Aero-Power Services Engineering:Fleet management/leadership to regional customers on AeroDerivative Gas Turbine product line - LM6000, LMS100 (CF6-80); LM/TM2500 (CF6-6)- Installation & Commissioning support- Product service engineering, issue resolution, operation & maintenance advisory- Conversion, Modification & Uprate - ITO proposals- Sales application engineering

Regional support for Aeroderivative gas turbines & Reciprocating engines (Jenbacher/Waukesha)- Product service engineering- CM&U- Sales application engineering

- responsible for providing technology/people leadership for Product service Mechanical team in India; technical support to regional/global customers & PGS business- respond to internal and external customer requests for issue resolution relating to power plant equipment- escalate issues as required acting as the liaison between the field & design engineering to drive specific technical resolution, help engineering identify/drive corrective actions- plan and provide engineering technical oversight (outage excellence) to contractual services and field services teams during planned outages to meet availability goals- partner with the Services Engineering teams, interface with external/internal suppliers to facilitate the logistical implementation of Fleet Program technical solutions.

- to deliver high-quality Steam Turbine engineering designs to meet project requirements/CTQ, deliver milestones on-time and within budget- Lead/drove global multi-functional organization in steam turbine engineering- Managed project execution, celebrations, trainings, travel & met operational targets; addressed resource requirements through demand-capacity profiles- Actively involved in employee/team development through performance meritocracy, compensation planning & aid to build career aspirations- Implemented effective project planning in PLM, developed design review rigor with Chief engineer, 100% on-time Action item closure; 95%+ Toll gate review/closure- change agent thru challenging status-quo on conventional methods & developed process with potential savings; achieved engineering productivity- lead a team in collaborative global environment with stakeholders in various departments – Engineering, Drafting, Commercial, Product line, Supply chain, Parts cell, Systems- drove initiatives to address technology, productivity, cost-out & quality imperatives

-Technical Leadership for Steam Turbine Low Pressure Buckets and Rotor design team; Ownership of component designs, subsystem performance and reliability Critical to Quality, planning & management of engineering and drafting resources. -Global ownership & enhanced support to Parts center on providing world class solutions to Power generation customers during Outages on rotating components. Interact with stakeholders (Application Engg, Manufacturing, Design teams) to ensure on-time supply of spare components, utilizing time zones to expedite fulfilment.-Provide career and technical mentorship to individual Rotating Components Engineers. -Lead component design team in execution of New Product Development, Order to remittance, and Field and Factory issues for new units and services. Follow Tollgate Process from Conceptual Design thru field validation for Reaction and Impulse turbines. -Drive technology advancements for Low Pressure components and subsystems. -Review and lead appropriate engineering analysis to ensure robust designs that meet all required design requirements. Utilize Global Development Centers to maximize analytical capability of Rotating Components group. -Provide factory and sourcing support on quality initiatives to drive reduction in Cost of Quality issues and Productivity. -Work with other Global Steam Turbine Technology teams to drive common analytical and execution approach. Leverage other team's best practices

•GE Power Systems, Schenectady, NY USA Mechanical Engineer Jan 2001 - Aug 2003Played a key role in mechanical design and analysis activities on Steam turbine NPI projects on steam path components including turbine dovetails, nozzles and rotors using linear elastic, nonlinear plastic and creep, modal cyclic symmetry and harmonic options in ANSYS. Key in supporting a number of critical Six-Sigma projects that involved analyses to develop design transfer functions and to develop correlation with experimental test data. Worked with several engineers within different GE groups and achieved common goals as a team.-interface between Quest and GE. developed project management skills. Responsibilities included meeting customer deadlines, mentoring, and employee development through knowledge transfer.•QuEST Bangalore, INDIATeam Leader May ’00 – Dec 2000 Various steady-state structural, transient thermal analyses on different steam turbine accessories including Diffuser ducts/bleed heater pipes. Several DOE studies to optimize cone/duct thickness. transition into Team/Project Management: During this period, built and lead a team of 6 engineers in achieving various goals. •TRW/General Motors: Utica/Flint, Michigan USAProject Engineer Oct ’99 – May 2000 Design/Optimization using FEA (Structural linear/non-linear) of various car components/seat belt components like the retractor base, anchor bracket, seat buckle. Extensive use of Hypermesh and Abaqus.•QuEST Bangalore, INDIAProject Engineer Aug ’98 – Oct 1999Trained on Ansys and DOE packages. Was involved in executing a couple of key offshore projects for dovetail optimization studies. Optimization thru Design of experiments of Tangential entry Dovetail for Steam Turbine. Steady-state thermal, Thermal-Mechanical & Transient Thermal/Structural analyses

Central Cryogenics Facility- Gained experience in the area of Cryogenics & Vacuum technology, operation and maintenance of Cryogenic plants for Liquid Helium & Liquid Nitrogen- Contributed to Studies on a Vortex tube air separator – was involved in design/fabrication of a heat exchanger/cryostat as a part of basic set-up to perform initial experiments on performance of the vortex tube