Manikanda Kumar Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Leading the ideation process, conducting thorough market research and competitive analysis, and effectively representing the customer’s voice throughout the development cycle.• Managing vendor relationships and overseeing sourcing strategies to ensure optimal component engineering and operational efficiency.• Implementing quality improvement initiatives and value engineering practices to enhance product performance and cost-effectiveness.• Facilitating training and reskilling programs for engineers in the latest technologies, focusing on experience building and capability enhancement for cloud deployment.• Organizing and conducting architecture review sessions, providing valuable input to the architecture team through detailed framework analysis, design pattern evaluations, and prototype specifications

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Establish service standards and guidelines based on global best practices, governance structures, and Agile system development lifecycle (SDLC) documentation to set benchmarks for superior service delivery.• Foster competency within the team, manage performance appraisals, conduct interviews to recruit top talent, and enhance employee skills.• Provide training and re-skilling for engineers on the latest technologies, focusing on experience and capability building for cloud deployment; organize architecture review sessions to offer insights to the architecture team through framework analysis, design patterns, and prototype specifications.• Execute project plans within defined budgets and timelines, carrying out on-site and off-site tasks including design, specification, and software product integration

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Oversee the description and properties of products throughout their development and lifecycle from a business and engineering perspective.• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish effective product development strategies from an engineering standpoint.• Create proposals and business presentations for clients while managing resource planning, technical direction, effort estimation, tracking, risk management, and mentoring.

• Worked on the cloud-based IoT operating system for Siemens Industry 4.0, developing intelligent I/O control panels and configuring parameters for water treatment and oil-water separation plants.• Led R&D and re-engineering efforts for Juki computerized sewing machine projects, collaborating with project management and coordinating testing activities.• Oversaw the installation and commissioning of various systems, including a 1.5kg ozone generator at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), HVAC systems for ISRO in Karnataka, and upgrading control systems for various machines at Titan & Decaro and J.K. Fenner (India) Limited

Chennai Area, India

IoT Solutions ArchitectAsictron Control System, Chennai, TamilNaduIoT Strategy, standards, data protocols ( HTTP, MQTT, CoAP, AMQP, Web socket, Node ) & steer development and Industrialization of IoT Solutions.Enterprise Product development / IoT capabilities created custom mobile & web applications using native technologies.Working with Electronic schematic circuits & Power Electronics PCB layout design & Embedded device software implementation using Real time Operating System.

Chennai Area, India

Industrial Protocols : Programming with Modbus (TCP / IP,RS 485,RS 232) in embedded environments.Proficient in C & C++ programming & Implement embedded software & Developing feature using C, multi-threading and thread synchronization.

Chennai Area, India

Assist Industrial Line Automation Project commissioning manager and project manager in performance evaluation and project team members.Strong knowledge in Control and Information systems for PID process control design projects (PLC's, SCADA ,HMI, Drives, Instrumentation, control panels, etc.).

Chennai Area, India

Working with Various brands PLC & SCADA specialist & Export in DCS systems (ABB 800xA, Honeywell Experion PKS and Siemens PCS 7) & Nachi Robot System programming & Received training and certification from various Brands.Developed Certified Training plans, instructional materials and written practice tests for CAE, ATIA ,ADIA , PGDIA, PGDIRA,IPLAE & CPLAP training courses.

Chennai Area, India

Provide Leadership, Coaching, Mentoring, Implementing, research & Developments to a IEEE based projects hardware & software simulation & real-time application prototype kit development for more than 5000 academic final year engineering project teams.Training and development of partners and make effective staffing decisions.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electronics & Instrumentation

High School Diploma, Electrical And Electronics Engineering