Aditya Kapadia

About Aditya Kapadia

1B+ P&L owner. Experienced subject matter expert for high power and high speed component interconnects for data center racks enabling AI computing and networking for the hyperscale markets.Customer obsession and delivering the highest quality of expertise for a world that is evolving with “speed of light”.

Experience

1. Global Product Manager - High Speed Solutions

   TE Connectivity

   Apr 2024 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Own global supply strategy and lifecycle for ~$0.55B in annual revenue across 224G and 112G high-speed interconnect solutions supporting hyperscale data center architectures.• Partner with hardware engineering, supply operations, quality, finance, and suppliers to translate system-level requirements into manufacturable, cost-optimized supply solutions, generating a $1.5B qualified pipeline.• Lead executive NPI readiness across EVT/DVT/PVT, owning supplier tooling, capacity planning, and risk mitigation decisions to ensure on-time ramp and prevent line-down or customer-impact events.• De-risk supply constraints through supplier localization and dual-sourcing strategies across Southeast Asia, EMEA, Mexico, and North America to improve resilience and compliance.• Owned executive readouts on product and platform supply health, P&L exposure, and hedged risk posture for NPI gate reviews with BU VPs and the President, enabling timely cost, capacity, and ramp decisions.• Define cost targets and supplier investment strategies across multi-site manufacturing, securing an 8% reduction in capital and tooling spend while maintaining yield, reliability, and qualification timelines.• Execute product and supply P&L rationalization using TIME models, managing PCNs, repricing actions, and cost-down initiatives that increased sustaining-product NPV by 6% without compromising performance or quality.• Led supplier escalations during capacity and yield excursions, driving corrective actions to protect ramp schedules and prevent customer-impact events.• Own commercial and technical supplier agreements in partnership with legal, including SOWs, CRAs, LTAs, and BCPs, balancing cost, capacity guarantees, and long-term supply continuity.

Education

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  Master of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering

  2015 — 2017

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Customer Service
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Engineering
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• C++
• Mechanical Engineering
• Change Management
• Business Development
• Autocad
• Minitab
• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
• Manufacturing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Operations Management
• Teamwork
• Iso Standards
• Team Building
• Management
• Matlab
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Microsoft Word
• Industrial Engineering
• Technical Product Sales
• Logistics Management
• Kaizen
• Lean Six Sigma
• Root Cause Analysis
• Value Stream Mapping
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Process Improvement
• Continuous Improvement