Responsible for Leading Celanese State of the Art R&D and Applications Development regional labs, and technical services and development team to support business growth objectives. Responsible for research governance for science driven sustainable new products and application development. Support business localization strategy in collaboration with local manufacturing. Manage project portfolio pipeline to drive new product revenue. Driving Innovation ecosystem and best practices with external customers and partners. Managing internal and external stakeholders in collaboration with business leadership. Managing operational budgets, resource allocation, talent management, and customer engagements. Represent Celanese in external conferences, academic outreach and collaborations, and Industrial committees.

Responsible for Leading Integrated Multi-business site operations of DuPont's State of the Art R&D and Applications Development regional labs in South Asia to support business growth objectives. Enabling implementation and execution of Business R&D and Application Development Strategies. Driving Innovation ecosystem and best practices with external customers and partners. Building external partnerships. Managing operational budgets, resource allocation, talent management, and customer engagements. Drive implementation of DuPont safety and sustainability objectives. Ensuring regional regulatory and compliance requirements. Represent DuPont in external conferences, academic outreach and collaborations, and Industrial committees.

Technical Services and Development Leader & Global Competitive Intelligence Leader Responsible for leading diverse team of Technical Services, Design, Application Development, and Competitive market intelligence Professionals to support business growth across Mobility & Materials Business including High Performance Engineering Polymers and Elastomers, Automotive Adhesives & Fluids, Molykote Lubricants & Greases, Multibase Thermoplastics Elastomers, Silicone Masterbatch, Healthcare Solutions.  Responsible for developing and driving execution of India and ASEAN technology strategy for these businesses in line with business growth strategy. In Close collaboration with sales, marketing, and customer service teams actively manage impactful project portfolio to support innovation EBIDTA growth and drive Innovation sales through value-based solutions, new products launch, and regionally inspired product localization initiatives. Set up and lead regional technical Center of Excellence. Ensuring lab productivity and lab up-gradation with advance processing and characterization capabilities to meet local customer needs. Building a new culture and team environment through effective employee engagement, inclusive and felt leadership. Implementation and fostering best practices for science driven Innovation. Set up and lead global competitive intelligence COE for performance material business. Articulate compelling competitor and market insights in the rapidly evolving technology landscape of high-performance materials, advance mobility, auto electrification, and sustainability. Translate market/competitive intelligence data and trends into actionable insights for respective business segment strategy development.

Responsible for leading active project portfolio of diversified industries segments including Healthcare, Industrial, Appliances, Defense, Solar, Water management, Textile etc. Lead the innovation and application development pipeline process and Identify strategic growth segments for the business. Product growth leader responsible for driving Polyacetal Homopolymer business growth in India.Accomplishments: Successfully delivered high double-digit growth in projects commercialization and growth Developed and led innovative technology driven new business segment in solar PV leading to a new significant high double-digit business growth for specialty Delrin® material. Joint recipient of United States-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund award (~400K US$) for open Innovation and technology development for heart disease management system consisting of affordable wearable sensors with break‐through materials Successfully managed innovation and application development project pipeline worth several million US$ Conducted extensive technology and business workshops to enhance technical understanding of channel partners and customers

Responsible for lab management, Innovation and application development, effective field technical services to customers, and people development.Accomplishments: Managed Innovation growth projects with significant revenue impact of several million US$ Developed and executed India technical services strategy in alignment with India business strategy Lab scope expansion, established molding COE, and expanded technical support to elastomers business in South Asia and ASEAN Ensured India lab at par with business regional labs in China and Japan  Consistent high employee engagement and on time Project Delivery  Team received two AP Regional awards one in each: Outperform competition and focus on customer’s category

Responsible for leading R&D team of Scientists and research associates. Responsible for developing and executing regional team strategy in alignment with global business strategy. Manage short term application development, innovation pipeline and long-term research portfolio of local, regional, and global projects. Accomplishments:  Core member of execution team for set up of regional COE for Ballistics and helmet /hard armor development  Developed commercial portfolio of life protection solutions for India and Asia Pacific regional market needs Successfully Managed and Lead portfolio of twelve strategic customer accounts across AP region for life protection segment with significant revenue impact of several million US$

Accomplishments: Set up brand new CR&D-Materials, polymer composites lab and processing competency with lab assets and people hiring with in time, under budget and at par with our regional and global labs Initiated and led Cross BU research and collaboration projects  Successfully completed Six sigma green belt and Effective Commercialization Practice certification

1. Discovered and experimentally validated self-stratification behavior of POSS nanoparticles leading to the development of highly hydrophobic, low friction polymeric surfaces. 2. Successfully examined and correlated the macro to nanoscale surface friction, adhesion, and thermo-mechanical properties of POSS/polymer nanocomposites in relation to the structure and composition of POSS nanoparticles utilizing advance surface analytical techniques.3. Modified polymer surfaces through self assembled amphipathic fungal protein coatings and investigated its surface morphology, friction, and adhesion characteristics via AFM.4. Mentor, Materials research science and engineering center (MRSEC) research experience for undergraduates. Supervised 5 undergraduates and 2 high school teachers over last 3 years.

Project planning and implementation management

Responsible for PVC compounds application developmentsSuccessfully initiated, developed, and commercialized medical grade PVC compounds Problem solving and technical services to customers; cross-functional and business team experience