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Highly motivated and committed leader with significant contributions in the roles of Program management, Project management, Offshore Delivery management, Engineering management, Strategy and Business development for four major MNC’s namely Boeing, Airbus, Honeywell and Esterline Technologies. Extensive experience in managing large, complex engagements and highly effective cross functional teams. Specialty in delivering quality results by leveraging industry best practices and continuous improvement.• 15+ years of engineering management and program management experience in handling multiple complex programs and managing multiple teams performing technical and management activities.• Certified PMI PMP professional with experience handling complex programs& product development using PMP and Agile methods. Coached and mentored multiple teams across practices on project management and quality certifications like six sigma and A9100D. • Experience in developing and monitoring the project estimation, integrated schedule, status tracking, risk identification & mitigation, supplier management, contract management & change management.• Extensive hands-on experience in planning and executing the projects from conceptualization to end user deployment and always meet First Time Quality through Independent Quality reviews to ensure Quality Process Compliance.• Strong people management skills hiring, mentoring, setting goals, and empowering, coaching, resolving conflict.• Successfully established strong customer relationship by working with global teams from US, Brazil, France, Canada and Australia for years and working at these customer sites & created more opportunities for the organization.• Successfully lead and managed Aircraft Systems, Simulation, Research and development, ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) projects from India and on site.• Contributed in Leading and Managing product development services for International Airlines like KLM, GOL, Aero Mexico and Alaska.• Received several awards for systems/software development, innovations and leadership. Awarded for two trade secrets with merit in the organization.Specialties:Program and Project ManagementPeople ManagementStrategy and Business DevelopmentSystems and Software Engineering Systems Simulations and ModellingResearch and DevelopmentProduct Architecture, Design, Coding, Verification and CertificationLeading multisite teams