Experience

Danlaw, Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Responsible for managing & growing Danlaw Inc Bengaluru center and support Danlaw global Sales & Marketing team for business growth in APAC region



Tech Mahindra

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate VP - Automotive New Technologies

  • Apr 2019 - Jan 2022

  Bengaluru Area, India Heading Automotive Electronics Solution & Delivery for China and Global practice leader for Connected Vehicle/V2X/Cybersecurity with additional role on developing competency for CASE (Connected Autonomous Shared & Electrical) Vehicle I have led from front in creating world class 5G-V2X offerings (both products and engineering Services) across entire ecosystem at Tech Mahindra with global partners - a) Vehicle Side, b) Road Side, c) Network side and d) Cloud Side along with… Show more Heading Automotive Electronics Solution & Delivery for China and Global practice leader for Connected Vehicle/V2X/Cybersecurity with additional role on developing competency for CASE (Connected Autonomous Shared & Electrical) Vehicle I have led from front in creating world class 5G-V2X offerings (both products and engineering Services) across entire ecosystem at Tech Mahindra with global partners - a) Vehicle Side, b) Road Side, c) Network side and d) Cloud Side along with Cybersecurity. Won new prestigious logo of EV OEM and expanded business in MBSE/MBE/MBD, functional safety, Virtual Prototyping, PLM, DevOps, ADAS and Connected Vehicle. Our Automotive Electronics solution covers 5G-V2X/C-V2X, ADAS/AD, T-Box/TCU, Digital cockpit/IVI/HMI, BCM, Electrical Vehicle, Central Gateway, AUTOSAR/Adaptive AUTOSAR, MBD, Functional Safety/Cybersecurity, V&V including HIL Testing and Vehicle Testing Our MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) and DMS (Device Management Server) products & Engineering services bring differentiated values not only to Automotive customer but across all the Engineering enterprise business. We have developed TSP platform that supports all the Telematics services (like Predictive Maintenance, Alexa Voice Assistance, SVT, Remote Services etc.) along with Data Monitoring, Privacy & Security, Subscription management, Notification services, Payment & billing. It can be easily integrated with FOTA, PKI, ERP/CRM/DMS systems and agnostics to T-box & IVI platform communication, mobile network and cloud platform. Show less



KPIT

• India
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Practice Head - Connected Vehicle (Telematics, V2X, Cybersecurity)

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2019

  Bangalore, India As practice lead, I was responsible for business growth of Connected Vehicle Practice globally in KPIT. It includes the three major areas - Vehicle Telematics, V2X / C-ITS & Vehicle Cybersecurity. We also support Autonomous Vehicle group on Connectivity side to achieve Level-4 autonomous level. Our main focus was on Secure SW platform (AUTOSAR/Non-AUTOSAR) & stack development for Telematics and V2X along with Road Safety and Telematics applications and their integration. KPIT is… Show more As practice lead, I was responsible for business growth of Connected Vehicle Practice globally in KPIT. It includes the three major areas - Vehicle Telematics, V2X / C-ITS & Vehicle Cybersecurity. We also support Autonomous Vehicle group on Connectivity side to achieve Level-4 autonomous level. Our main focus was on Secure SW platform (AUTOSAR/Non-AUTOSAR) & stack development for Telematics and V2X along with Road Safety and Telematics applications and their integration. KPIT is traditionally very strong in testing and we are developing an integrated Test bench for Telematics, V2X and Cybersecurity feature testing. We also provide integrated System, Safety & Cybersecurity consultancy. Within a short time, I have developed an excellent team of Wireless experts, Systems Engineers along with SW & Test engineers and won strategic business which will multiply revenue in coming years in all the three areas of Connected Vehicle / IOV.

• Practice Director (PES) - Connected Car & Telematics at KPIT

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

  Bengaluru Area, India In my current role, I am responsible to build the team & competency in the area of Connected Car, Vehicle Telematics, Data analytics at KPIT - Product Engineering Services (PES) business unit. I will also be part of Cybersecurity strategic team at KPIT. I think KPIT is in unique position with its existing technologies and capability to fast ramp up the right blend of team in this domain to exploit the immense market.



