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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Leading the TCMS team for the EF9K (WAG10) Indian Locomotive project, overseeing the full lifecycle of Loco Control and TCMS software. • Managing an international team across Germany and the Czech Republic, ensuring effective collaboration and adherence to industry standards. • Driving project planning and managing developer hours and resources to ensure timely delivery of tasks within allocated time limits, maintaining project efficiency, and ensuring within-scope delivery. • Pioneered predictive maintenance strategies, enhancing locomotive reliability, and reducing downtime. • Overseeing the development of system architecture, technical documents for customer, and materials for commissioning and validation teams. • Successfully led bid preparations, translating complex customer requirements into winning proposals. • Managing cross-functional collaboration between TCMS and other stakeholders to ensure smooth information exchange. • Mentored and guided Engineers, fostering skill development and significantly enhancing team productivity.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Project 9000HP Locomotive (WAG 10). Managing the Control team for end to end project development lifecycle prospective of Control Software and Hardware.- Drove successful bid preparations by adeptly understanding customer requirements, leading a proficient control team in software and control development, meticulously preparing requirement specifications, Concept preparation, software requirement specifications, and overseeing the end-to-end software development lifecycle.- Managed the entire software development lifecycle, Planning thorough testing and validation of developed software, designing software architecture, overseeing system functions, and delivering precise directives to developers for software specification writing and coding.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

- Led the WAG9 project for the development of Loco Control and Train Control and Management Systems (TCMS) Software, ensuring compliance with customer requirements.- Managed integration testing and software developer testing during locomotive commissioning.- Led the homologation process in close collaboration with the RDSO team, overseeing locomotive approval procedures.- Headed a team for three years, maintaining and stabilizing software systems for the WAG9 locomotive.- Contributed as an expert to international projects, including MNR USA and the US Charger Locomotive.- Spearheaded the development of an alternate IO station for WAG9 locomotives, handling the entire process from supplier identification to software development and testing, achieving a 40% cost reduction in IO stations.- Developed a cost-effective traction motor test setup using a WDG4 traction converter, saving import expenses by creating an in-house solution.

Germany

Experience in working with the cross-cultured team at Siemens AG headquarter, Germany. Worked on different international projects like US charger Locomotive project, Indian WAG9 Locomotive projects, and others. Accumulated extensive work experience on WTB, CAN and TRDP protocols.

India

Managed software maintenance for WDX4 locomotives and optimized WADG4 software to enhance performance and reliability.Coordinated software updates, new feature integrations, and approvals with the Railway Board and RDSO.Led the development and implementation of the Distributed Power Control System (DPCS) project, overseeing estimates, vendor selection, software development, commissioning, and trials.Developed control and brake interface logic for DPCS, successfully completing trials and project deliverables with DLW, RDSO, and Zonal Railways.Administered resource planning and developed software for Diesel Engine Control, HEP, and auxiliary systems, successfully leading HEP trials with the Garib Rath rake.Awarded with Instant puraskar for key contribution on success of projects.

India

Manager of Locomotive service depot of 2 nos. depot having a holding of around 50 Locomotives. Managing customer relationships, taking care of customer complaints, and AMC of Locomotives. Worked on the development of the first Diesel-electric hotel load locomotives

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Engineer’S Degree, Electrical Engineering