Feb 2025 – Aug 2025 · 6 mos · Austin, TX · Remote

• Implemented Recipe and Packaging Lifecycle Management solutions for Nestlé, enabling standardized product data governance, regulatory compliance, and accelerated product commercialization using Autodesk Fusion 360 PLM platform

Apr 2022 – Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Austin, TX · Hybrid

• PLM Program Manager at Apple, USA
• Leading end-to-end product lifecycle management, overseeing stakeholder communication, project planning, and execution. Key responsibilities include:
• Aligning cross-functional teams and stakeholders through clear communication.
• Developing project plans, roadmaps, and tracking milestones.
• Onboarding and training teams on best practices.
• Managing configurations, customizations, and integrations.
• Leading data migration and ensuring schedules are met across tracks.

Apr 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Remote

• PLM & MES Transformation Program manager at Olympus Japan
• Project Management & Stakeholder Coordination:
• Lead project planning, governance, milestone tracking, and delivery, ensuring seamless internal and external stakeholder management, with effective escalation handling.
• Current & Target State Assessments:
• Conducted comprehensive assessments of the current state and defined target state requirements across Manufacturing, R&D, Service, and QARA streams for America, EMEA, and Japan regions.
• Product Demos & Platform Recommendations:
• Organized product demonstrations in collaboration with SIEMENS, Dassault Systèmes, and PTC for PLM & MES solutions, providing tailored platform recommendations based on fit for business needs.

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 · 11 mos · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Remote

• ASPICE Project: Aimed at achieving Automotive SPICE Maturity Level 2 by effectively managing Software Engineering, Support, and Management processes. This was achieved through the creation of templates, checklists, and guidelines to streamline compliance and improve process maturity.
• iQUAVIS Project: Developed a software application on the iQUAVIS platform to manage customer requirements, ensuring bi-directional traceability throughout the process.
• DX Project: Led the development of a user interface (UI) platform to provide users with access to existing services. This platform also includes systems for calculating costs based on usage time, volume, and selected plans.

Dec 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Nissan Shatai Technical Center, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan · On-site

• Design & Development: Led the design and development of underbody components, including brake, fuel, heater piping, and heat insulators, ensuring high performance and compliance with safety standards.
• Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Managed vendor relationships and stakeholder communications, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Change & Cost Management: Oversaw change management processes, cost management, and ensured business continuity through effective planning and execution.
• Schedule Management: Coordinated project schedules, ensuring timely delivery and smooth execution of all phases.

Jul 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mitsubishi Motor Corporation, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan · On-site

• Program Management: Led the Colt Minor Change program, overseeing the design and development of key components, including interior, body, chassis, and brake systems, ensuring alignment with project goals and timely delivery.

Jun 2015 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs · Kasai Kogyo co. Ltd, Miyayama, Samukawa, koza-gun Japan · On-site

• Team leader in the automotive interior trims design and development department, for the project NISSAN SERENA 2016 (Multi Utility Vehicle)
• Key functions included:
• o Development of interior trims such as luggage side lower, FR pillar, CTR pillar, and RR pillar
• o Creation and implementation of engineering changes and requests
• o Heat cycle test problem – countermeasures, validation, and implementation
• o Schedule monitoring, validation test planning, and execution

May 2012 – May 2015 · 3 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Lead a team of 3 for the SUZUKI FUTURA project (LCV segment truck) from 2012 to 2015 June at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Key functions included
• o Design and development of all door components and door seals.
• o Conducting weekly meetings with Japanese counterparts and making design modifications.
• o Arranging components and schedule monitoring for different development trials.
• o Conducting tests according to Suzuki Engineering Standards and taking countermeasures along with Suzuki counterparts.
• o Creating layouts of door components such as hinges, stoppers, window regulators, latches, and beams
• o Design and development of components such as panels, reinforcements, front and rear sashes
• o Designer’s CAE of panel bucking, door sagging, sash rigidity and mirror stiffness

Aug 2009 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Automotive design engineer for the project CELERIO (B-Segment hatchback) from 2010 to 2012 at SUZUKI MOTOR CORP, Hamamatsu, Japan.

Jun 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs · Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

• I am the first one in the MSIL 2009 batch of 350 members to get selected and to go to Suzuki motor corporation, Japan for advanced design training. I got an opportunity to learn the advanced design and development techniques of automotive doors and Japanese manufacturing and management methods.

Jan 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• A non-profitable social service organization incepted for the upliftment of rural village children's education.