Kunal U Maniar — Product Manager
Passionate Product Manager with a unique blend of 6 years' experience in the oil & gas industry and software development. I bring 4.6 years of specialized domain expertise in upstream operations, including process optimization, equipment commissioning, and safety management. My technical skills encompass DCS, SCADA, PLC & advanced process control systems (APC). I'm experienced in Agile workflows, Azure DevOps & hold an IPMA certification, demonstrating my commitment to delivering high-quality products. I'm excited to apply my knowledge of asset management, process control & data analysis to enhance IBM Maximo ALM, driving innovation in asset investment planning and lifecycle management. Core Competencies & Experience:- Product Management Product Manger GTM Asset Investment Planning - Maximo Application Suite, Asset life cycle management. Software Development and Quality Assurance Exp with SDLC, STLC,Bug identification , Bug life cycle, Agile, JIRA, Azure Dev ops, Github pipelines Manual Testing, Performance testing, Smoke test, Ants Memory profiler Oil & Gas Domain Expertise -Control room operation with Safe startup & shutdown, safety protection measures like emergency shutdowns & controls, fire & gas protection systems, HAZOP,HAZID studies, process safety, equipment safeguarding -Competent in the operation, control, optimisation of oil & gas processes (BS&W) -Extensive experience in CPP, pipelines, hydrocarbon processing, utilities operation -Proficient in operation & maintenance of rotary equipment (turbomachinery, screw compressors. Boiler (115 TPH *7 NOS {805 TPH} ) & STG 60 MW) -Expertise in crude oil/gas processing (BS&W, flotation), effluent treatment (15500 BWPD),instrument air compressors (-40 deg dew point) -Exp in Nitrogen generation (99.9% purity), Pressure swing adsorption -O&M expertise in and RO water plant- Mix bed Exchangers, Seawater RO, Brackish water RO Safety & Compliance: Implemented safety protection measures (ESD, fire & gas systems) Ensured process safety & equipment safeguarding, LOPA, SIL Experienced with 5S, OISD, Led Boiler IBR, RLA activities Process Control, Optimization & Simulation -R&D domain experience in Aveva/Schneider Electric APC Advanced Process control, PI server,OPC UA/DA, Aveva Process Simulation,Dynsim, Aveva Process Optimization(RoMeo),Digital Twin -Commissioned, optimized APC (Yokogawa/Shell PACE) for boiler/oil & gas plants -Expert in PID tuning, CV/MV/DV identification, and multivariable model predictive control IPMA certified Project management associate level D
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Oil & Gas and Advanced Process Control.
Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Experience: 6 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Product Management
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Process Control
- Software Testing
- Oil & Gas Operations
Career Highlights
- 6 years of experience in oil & gas and software development.
- Expert in advanced process control and asset management.
- IPMA certified project management associate.
Work Experience
IBM
Product Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Cognizant
Associate Project -(AVEVA and Schnider electric APC R&D) (1 yr 2 mos)
Cairn Oil and Gas
Engineer Production panel (3 yrs 6 mos)
Graduate Engineer Trainee (1 yr)
Alpha services ltd. Bhiwadi
Summer Intern (2 mos)
Career360
Campus Ambassador (2 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech at Government Engineering College Bikaner
KG - 12 class(science) at St. Xavier's School,Bhiwadi