JLR

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• JLR Group Leader & KPIT Senior Program Manager - ADAS & Chassis Electronics

  • May 2015 - Sep 2016

  United Kingdom Group Leader Directly reporting JLR senior Manager and KPIT PES VP - Responsible for business growth of 90+ team members to 165+ team members worth 15 M$ business (ADAS and Chassis) in JLR within Two and half years in the following major areas: 1. Systems Engineering Process Development and Deployment 2. Level -2 & 3 ADAS Features Design & Development (Full Systems Life Cycle) 3. Chassis features SW development for AUTOSAR and Non-AUTOSAR platforms My team also consisted of… Show more Group Leader Directly reporting JLR senior Manager and KPIT PES VP - Responsible for business growth of 90+ team members to 165+ team members worth 15 M$ business (ADAS and Chassis) in JLR within Two and half years in the following major areas: 1. Systems Engineering Process Development and Deployment 2. Level -2 & 3 ADAS Features Design & Development (Full Systems Life Cycle) 3. Chassis features SW development for AUTOSAR and Non-AUTOSAR platforms My team also consisted of program managers who helped JLR in overall planning and supplier management. We built a strong Systems Engineering team in the area of ADAS apart from usual SW and V&V engineering.

• JLR Group Leader & KPIT Senior Program Manager - Chassis Electronics

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Gayden, UK JLR Group Leader for features which are ported to ECU with Flexray architecture (on AUTOSAR Stack). Senior Program manager - KPIT for managing JLR extended development & program management team (onsite & offshore) of Chassis Electronics department.



KPIT

• India
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Practice Manger - Powertrain (Europe) and Systems&Controls

  • Nov 2012 - Apr 2014

  Responsible for Powertrain business growth in Europe and development of Systems&Control competency in KPIT.

• Senior Solution Architect

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

  Bangalore Responsible to establishing Controls CoE in KPITCummins Automotive Business Unit.



Adinya Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Head - Simulation & Controls

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Bangalore I was responsible for business development and overall growth of the Simulation & Controls horizontal across Aerospace and Automotive verticals.



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology Specialist

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2011

  Roles & Responsibilities: -Integrated global Honeywell Flight Control team member for B787 Fly-By-Wire (FBW) Control Software Development and Latency & Safety Analysis. -As a FCE-CoE SE Excellence lead, my duties are: •To develop and execute the road map for competency development, technical oversight reduction, and productivity improvement by statistical gap analysis, generating reusable artifacts, organizing Seminars/White paper contests, and mentorship & trainings. … Show more Roles & Responsibilities: -Integrated global Honeywell Flight Control team member for B787 Fly-By-Wire (FBW) Control Software Development and Latency & Safety Analysis. -As a FCE-CoE SE Excellence lead, my duties are: •To develop and execute the road map for competency development, technical oversight reduction, and productivity improvement by statistical gap analysis, generating reusable artifacts, organizing Seminars/White paper contests, and mentorship & trainings. •Statistics-based project estimation by deciding WBS elements complexity and available resource competency. •Making strategy of CoPQ reduction for delivery of quality work-outputs from load-to-load within the stipulated schedule and adherence to cost goals. -As a steering committee member for deployment of HOS, I am responsible for implementation of lean culture, architect strategies of leadership, knowledge management and rapid product deployment to ensure a superior edge in business operations. -IP potential analysis, and support to Controls LOB (Line-of-Business) team for making value proposition of Honeywell products in their entire life cycle.

