay ahead of industry trends.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Offer expertise throughout the Solution Design and Implementation phases of the business development process. • Established and led a team of automation solution engineers to create turnkey automation projects in targeted markets worldwide, such as E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Grocery, FMCG, Fashion, Healthcare, 3PL, etc. • Responsible for managing the solution design efforts and the quality of deliverables, including layout, Bill of Quantities, productivity calculations, price calculations, and other relevant metrics. • Allocate resources based on their skills and availability for customer opportunities and ensure prompt delivery of solutions to customers. • Standardized the team's design process, reducing the average delivery timeline from 7 days to 3 days in the 2022-2023 financial year. • Interact with customers to identify their business requirements and pain points, gather the necessary data, and analyze it to provide a suitable blend of fixed and flexible automation. • Develop and conceptualize a system that addresses the customer's problem statement using appropriate automation technologies. • Led vendor development, techno-commercial closure, and third-party equipment integration with vendors. • Conducted organization-wide training sessions on topics related to intralogistics automation and operations. • Act as a liaison between market requirements and the product design team to develop the best-fit robots and equipment and improve the benchmarking process.

Noida Area, India

Collaborated with the global sales team to assist in the presales process and recommend exceptional solutions.• Developed automation solutions and conveyor systems for customers valued at over $200 million, improving productivity, order accuracy, and reducing workplace injuries.• Selected appropriate in-house and outsourced automation equipment, such as pallet and carton elevators, spiral conveyors, sorting conveyors, AMRs, and racking, for the above-mentioned projects, considering factors such as throughput, ROI, and technical and operational feasibility. Conducted factory acceptance tests, if necessary.• Devised, designed, proposed, and implemented a patented automation solution called the 'Multilevel automated crate/tote supply and retrieval system for consolidation of orders by fleet of sorting robots.' This innovation eliminated the repetitive human task of parcel pick and place, as well as the labor-intensive process of moving carts to the packing stations in the E-commerce warehouse industry.• Designed one of the largest automated warehouse systems in Australia for a 3PL company, incorporating different flexible automation systems such as AMRs, carton and pallet shuttles, Robo Shuttle, sorting robots, goods-to-person stations, conveyors, among others.• Provided subject matter expertise in operational design during the implementation phase to ensure a smooth and successful deployment.

Noida

Undertake research, design, and development of conveyors and automation products.• Conduct research and design a range of automation products, such as accumulation roller conveyors, inclined and straight PVC belt conveyors, plastic modular belt conveyors for parcel handling, prototypes of pallet shuttles and AGVs, robotic arms, and grippers.• Optimize the conveyors' cost and performance by carefully selecting materials, motors, gearboxes, and other components.• Prepare part, assembly, fabrication, GA drawings, and Bills of Materials for conveyor components and other automation systems.• Collaborate with vendors to manufacture and fabricate components.• Design, execute, and commission projects consisting of accumulation roller and belt conveyors, pallet roller conveyors, pallet turntables, pallet vertical elevators, and other automation systems.

Jamnagar, Gujarat, India

Plan, fabricate, install, and deliver diverse piping systems for the oil and gas and shipbuilding industries.• Oversee the fabrication of pipe spools, pipeline installation, alignment, and the quality testing of welded joints.• Commission pipelines composed of materials from various classes, including LTCS, CS, SS, and IBR (Indian boiler regulation) standards, with sizes ranging from 1/2 inch to 54 inches.• Plan and supervise the erection of various pipeline services, including refrigerated propylene, refrigerated ethylene, superheated steam, high steam, low steam, medium steam, WCR, WCS, and firewater.• Install a crucial high steam line from the turbine with variable and constant spring supports (VSPR, CSPR, and STRT).• Lead a team of technicians in flange alignment from the compressor, turbine, and condenser by installing supports such as cold support, trunnion, supports with anchor, guide, ring, and different spring supports.