Ram Dornala

Chief Operating Officer at Cyient DLM
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(386) 825-5501
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Experience

    • Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Chief Operating Officer
      • Nov 2022 - Present
    • Taiwan
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Vice President
      • Apr 2018 - Nov 2022

      Recruited to define and execute strategic vision to take the company to the next level, own P&L for the entire US region including sales, account managers, etc. using learnings from previous manufacturing/supply chain successes to increase profitability and to grow sales by expanding the customer base with introduction of innovative product offerings that take advantage of market adjacencies. • Proposed supply chain initiatives that deployed resources strategically, moving 1/3 of China production to North America and Europe, to benefit from each country’s production and post-production strengths, enabling holistic planning and tailor-made programs for different customers. • Formed bridge between investors in Asia and on-site management in North America to attain lower lending costs in Taiwan and better geographic market proximity in Mexico, enabling continued production during the pandemic as Taiwan was hit hard early and then switch back as it reached Mexico. • Helped Mexico operations build human resource capability by repeating strategy introduced at Jabil that involved relocating technicians from countries with higher caliber and less costly labor dynamics and cross-training with local talent. Show less

    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sr. Business Unit Director
      • 2012 - 2018

      Conceived, envisioned, and built from ground up a brand new AR/MR/Consumer Robotics Business Unit and grew it from 0 to 10 customers with $250M in sales in <3 years, with ongoing 3-year forecast of 50%+ CAGR.• Cultivated executive relationships with brilliant innovators and founders leading the charge in the field of AR / MR / connected learning devices; created environment fostering creativity and lateral thinking to respond to and solve unique problems facing Silicon Valley startups.• Identified and filled gaps in internal capabilities through IP or asset acquisition and seamlessly assimilated them, including precision optical alignment, cold lamination, printed electronics, and gear box assembly.• Built top performing teams including a motivated sales force focused on high potential opportunities, as well as a highly capable engineering team that built on core strengths of value engineering, materials technologies, automation, and product development.• Instituted an agile supply chain process to respond to the needs of the customers with extreme time-to-market and cost pressures.Assigned as GM for a Fortune 5 account to bring customer’s $1B vision of a highly complex wearable product to fruition; negotiated and closed the sale in under 3 months and worked daily with client company’s CEO.• Developed the technology for the US market using state-of-the-art automation with 90% yields at launch.• Engaged in the up-stream design process and reduced time-to-market by 50% by incorporating Jabil’s LSP/LSR IP as well as its core technologies in plastics and metals. Show less

    • Business Unit Director, Global Business Unit
      • 2007 - 2012

      With full P&L oversight, directed team of 5000 in China, India, Malaysia, and US, leading customer relationships, supply chain, sourcing, and materials operations for top $1.2B account; attained responsibility for entire networking industry sector, sold new Fortune 1000 accounts, and increased sector revenues 25% to $1.5B.• Assembled a new robust organization to grow the most complex PCBA account from $0 to $1B in China with consistent financial results. • Recognized with 16 consecutive quarterly Best-in-Class Quarterly Business Review (QBR) scores – a first time achievement for any partner of this client. • Initiated and implemented an India-based repair organization that contributed to the highest financial and customer satisfaction ratings in two years. • Assumed responsibility of the Florida-based Build-To-Order (BTO) / Configuration-To-Order (CTO) operation that led to a 100% improvement through the application of Lean and Six Sigma practices. • Reduced the CAPEX through the opening of new accounts and strict P&L management. Show less

    • Senior Business Unit Manager, Global Business Development
      • 2004 - 2007

      Promoted to own P&L for $100M high-end server technology client, increased customer satisfaction 56% to 85% in 3 quarters, and transferred business to low-cost geographies to turn major losses into profitability.

    • Global Technical director
      • 2000 - 2004

    • Senior Manager, Quality and technology
      • 1998 - 2000

Education

  • Western Michigan University
    Master of Science, Industrial Engineering
  • Osmania University
    Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

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