• Tech Lead

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2009

  Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Requirement Capture and prepare SoW & Technical Proposals on Flight Control System / Automotive Stability Control System Architectures: I was involved in these activities for two programs - a. Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) to be developed by National Aerospace Lab (NAL), CSIR, Govt. of India, Bangalore, and b. Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Govt. of India, Pune. 2. Model-based V&V Procession definition for Automotive… Show more Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Requirement Capture and prepare SoW & Technical Proposals on Flight Control System / Automotive Stability Control System Architectures: I was involved in these activities for two programs - a. Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) to be developed by National Aerospace Lab (NAL), CSIR, Govt. of India, Bangalore, and b. Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Govt. of India, Pune. 2. Model-based V&V Procession definition for Automotive domain: Since Honeywell was not having defined process Model-based V&V activities for automotive applications, I leveraged Honeywell's Aerospace MBD process to establish the Model-based V&V process for automotive business group. 3. Preliminary Control System Architecture Design for RTA to be developed by NAL: I came up with three flight control architectures and did the trade study to choose the best. 4. Safety assesment and Reliability Computation of RTA control architechture: Did FHA and FTA for the proposed two flight control architectures. 5. Systems V&V: Performed Systems testing for SARAS (14 sater multi-role aircraft) to be developed by NAL.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2007

  Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modeling and Control Design for two stage four way Electro-hydraulic Valve for automotive applications. 2. Project Estimation and Tracking 3. System (Model-based) V&V: Performed the dry and wet bench system testing 4. Risk Management for executing the V&V project: As a V&V lead at Eaton Pune, India, I interfaced with Eaton Hydraulics business group, Minneapolis, US, defined the risks and mitigation plans to execute system V&V tasks from India and… Show more Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modeling and Control Design for two stage four way Electro-hydraulic Valve for automotive applications. 2. Project Estimation and Tracking 3. System (Model-based) V&V: Performed the dry and wet bench system testing 4. Risk Management for executing the V&V project: As a V&V lead at Eaton Pune, India, I interfaced with Eaton Hydraulics business group, Minneapolis, US, defined the risks and mitigation plans to execute system V&V tasks from India and tracked it for smooth operation. 5. MATLAB Tool Support: As a MATLAB tool expert, I supported all the business teams in India for its optimize usage with limited licenses and also imparted training on executing Model-based V&V using MATLAB. Show less



Tech Mahindra

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst

  • Nov 2004 - Jun 2006

  Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modeling and Control Design for Automotive Stability System: Developed 14DOF mathematical model of an automobile in MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow and designed and developed nonlinear controller to stabilize it while braking, accelerating and turning. The automobile model included the suspension system. 2. Automatic Code Generation from MATLAB and dSPACE/Target Link models 3.MATLAB/simulink/Stateflow Model Development from C-codes (Reverse… Show more Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modeling and Control Design for Automotive Stability System: Developed 14DOF mathematical model of an automobile in MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow and designed and developed nonlinear controller to stabilize it while braking, accelerating and turning. The automobile model included the suspension system. 2. Automatic Code Generation from MATLAB and dSPACE/Target Link models 3.MATLAB/simulink/Stateflow Model Development from C-codes (Reverse Engineering) 4. Project Estimation and Tracking 5. MATLAB and dSPACE Tool Support Show less



DRDO

• IGMDP Fellow-->Scientist-B-->Scientist-C

  • Jul 1999 - Nov 2004

  Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modelling and Guidance Design for Air Defence Missiles: I was the primary Guidance designer of PAD (Prithvi missile in Air Defence role), Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India. I developed 6DOF mathematical model of PAD missile and integrated the Gidance laws for different phases and did Monte-carlo simulation toanalyze its performance. 2. I was also involved in Stage testing of PAD missile to analyze the control design of PAD. 3. Post flight analysis… Show more Roles & Responsibilities: 1. Modelling and Guidance Design for Air Defence Missiles: I was the primary Guidance designer of PAD (Prithvi missile in Air Defence role), Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India. I developed 6DOF mathematical model of PAD missile and integrated the Gidance laws for different phases and did Monte-carlo simulation toanalyze its performance. 2. I was also involved in Stage testing of PAD missile to analyze the control design of PAD. 3. Post flight analysis of Prithvi Missile 4. Integrated Air Defence Simulation: for analyzing the deployment of different control stations in air defence scenarios 5. Training: Imparted trainings on Missile fundamentals and Control systems Show less