Vinod P. Kumar Email & Phone Number

United States

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Lead, maintain and grow technical expertise across all manufacturing domains to sustain industry-best manufacturing practices spanning the entire global supply chain.Shape manufacturing standards and ensure regulatory.
• Directed talent strategies to ensure right capabilities across all technical domains ensuring long-term pipeline growth, learning solutions and knowledge management.
• Enhanced safety and quality by managing audits and technical reviews for manufacturing processes to meet FAA production certification requirements.
• Strategized and created technology roadmaps for new product introductions, production technology advancements and digital automation solutions.
• Recently launched manufacturing standards initiative to rapidly deploy, optimize and transfer production across all factories, with an eye on continuous improvements and productivity.

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Identified opportunities and led initiatives to accelerate the global supply chain for GE Aviation by providing advanced manufacturing, technology, and automation solutions for factories worldwide. Manage and mobilize.
• Led development and maturation of advanced technologies—novel manufacturing processes, inspection automation, smart factory systems, and digital solutions (robotics, vision systems, AI, data analytics)—ensuring DoD.
• Expedited throughput and increased first time yields of top constraining parts (driving down losses and scrap rate) by incorporating Lean principles, process reengineering. statistical process controls and continuous.
• Initiated effort to integrate aerospace and defense industry standard AS9145 into new product introduction—enabling concurrent design and development in accordance with advanced product quality planning.
• Initiated a Model-Based Manufacturing roadmap that will reduce cycle times and minimize costs by deploying digital thread and by aligning product needs with process capabilities.
• Established an early-career development program and introduced knowledge management and career navigation initiatives to promote strong technical talent.

Niskayuna, New York, US

• Expanded upon existing role as Technology Leader by accepting additional accountability for R&D operations. Provided leadership and direction for organizational and technology strategy, portfolio planning and.
• Led a strong, hard-working, 170-person team to submit 49 patent filings and 20 international publications while serving as Technology Leader (2013 to 2018).
• Enabled product innovations in energy, renewables, and locomotive sectors with $50M revenue potential—incubating strong growth for GE in the South Asia market.

Niskayuna, New York, US

• Managed and motivated a team of engineers in executing a portfolio of technology programs serving four global sites. Led the design and development of innovative technologies for diverse industries: aviation, power.
• Expedited the product development lifecycle—from concept through production—to meet the needs of organizations in materials (metals, ceramics, composites, corrosion, tribology), component designs, modeling /.
• Produced $35M in lifecycle value by combining physics with advanced inspections and data analytics to evaluate, scope, and service gas turbines and aircraft engines at exactly the right time in the product lifecycle..
• Steered a manufacturing excellence (“brilliant factory”) initiative involving R&D of digital sensors and IT solutions at a GE multimodal factory in Pune, India. The effort produced double-digit improvement in.

Niskayuna, New York, US

• Led and mentored 25 team members, and partnered with cross-functional business units to deliver technologies to address in-house and customer needs, adding value for companies in varied industries: aviation, energy.
• Drove innovation for aviation, energy, and oil and gas customers, generating approximately $40M in revenue.
• Developed industry-first multiphase flowmeter for the oil and gas sector. Directed products from ideation through prototype and initial branded launch—this initiative opened doors for a major collaboration between GE.
• Designed and delivered technology solutions for the industrial inspection field to optimize imaging (X-ray, CT scan, ultrasound), electromagnetics, and optics

Niskayuna, New York, US

• Initially joined GE as an engineer, and advanced quickly to oversee large-scale projects enhancing manufacturing operations at global facilities. Evaluated needs, proposed ideas, and achieved buy-in from senior.
• Designed and rolled out novel tooling technology and overhauled manufacturing processes at three international manufacturing plants—driving double-digit cost savings and increasing production yields to >95%. Earned the.
• Leveraged broad and deep knowledge of multi-physics component design, design for manufacturability, and tolerance and assembly variation analysis to facilitate technology and digital transformation.

Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Btech, Mechanical Engineering