Executive Overview
A Person with passion for work and result orientation . Established New initiatives in every single company. Have been pioneering the EV initiatives since year 2009. This includes leading the Mahindra E2o Car in 2013, Ola S1 Pro and S1 in 2021-22 and others like Greaves EV Initiative. Now at Royal Enfield for the New flying flea brand of Motor Cycles. Overall Experience of 36+ years in Leadership positions achieving good image & results for the organizations. Top Performer & helped in bringing New Initiatives, processes like 6 Sigma for the benefit of the Customers. Sensitive to Customer issues who have acknowledged the speed of response & approach. This effort have earned prestigious awards 'Customer Championship Award' - Philips Worldwide. Process Oriented with hands on Exposure to Six Sigma and implementation of that in real time problem solving. Deep analysis and in depth technical involvement with teams have resulted in building of strong teams across Organizations. Developed many New tools around Product Creation like ITM - Idea to Market; FDS - Fault Data Spectrum (published by ASQ as one unique idea in 2015), DRD - Design Release Dossier and many more. Building Smart and Deep Technical Teams based on Mutual Learning have resulted in very quick turnaround on the Vehicle Development Projects.
Career Timeline
- Royal EnfieldCurrentNov 2022–Present· 3 yrs 10 mos
- Chief Technology OfficerCurrentNov 2022–Present
- Ola ElectricCurrentDec 2020–Present· 5 yrs 9 mos
- Senior Vice President and Chief of Vehicle Engineering and TechnologyCurrentDec 2020–Present
- May 2018–Nov 2020· 2 yrs 6 mos
- COO - Technology & Operations (till Sep'2019) and CTO & Head of Operations (Ampere by Greaves)May 2018–Nov 2020
- Aug 2015–Nov 2017· 2 yrs 3 mos
- President & Country HeadAug 2015–Nov 2017
- May 2009–May 2015· 6 yrs
- Executive Vice President & Head - New Car Programs & Platforms,Operations,Business Excellence,SCMMay 2009–May 2015
- Mar 2007–Apr 2009· 2 yrs 1 mo
- Vice President - Product Development and OperationsMar 2007–Apr 2009
- Dec 2003–Mar 2007· 3 yrs 3 mos
- Global Delivery Head, CTO, Business Head -Automotive, GM- Analysis, Testing and Validation,Dec 2003–Mar 2007
- Feb 1994–Dec 2003· 9 yrs 10 mos
- Senior Manager - Quality and Operations & Project Head -MG3Feb 1994–Dec 2003
- Jul 1988–1994· 5 yrs 6 mos
- Engineer - Executive - R & DJul 1988–1994
Education
MBA / PGDBA
Operations
Symbiosis Centre for Distance LearningBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
Mechanical Engineering
Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science