Gautham Kumar K. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

• Created slide decks with actions for presenting on 8 Elon Musk meetings in H2 2022• Developed automated early warning strategy with Quality Director & Data Science team to identify emerging customer issues 4 weeks in advance which helped reach 2023-year end quality targets in Q3• Identified 35+ emerging issues and collaborated cross functionally to contain them improving 14DIS failure rate from 20.5% in May’23 to 12% in Dec’23 for Model Y saving $10 million/year• Contained & solved 40+ VOR failure modes (contributing 250+ VORs) saving $25+ million cross functionally through process improvements, automated vision inspection & design changes• Led team of 5 quality technicians to meet 103% scrub target (100,000 jobs scrubbed/year), upskilling them through coaching, continuous feedback & mentoring• Created development plan for engineering technicians which helped promote 3 technicians to Engineers• Awarded “Accelerator of the Month” thrice for leading with purpose & driving teams to achieve quality goals• Solved 15+ top 1MIS issues for interiors, chassis, electricals & seats across models working with design, process & supply chain teams saving $2.5 million in 2021-22• Presented 15+ weekly updates to Exec leaders (VP, Director, Sr. Manager) on quality trends & emerging issues• Published 20+ newsletters to 500+ field leaders highlighting quality trends & top 1MIS issues solved.• Created suspect VIN list from multiple data systems, generated service repair procedures with clear communication to field leaders for containments & safety recalls (100+ containments/10000+ VINs)• Contained, investigated & presented findings to legal & executive leaders for 15+ NHTSA product integrity issues• Executed 50+ data analysis for high impact business cases for design change, process improvements & CAPEX projects contributing to ($15MM benefit)

San Francisco Bay Area

• Part of core team in launching new products- Lift gate & Headliner for Tesla Model Y• Reduced molding scrap for headliner from 12% at SOP to 2% using pareto, 5 Why & FMEA by cross functionally working with process, production and maintenance teams saving $150,000/year• Reduced assembly scrap in Headliner from 14% at SOP to 1.5% using pareto, root cause analysis and driving CAPA by working with engineering and manufacturing saving $250,000/year• Improved first pass yield from 54% to 90% by creating in-process inspection reports (IPIR) for collecting data to identify top issues causing rework & drive CAPA through poka-yokes• Created an Excel dashboard for capacity analysis to identify bottle necks in the system to meet Tesla’s demand • Developed Process Flow, PFMEA and Control Plan for NPI - Headliner & Lift gate with Engineering• Validated a Keyence vision system to eliminate final QC inspection for lift gate parts saving $100,000/year • Led containment activities, cross functional root cause analysis and CAPA to ensure effective resolution of customer quality issues & timely closure of SCARs• Handled supplier quality issues - worked with suppliers globally to reduce their quality defects through 8D problem & FMEA • Performed time studies at each station during pilot phaseto find optimal Takt time for mass production• Worked with Tesla Design Quality team in defining boundary samplesfor quality control

Fremont, California

• Reduced failure rate of home-based charging system by 40% saving $500,000/year• Reduced 1MIS failure rate of Universal Mobile Connectors by 66% using 5 Why, DOE and 8D problem solving• Performed tear down analysis & initiated design change in UMC PCB reducing 23% of failures above 10,000 miles

India

• Led service operation for 4 dealers leading 80+ people including Associate Managers, Supervisors & technicians• Created development plan & rubric to upskill & promote 9 technicians & supervisors collaborating with dealer leadership• Developed training plan for service technicians for new products & advisors on handling customers• Created strategies to increase service revenue by 28% and key to key rate by 22%• Designed a new customer engagement process to improve Customer Satisfaction Index by 35%

India

• Reduced propeller shaft 3MIS failures in tippers by 40% saving $500,000/year with cross functional teams• Part of a team that implemented DMAIC to reduce vehicles lost/day in GA saving around $2 million/year• Implemented 20+ Kaizen initiatives through poka-yoke, lean concepts and 5S saving $4 million/year• Contained & solved 5+ Chassis related VORs across models saving $1 million/year• Identified factors causing engine oil consumption using DOE and root cause analysis saving $300,000/year• Trained quality inspectors on gage R&R and SPC to align towards company’s quality requirements

Masters, Industrial Engineering, Cgpa - 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Government, International Students Association, Clemson India Students Association, Bridges.

Bachelors, Automotive, Cgpa - 8.4/10

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Automobile Engineering Association, Students Union