SUMMARY
• Over 10 years of progressive experience with accomplishments in hardware and software product development and management, leading cross-functional teams, client and partner management, and new product introduction. Successfully completed product testing at UL, FCC and ETL. Achieve end business goals through attention to details and prioritizing multiple diverse tasks. Good team player with the personal accountability. Passionate about solving problems and enjoy working with people. Six Sigma Green Belt certified professional with master’s degree in Engineering and Business.
EXPERIENCE
MILLER EDGE, INC., West Grove, PA (Industry: Industrial Sensors and Controls) 2006 – Present
Engineering Manager, 2012 – Present
• Drove companywide project management activities of 10 projects with total revenue impact of $5M over three years; projects span across multiple departments
• Directed and prioritized technical, and product planning activities of six member engineering team working on multiple safety sensors based on radio-frequency, infra-red, electronic and mechanical technology
• Identified new platform product opportunity; determined product value proposition, placement and pricing by working with marketing and sales team
• Established the process to track time and material for the Engineering projects which have resulted in improved budget and schedule planning
• Developed and implemented data collection system for technical call support and return material handling resulting in improved communication among engineering, sales, quality, production and marketing
Project Manager, 2011 – 2012
• Led cross-functional team of eight members for two infra-red safety sensors product lines with forecasted revenue of $0.5M over three years
• Managed regulatory compliance process for five product lines with revenue impact of $36M over three years
• Developed innovative safety approval strategy for new products and received client approval resulting in immediate cost avoidance of $0.5M
• Partnered with outside consultant to re-design web-based New Product Development process resulting in the increased visibility and accountability of product development initiatives
• Negotiated with supplier to reduce manufacturing cost of leading product resulting in improved margins by 10%
Project Engineer, 2009 – 2011
• Planned and led organization wide safety approval program for three product lines that generated $10M in revenue over three years; worked with internal as well as external stakeholders to meet the timeline
• Collaborated with external engineering team to develop wireless test requirements which were adopted by commercial garage door and gate industry as well as national testing lab, Underwriters Laboratories
• Identified and resolved key issues with order processing, work flow and inventory management in electronics production for 70 products which led to high inventory turnover and boosted employee morale
• Planned and executed the product development of the company’s first electronic sensing controller from ideation to launch that generated more than $0.5M revenue in three years
Electrical Engineer, 2006 – 2008
• Designed and developed company’s first battery powered infra-red safety sensor product line using new product development process that generated revenue of $0.24M in three years
• Improved existing infra-red product, Patriot, and reduced the product cost by 15%
MOBERG RESEARCH, INC., Ambler, PA (Industry: Medical Devices) 2004 – 2006
Junior Hardware Engineer
• Created the software to test neuromonitoring system that generated $0.1M in revenue
• Developed prototype of self-calibrating EEG simulator, “Grateful Head”
FGI FINANCE, INC., New York, NY (Industry: Commercial Finance) 2003 – 2004
Search Engine Optimization Specialist
• Analyzed the web traffic and optimized the web pages that led to 15% increase in web traffic
• Configured and managed FGI wireless LAN, shared drives and printers
CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMATICS, Bengaluru, India (Industry: Comm. R&D) 1998 – 2001
Research Engineer
• Designed 14 layer Frame Relay printed circuit board for India’s first broad band communication switch
• Performed the system integration testing of broad band communication switch
PATENTS
• “Power Monitoring Photo Eye Controller” (US Patent # 7,869,718)
MBA ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
KonciergeMD (kMD), Newtown Square, PA (Industry: Healthcare) 2012 – 2012
Professional MBA Candidate
• Analyzed the market for kMD’s innovative and customer centric produ...
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