Rahul Sarvadevabhatla Email & Phone Number

Acton, Massachusetts, US

Acton, Massachusetts, US

Leading a cross functional team of software, hardware and systems engineers working on sustaining engineering and NPD programs. Team consists of 34 full time employees and 11 contractors, including 4 Engineering Managers. Responsible for sustaining activities on 5 product lines that generate a combined annual revenue of > $1 billion and for the development.

Acton, Massachusetts, US

• Managing a portfolio of projects and programs in Lifecycle Engineering and R&D across four product lines. 24 reports, including 2 managers and an extended team of 30 with an annual budget of 8 million USD.
• Promoted to Sr. Engineering Manager’s role within 11 months of hire. This role has increased responsibilities including direct reports as well as an expanded portfolio of R&D projects.
• Managed a program to release the 2nd generation DASH Omnipod, which included major architectural changes to the Electronics and Software. This product helped reduce the product complaint rate by 30% and will lead to.
• Successfully completed critical Lifecycle Engineering projects that delivered 6 million USD in annual savings and reduced Insulet’s complaint rate by more than 35%.
• Created a methodology for project prioritization, resource allocation and initiation of projects in Lifecycle Engineering.
• Developed business cases for projects in collaboration with Finance and Product Management teams and facilitated buy-in from Executives.

Acton, Massachusetts, US

Chicago, US

• Led a global cross-functional team of over 150 people on a NPI program to design and manufacture GE's next generation patient monitoring device and parameter cables. The team included R&D, supply chain, clinical.
• Positioned this once faltering business critical program for success by working collaboratively with peers and management to reduce complexity, reorganize teams and improve operational rigor.
• Facilitated the completion 4 key Milestones and 2 Formal Design Reviews. Received four awards for outstanding performance.
• Increased program rigor by revamping the change management process and by instituting agile methodologies for program execution.
• Managed a cross functional team to complete adult clinical study for GE's SPO2 technology. This was a critical milestone to get regulatory clearance for this technology.

Chicago, US

• Managed a portfolio of Supplier Transfer and Outsourcing Projects for the Life Care Solutions and Surgery Modalities. Identified project opportunities based on cost savings, risk reduction and business strategy..
• Managed an outsourcing program for transferring plastics parts from a GE plant to an external supplier which mitigated a major supply chain risk. Ensured accurate on time completion of the program without any impact to.
• Led a program to outsource specialty MRI service spares in support of the Specialty Magnetic Resonance (SMR) plant closure. Cultivated supplier relations and coordinated supplier and GE activities to ensure on time.
• Successfully collaborated with cross-functional leadership teams to develop business cases for over 50 supplier transfers.
• Standardized and simplified the scheduling process for supplier transfers by creating a tool using Fastworks concepts. Received a GE Bronze award for developing this tool.
• Managed 18 supplier transfer programs and received 7 awards for outstanding performance in this role.

Neenah, WI, US

Managed global cross functional engineering teams on projects for Clients in Medical Device and Consumer Industries.

Chicago, US

• Led a global cross-functional team on picoMac, a program to develop a breakthrough resting ECG device and disposable lead wires. Developed strong relationships with managers and staff creating a cohesive and productive.
• Successfully managed a program to reduce the cost of CASE and CASE ES systems which generated annual savings of 400 thousand USD.
• Led a circuit board outsourcing project to Plexus that helped fulfill pending orders for spare parts for the STRESS ECG treadmill.
• Successfully redesigned the circuit boards and power supplies on the STRESS ECG treadmill to make them compliant with IEC 60601 3rd edition. Ensured on-time completion of the project to support the continued sale of.

Chicago, US

• Led the hardware design and testing activities for the Discovery MR750 Investigation Device Exemption (IDE) systems that were used for research by luminary customers such as Stanford University and UW Madison. Improved.
• Led a team of hardware engineers on a program to consolidate the three products under one software platform and provide key variable cost productivity savings by reducing hardware costs. This product generated.
• Led the hardware integration effort on 1.5T and 3.0T GE Signa HDxt MRI NPI program. This product earned more than 50 million USD in revenue for GE in 2008. Received a Night out on Town award from GE for work on this.
• Led the hardware integration effort on a program to release Optima MR450w, GE’s first wide bore 1.5T MRI scanner.
• Led the hardware integration effort on Discovery MR750 NPI program. This product earned 120 million USD in the first year of the product launch. Received a GE Curie 2 award for outstanding leadership on this program.
• Worked with an external vendor to successfully develop a prototype for a wireless physiological acquisition controller. Received a Night out on Town award from GE for work on this project.

• Successfully led a team of engineers on projects to the design and implement an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter and a software radio using Xilinx FPGAs.
• Implemented a Micro-controller for transmission and reception of video inside a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA.
• Designed and implemented Fixed Point and floating point FFTs and various floating point modules using Xilinx FPGAs.

Mba, Finance

Ms, Computer Engineering

B.Tech, Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering