Krishna Koushik VSR

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs experience

Key Highlights

  • Managed fleet operations across 30+ cities in India.
  • Achieved Rs.50 million annual savings through operational excellence.
  • Co-patented 5 technologies in fleet management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fleet Management and Smart Mobility expert with a focus on operational efficiency and technology integration.

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Skills

Core Skills

ConsultingFleet ManagementOperations ManagementCost OptimizationProduct ManagementTelematicsProduct Development

Other Skills

Business ConsultingStrategic AlliancesFuel ManagementDiagnosticsRemote MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceVendor ManagementSupply Chain ManagementPlant OperationsConstructionContract ManagementEngineeringNegotiationTeam ManagementManagement

About

About 14 years of experience in Fleet operations & strategy,process improvement, procurement ,product & program management in Telematics,smart mobility and Industry 4.0 - Managed thousands of mobility , logistics fleet Pan India across 30+ cities in Ola ,Rivigo logistics,and L&T. - Managed teams at scale driving operational excellence and optimizations resulting in about Rs.50 million annual savings at Red.Health -Developed strategic alliances with OEMs and OMCs for procurement, efficiency and cost optimization resulting in capex saving of Rs.10 million. - Telematics evangelist in the implementation of industry first ADAS and IOT technologies for smart mobility at Rivigo logistics. -Built teams and service centres at scale Pan India for in house fleet maintenance at Rivigo logistics and Ola. - 3+ years of experience in product management of AI /ML products for fleet management. Co patented 5 technologies in fleet management and Rider assistance for ICE and EVs - Architect of Industry 4.0 and Digital twin road map for the Ola future factory at Ola electric. - Managed a vast fleet of plant and machinery management and mechanization of 20 Turn key construction projects in Bangalore cluster.

Experience

13 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Ragaai inc

Head-Program & Delivery

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Self-employed

Consulting Specialist

Mar 2025Jul 2025 · 4 mos · India · Remote

  • Worked as a specialist consultant for firms like GLG and Arches in providing clients valuable advisory services on Fleet management, EV design , Diagnostics, Battery Manufacturing etc.
ConsultingBusiness Consulting

Red.health

Head-Fleet Strategy & operations

Nov 2022Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Quick Health & electrifying Emergency Health Care...
  • Effectively scaled the fleet operations from 200 to 600 ambulances across ~30 cities Pan India from 10 cities.
  • Launched Quick health service (< 8mins) in Hyderabad through alliances with HPCL and IOCL
  • Orchestrated the closure of strategic MoU with Tata electric for collaboration in design and launch of electric ambulances.
  • Effectively implemented fleet management SOPs for KPI improvement in award of JCI accreditation.
  • Optimized fleet opex through demand levelling and hotspot based deployment resulting in annual savings Rs.25 million
  • Established strategic alliances with OEM service centres reduced the R&M cost by 25% (Rs.4/km to Rs.3/km) resulting in annual savings about Rs.10 million.
  • Reduced fuel pilferage to “zero” by implementing fuel monitoring and management system ,resulting in annual net savings of Rs.15 million through mileage improvement from 8-10 Kmpl
  • Effectively implemented ADAS in high risk ambulances resulting in “zero” casualty.
  • Established strategic alliances with OEMs Tata motors , Force motors, JK Tyres for procurement, service and training resulting in capex savings of Rs.10 million

Ola

Associate Director

Jan 2022Nov 2022 · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Building market place at Ola cars
  • Scaling sales through auctions and deployment of online auctions platform ~ 400 cars per month
  • Improving consumer sourcing by launching new digital marketing , BTL activities~600 cars a month
  • Improving operational efficiency and deployment of new CRM platform

Ola electric

2 roles

Associate Director- Product

Apr 2021Dec 2021 · 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Chartered the product roadmap for manufacturing excellence , remote diagnostics & autonomous vehicles
  • Developed and managed android and web based products for advanced and automated E2W evaluation in the assembly lines in a short span of 6 weeks ( Wireless Automated Vehicle Evaluation , MCU auto tuning, Manufacturing mode and Test track performance apps)
  • Developed and launched in house diagnostics app for enabling the vehicle diagnostics and troubleshooting in a short span of 4 weeks
  • Developed and managed the OTA updates deployment module for vehicles in manufacturing plant and after market
  • Instrumental in evaluation of sensor configuration (LiDARS, RADARS and Camera) for ADAS and autonomous vehicles

Senior Program Manager- Smart Mobility

Oct 2020Mar 2021 · 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • MES, Industry 4.0, EV Diagnostics, Telematics
  • Devised the End-to-End telematics architecture for remote monitoring and diagnostics of E2Ws
  • Chartered the road map for development of manufacturing IT products on Industry 4.0 standards.
  • Formulated Product requirements & benchmarking of off the shelf MES,QMS systems for deploying manufacturing IT systems
  • Designed the HW and data requirements for enabling telematics and remote detection capabilities for the machinery at Ola Future factory

Ola (ani technologies pvt. ltd)

2 roles

Senior Program Manager- Smart Mobility

Promoted

Jan 2020Sep 2020 · 8 mos

  • Transforming fleet management by smart mobility products of predictive maintenance
  • Develop and launch Predictive maintenance products for Wear & Tear parts, Battery
  • Devise dashboards to provide actionable recommendations on component health
  • Devise Digital twin for Fleet and Rider profiling for prescriptive analytics
  • Co patented 4 technologies related to asset health management

Senior Program Manager- Asset Transformation & Strategy

Aug 2019Dec 2019 · 4 mos

  • Successfully executed the service Network optimization under FoFo model for Bangalore and 10 Tier-II cities Pan India
  • Successfully commissioned 4 new 10 bay service centres in Bangalore in a span of 30 days with optimal process flows.
  • Improved the service quality with reduction in repeat visits by 50%
  • Renegotiated SLAs with existing network in 10 Tier-II cities to envisage annual savings of Rs.10 million.

Rivigo

2 roles

Project Manager-Technology

Feb 2019Jul 2019 · 5 mos

Regional Manager-Fleet Management

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Larsen & toubro

Assistant Manager(P&M)

Jul 2011Nov 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  •  Managed the Plant & Machinery(P&M) operations deploying a machinery fleet of Rs.1.2 billion for 18 residential and commercial projects of worth Rs.40 billion in Bangalore cluster. Worked with projects teams as internal consultant.Expertise in operations planning, process improvement, inventory management and vendor management
  • Consistently rated as the “Top Performer” during appraisal for three consecutive years from FY 2013-16.
  • Executed Capex and Opex budgeting and People capital budgeting for Bangalore cluster projects with optimal outsourcing strategies
  • Devised the mechanisation strategies and P&M schedules for the residential and commercial space projects of Bangalore cluster.
  • Ensured timely deployment and commissioning of Plant & Machinery at Project sites as per scheduleIn house faculty for safe operation of equipment by familiarization and training sessions to end users.
  • In house certified six sigma and Value engineering professional. Instrumental in renewal of ISO 9001:2008 certification of QMS of Plant and Machinery by BVQI.
  • Inhouse auditor for implementation of QMS
  • Instrumental in development of vendors for trouble shooting of electronic drives , PLCs and alternative for concreting equipment spares.
  • Effectively managed vendor outstanding and payables through improvised SLAs and diversification of supply risks
  • Effectively managed the Procure-to-Pay and Order to Cash cycles for the spares and services vendors of Plant and machinery for Bangalore cluster projects.
  • Worked with IT team to devise views and modules in building systems for real time monitoring of inventory.
  • Devised an JIT inventory management plan with the strategic vendors for managing the Class A spares at the projects of Bangalore cluster.
  • Achieved over 90% capacity utilisation of concrete logistics equipment for FY 15 and FY 16 for Bangalore cluster projects
  • Panel member in devising the training calendar for front line supervisors and DETs in collaboration with M/s Bosch.
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Education

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

Post Graduation Program in Management(PGPM) — Operations and Supply chain Management

Jan 2016Jan 2017

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

Executive Development Programme — Advanced supply chain management

Jan 2017Jan 2017

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

Post graduate Diploma in management — Operations and Supply chain management

Jan 2017Jan 2018

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