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Head of Engineering Excellence Lighting - India
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Head of Engineering Excellence Lighting - India
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan is listed as Head of Engineering Excellence Lighting - India at HELLA, based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan.
Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan previously worked as Program Management Consultant at Hella and Project Manager at Hella. Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan holds Post Diploma In Tool Design from Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Nettur, Tellicherry, Kerala.
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My strength being flexible and quick learner, I have moved from a tool designer to Program Management Consultant marking my foot prints at different positions. Expert in Product Design, Tooling, Process Management and Project Management. Certified Trainer for Project Management topics and so far trained and coached more than 500 people on various topics in the organisation. Travelled to many locations incl. Mexico, US, China, Czech Republic, Slovenia and ofcourse spent most of my career in Germany and India.
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Head Of Engineering Excellence Lighting - India
CurrentAfter being a successful Project Manager and a Program Management Consultant, I am heading the Engineering Excellence function in India to support implementation of global standards of Product and Project Management across our local and global organization. This involves training and coaching the development team on various topics of Project Management. As products become more complex, the need to avoid complexity on project management is critical. Involving in new methods and process development to continuously improve the efficiency of the project team and achieve project targets.
Oct 2019 - Present
Program Management Consultant
Trainer and Coach for Program Management Topics and to define and enhance methods for Project Management.
May 2017 - Oct 2019
Project Manager
Project Manager for Automotive Exterior Lighting Projects for Various Indian and International OEMs for Localisation.From Jan 2014 till date.As project manager, it was a great achievement to work on Hella's first production of passenger car lighting in India.Instrumental in Design & Development activities for the exterior lights for VW carlines.Successful project management activities of Third Brake light and Headlamp for the VW India projects.August 2011 until December 2013.Team Lead for BMW F07/F10 LCI/ 5 series Headlamps.Mechanical design responsible for the BIX variant and responsible for few mechanical parts for the LED variant.Lead Designer for BMW F20LCI/1 Series headlamps.Instrumental in design and development of the 1 series Halogen and LED headlamps, co-coordinating with different teams in Germany and Czech Republic.Lead Designer for BMW F30LCI/3 Series headlamps.Pre-development activities for the 3 series LED headlamps.Concept design for 3 Series Halogen headlamps.Responsible for Design from Order until Qualification of the product.Change Management activities during development and during qualification.
Jan 2014 - Apr 2017
Senior Manager - Headlamp Design & Development
As an experienced tool designer, it was quite an easy start with product design. But with automotive exterior lighting it needs special skills. I started my carrier in Hella as concept designer for Chrysler projects for NAFTA region. Worked extensively on Ford CD334 HL which was a benchmark project in Hella. Worked on Mechanical design concept for various Headlamp projects from Audi, Porsche, VW, Seat, BMW, Ford etc .
Aug 2011 - Dec 2013
Resident Engineer
Concept Designer for BMW Headlamp Projects and Co-ordinator for Design Support from India.
2010 - Aug 2011
Senior Design Specialist
Started as Concept Designer for Exterior front lighting responsible for NSA customer projects. Supported various projects for different locations (onshore and offshore). Trainer for CATIA V5 topics. Moved as Design team lead for sub modules groups for Headlamps.
Mar 2006 - Jun 2010
Engineer - Design & Development
Sundaram Auto Components
New Product Development for Plastic parts for TVS Motor Company and for External Customers like Ford, Toyota, Denso Kirloskar etc.
2003 - 2006
~3 yrs
Engineer - Tool Design
Bpl Automation
Oct 2001 - May 2003
Engineer - Press Tool Design
Apr 2001 - Oct 2001
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Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan education
Post Diploma In Tool Design
Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Nettur, Tellicherry, Kerala
Education record
Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kolathur, Chennai
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What company does Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan work for?
Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan works for HELLA.
What is Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan's role at HELLA?
Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan is listed as Head of Engineering Excellence Lighting - India at HELLA.
Where is Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan based?
Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India while working with HELLA.
What companies has Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan worked for?
Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan has worked for Hella, Hella India Automotive Private Limited, Sundaram Auto Components, Bpl Automation, and Elta Tools & Dies.
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Dinesh Kumar Venkatesan holds Post Diploma In Tool Design from Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Nettur, Tellicherry, Kerala.
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