Prasad Krishnan

An accomplished leader with 24 years of global experience having proficiency in New Product Development, Product Management, Research & Development, Innovation management, Digital enablement, Product leadership, Product engineering and management across construction and automotive industries

1. Excellent at managing complete engineering operations involving requirement analysis, finalization of specifications, designing, prototype development, testing & development in compliance to global quality standards & clients’ requirements
2. Spearheading project activities from conceptualization to execution including technical specifications, testing & validation for Simulation Tools to ensure first-time right robust product development with focus on global delivery framework
3. Skilled in business planning & sizing, ideation of new products and converting concepts to revenue; identified market opportunities and business cases
4. Highly skilled in setting strategic goals, making decisions and enabling smooth day-to-day operations; drove process improvement, enhanced productivity and brought down costs
5. Expertise entails in assuring all newly developed products deliver the maximum quality & reliability, which is attained by establishing effective quality control inspections, tests & corrective procedures
6. Devised significant solutions, operations & projects for making effective utilization of man, machine, method & materials based on production program and developed SOPs for operational excellence
7. Led full product lifecycle activities including concept maturation, design management, obsolescence management, engineering change management, issues control & resolution, cost management, vendor management and various other cross-functional activities in designing and developing products
8. Proven capabilities in implementing Agile & Lean Framework/Methods with a team of over 43 local engineers, managers to devise & implement product & business strategies

Aspire to work for a leading organization where I can utilize my domain functional and leadership competency and contribute towards transformation of engineering systems in the age of digitation and artificial intelligence