Niky Desani

About Niky Desani

I am a PMP-certified leader in Operations and Project Management with extensive experience in driving new product introductions (NPI) and ramping up production in electronics manufacturing. I excel as the primary customer interface, effectively coordinating between Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, and Logistics to achieve program objectives related to quality, schedule, cost, and capacity. Proficient in project management tools, issue and risk tracking, and cost breakdown analysis (including Labor hours, yield loss, and rework). I consistently transform complex shop-floor realities into clear customer updates and actionable execution plans. Additionally, I propose process optimization and automation initiatives aimed at reducing costs and shortening timelines.Operation / NPI Project Manager | Electronics Manufacturing (SMT/AOI/Box Build/Cable Assembly)| Ramp-Up, Cost, Schedule, Customer Interface | Process Improvement

Experience

1. Process Engineer

   Ppsi

   Nov 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Manage and coordinate cross-functional manufacturing execution across SMT, AOI, cable assembly, box build, and final inspection, ensuring on-time, quality delivery by aligning Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Planning on priorities and constraints.• Own NPI readiness from documentation to floor release: review customer drawings/specs, BOMs, and build requirements to translate design intent into routings, process steps, inspection checkpoints, and production-ready documentation.• Develop and maintain detailed labor-hours and process-time estimates (cycle time, touch time, setup time) to support quoting, cost justification, tooling needs, and capacity planning for new and sustaining products.• Create and control detailed work instructions/travelers for new and existing products, ensuring consistent build quality, repeatability, and audit-ready compliance across lines and shifts.• Serve as the primary point of contact for production route issues, troubleshooting escalations in real time (defects, yield loss, rework loops, test/AOI escapes), driving containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.• Led process-improvement initiatives that increased production efficiency by 45% through downtime reduction and improved throughput, and increased FPY by 40% by implementing structured improvement strategies and controls.• Drive ECO/change management execution: coordinate engineering change review, validate process impacts, update work instructions/routings, execute first-article/verification builds, and ensure controlled release to production.• Facilitate cross-functional problem-solving (Engineering/Quality/Operations) for conflicts in requirements, build feasibility, or acceptance criteria—ensuring quick decisions and minimal impact to delivery schedules.

Education

• Sardar Patel University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics & Communication

• Auckland University of Technology

  Postgraduate Degree, Engineering, Automation & Advance Control Systems

Skills

• Rslogix 5000
• Siemens
• Mirtec
• Easyolp
• Siemens S7-200
• Plc Programming
• Allen Bradley
• Rslogix 500
• Automation
• Hmis
• Scada
• Aoi Inspection