Saurabh Deshpande, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

• Manage onshore and offshore teams to meet deadlines and milestones
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and risk assessments
• Oversee and direct technical teams throughout the planning, design, development, testing, and launch stages of a project
• Assess project performance and launching corrective action/realignment periodically
• Establish and enforce project standards and best practices
• Engage with client and technical teams and act as a SME to convert the business requirements into Technical requirements

• Manage onshore and offshore teams to meet deadlines and milestones
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and risk assessments
• Oversee and direct technical teams throughout the planning, design, development, testing, and launch stages of a project
• Assess project performance and launching corrective action/realignment periodically
• Establish and enforce project standards and best practices
• Engage with client and technical teams and act as a SME to convert the business requirements into Technical requirements

• Instructed multiple undergraduate and graduate classes and labs, and conducted review sessions in the Department of Industrial Distribution which raised overall class GPA
• Developed course materials (presentation slides, notes, quizzes, exercises, and exams), evaluated and maintained grades on e-learning platform for courses such as Introduction to Distribution, Quality Processes in.
• Developed course materials (presentation slides, notes, quizzes, exercises, and exams) for Certificate in Distribution Management (CDM) program for industry professionals
• Conducted research in the field of selection using personality dimensions and performance measurement resulting in four SIOP conference papers

• Worked on different processes in various manufacturing plants including Automobile manufacturing and assembly, Fiber Reinforced Plastic, Sheet Metal Manufacturing, Radiator manufacturing, and Wire harness manufacturing
• Utilized predetermined motion time standards (PMTS) to reduce process times
• Prepared Value Stream Maps (VSM) for reduction of non-value added (NVA) activities typically reducing NVA anywhere from 10% to 50%
• Developed cellular layouts and implemented Just-In-Time (JIT) for better material flow
• Presented key findings of the projects to middle/senior management of the clients
• Conducted Lean manufacturing training workshops for clients’ workers and managers

Phd, Industrial/Organizational Psychoogy

Activities and Societies: • Member and reviewer, Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists (SIOP)

Ms, Industrial Engineering

Be, Industrial Engineering