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Bengaluru, KA, IN

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Optimized Supply Chain Efficiency: Led the Advanced Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling capabilities, enhancing operational agility across diverse industries.
• Accelerated Implementation Success: Created the first Reference Product for Production Scheduling, reducing implementation time and streamlining future POCs for varied manufacturing contexts.
• Enabled Scalable Solutions: Implemented flexible solutions adaptable to different industry needs, shop floor configurations, and… Show more
• Enabled Scalable Solutions: Implemented flexible solutions adaptable to different industry needs, shop floor configurations, and process constraints, driving efficiency gains.
• Built Organizational Capability: Scaled internal product, delivery, and pre-sales expertise through targeted training programs, strengthening the organization's manufacturing practice. Acted as the subject-matter.
• Achievements: Chief Architect of a patent-pending solution for unified capacity management, bridging the gap between aggregated planning and detailed scheduling models. Show less

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Continuing to lead the development of the Production Planning and Scheduling capability at o9 Solutions
• Focus on building a competitive Manufacturing practice in the organization.
• Primary point of contact to work collaboratively with multiple vendor partners.
• Driving the creation of the first Reference Model for Production Scheduling in the organization so that future POCs and Implementations of this capability can use it with minor configuration updates.
• Supporting… Show more
• Supporting multiple POCs and Blueprinting phases of the Production Scheduling capability. Eg, Chinese producers of the the world's most recognizable beer.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Leading the development of the Production Scheduling capability at o9 Solutions
• Principal Solution Architect for designing and developing the Advanced Production Scheduling capability in the organization from scratch.
• Primary point of contact to work collaboratively with multiple vendor partners.
• Designing an integrated solution that can be used seamlessly across long-term time-bucketized Master Planning and near-term Production Planning & Scheduling
• Driving the creation… Show more
• Driving the creation of the first Reference Model for Production Scheduling in the organization so that future POCs and Implementations of this capability can use it with minor configuration updates.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Lead a team to design and successfully implement an end-to-end Supply Planning solution for one of India’s leading steel wires manufacturers.
• Customer facing role while working almost exclusively on-site at the customer location(s) including their headquarters as well as manufacturing facilities.
• Solution Design & Architechture, Implementation Project Management and Execution, Change Management and conducting training sessions to promote and ensure User Adoption.
• Worked on… Show more
• Worked on multiple POCs and Blueprinting phases across various industries (Manufacturing of Beverages, Dairy Products manufacturing, Electronics Hardware, etc)
• Supported multiple POCs for, and assisted the Pre-Sales team in conducted numerous demonstrations of, the o9 Supply Planning capabilities to prospective customers.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Designed and implemented an integrated Advanced Planning and Scheduling system (www.planwithcompass.com) at Tata Advanced Materials Ltd., Bangalore, for their Composite Manufacturing facility.
• Solution Architecture with the objective of improving relevant KPIs (Delivery Schedule Adherence, Ageing WIP, OTIF/Throughput, OEE, etc.) through heuristics in planning and scheduling.
• Identified process bottlenecks and gained operational insights using Data Gathering and Analysis.
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• On-site presence to develop Standard Operating Procedures for effective Change Management and User Adoption.
• Enabled the transition towards a Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) ecosystem with a focus on Industrial IOT.

Blacksburg, VA

• Designed, developed, validated and documented Lean Material Handling solutions and heuristic algorithms for a Decision Support System (DSS) tool based on a Stochastic Discrete-Event Simulation.
• Automated Planning and Scheduling for the panelized residential construction process to be lean, reduce overall lead-time and minimize ergonomic loads. Project funded by NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety.
• Achievements: Presented my work at conferences held by CELDi… Show more
• Achievements: Presented my work at conferences held by CELDi (Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution) during Fall-2011 (held in Chicago, IL) and Spring-2012 (held in Atlanta, GA). Show less

Blacksburg, VA

• Developed and documented a Decision Support System (DSS) for Assessment of Alternative Signal Controllers that was built using an Expert Knowledge Acquisition system and the Analytical Hierarchy Process.
• Tools Used: MS Excel 2010 for the user-interface, VBA for developing macros and an MS Access 2010 database.
• Achievements: Conference paper presented at the TRB (Transportation Research Board) Annual Meeting in 2013.
• https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=1242368

Mysore, India

• Involved in Business Requirements Analysis, Functional Design Analysis, Configuration Management, Test Planning and Execution, Test Automation and Test Case Management.
• Manual and Automated Quality Assurance and Control (QA/QC) activities primarily for ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes in Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence Reporting.
• Achievements: Lead a six-member team to the successful and timely completion of Test Automation project and received the… Show more
• Achievements: Lead a six-member team to the successful and timely completion of Test Automation project and received the organization-level ‘Star of the Month’ award for the months of Jan & Apr 2008. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

• Applied Lean principles to design and analyse a Horizontal Bend-Testing Equipment for Ceramic Insulators at B.H.E.L. (Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited), Bangalore, India
• Project objective was to increase productivity, improve the ease of operation, and include additional safety features.
• Achievements: Team was awarded the Founder’s Cash Prize for outstanding work.

M.S., Industrial And Systems Engineering, 3.61/4

Activities and Societies: Graduate Research Assistant

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 70%

11Tth And 12Th Grade, Science