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Hebron, Kentucky, United States

• Provided timely and innovative technical assistance to customers by designing cost-effective precision spindle and slide proposals, quoting over 165 custom solutions, which resulted in $680K in product orders. • Managed the entire RFQ and project lifecycle using Salesforce and EPICOR ERP software, integrating technical, cost, and safety considerations to ensure compliance with customer requirements, meeting aggressive timelines for schedule, cost, and quality. • Represented and promoted SETCO during customer visits, exhibitions, and plant tours, providing technical support and sales assistance at customer facilities, which helped build trust, win new orders, and strengthen customer relationships. • Developed 3D and 2D assembly proposal drawings for spindles (belt-driven, motorized, gear-driven) and slides (dovetail, hardened way, linear recirculating ballscrew) using CREO, Autodesk Inventor, and AutoCAD for applications in robotics, aerospace, friction stir welding, engine machining, stone cutting, and medical devices. • Conducted structural and modal analysis on spindles using ANSYS FEA software to evaluate shaft transmissibility and resonance, reducing spindle failures and improving overall spindle efficiency. • Collaborated in supplier selection and qualification processes, assessing potential suppliers on quality, cost, and delivery performance, which resulted in 20% cost savings, 25% reduction in lead times, and improved product quality through effective evaluation and negotiation. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Assembly, Inspection, Supply Chain, Marketing, Operations, and Sales) to develop new products, ensuring manufacturability and cost-effectiveness.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Designed a range of industrial valves—such as ball valves, butterfly valves, needle valves, check valves, gate valves, pressure-relief valves, pressure-reducing valves, pneumatic control valves, back pressure regulators, and pressure regulators for safety and sanitary applications—by creating 3D CAD models and 2D drawings in SolidWorks and developing Bill of Materials (BOM) in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. • Supported in the development of Richards Industrial’s product design guidelines, standards and specifications. • Completed modification of existing designs through ECN (Engineering Change Notices).

Pune, India

• Designed and developed molds for automotive plastic components, including pistons, flanges, impellers, bushes, fuel pump housings, pump retainers, angular adapters, housing clutches, and valve guides, utilizing Unigraphics NX design software for the injection molding process. • Designed core, cavity, inserts, slides, spindles, electrodes, fixtures, and gauges.• Led a DMAIC project to analyze and reduce high defect rates in molded products through Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE), achieving a 30% reduction in defects, lowering scrap costs by 27%, and thereby enhancing customer satisfaction. • Lead internal design review, prelaunch, in-progress production, and post-production meetings. • Applied Lean Six Sigma methodologies to analyze and optimize plastic injection molding processes, leading to a 20% reduction in cycle time and a 15% increase in overall production capacity. • Implemented more than 50 projects related to automotive components for customers such as Cummins, Harley Davidson, Ford, Tata Toyo, Knorr-Bremse, Schaeffler, Brembo, Continental, Delphi, Mahindra and Mahindra, Behr.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.8/4

Activities and Societies: UC ASME UC Badminton

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, First Class With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Mechanical Engineering Student Association (MESA)

H.S.C., Science

S.S.C.