Umesh Krishnappa

Umesh Krishnappa

CTO for EV @ Royal Enfield

Ola Electric

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Experience38+ Years
LevelCXO

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

Professional employment history
  • Nov 2022–Present· 3 yrs 10 mos
    • Chief Technology OfficerCurrent
      Nov 2022–Present
  • Dec 2020–Present· 5 yrs 9 mos
    • Senior Vice President and Chief of Vehicle Engineering and TechnologyCurrent
      Dec 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 Head
      Aug 2015–Nov 2017
  • May 2009–May 2015· 6 yrs
    • Executive Vice President & Head - New Car Programs & Platforms,Operations,Business Excellence,SCM
      May 2009–May 2015
  • Mar 2007–Apr 2009· 2 yrs 1 mo
    • Vice President - Product Development and Operations
      Mar 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 -MG3
      Feb 1994–Dec 2003
  • Jul 1988–1994· 5 yrs 6 mos
    • Engineer - Executive - R & D
      Jul 1988–1994

Education

MBA / PGDBA

Operations

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Mechanical Engineering

Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science

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Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Product creationQuality ManagementEngineeringProduct DevelopmentLeadershipLean ManufacturingVendor ManagementManagementDMAICR&DKaizenContinuous ImprovementSupply Chain ManagementProblem SolvingVehiclesManufacturingTrainingProcess ManagementTestingFMEA