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• Worked with Vendors for client LMS implementation• Design and create training materials and deliver training/coach • Create and implement change management plans along with stakeholders through periodic communications and employee engagement• Perform workforce planning and labor estimation for new projects along with creating Statement of Work (SOW) and Service Level Agreement (SLA)

• 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• Worked with Vendors for client LMS implementation• Design and create training materials and deliver training/coach • Create and implement change management plans along with stakeholders through periodic communications and employee engagement• Perform workforce planning and labor estimation for new projects along with creating Statement of Work (SOW) and Service Level Agreement (SLA)

• 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 Distribution, Leadership in Distribution, Production and Inventory Management• 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