Parag Mehresh

About Parag Mehresh

Accomplished Global Business Leader with 18+ years experience in complex product development for energy and power generation markets, from early requirements planning to first-to-market delivery, at a global scale. Defined vision and purpose, built consensus, forged world-wide partnerships, and rallied stakeholders & executive support to embrace and execute large-scale projects in a competitive global landscape for real world impact. Transformed inefficient operations, built new capabilities, and grew organizations: set new standards, gain competitive edge, and increase market share and revenue (with short, mid and long-term time horizon). Able to identify key resources, empower team members to rise to their true potential, and develop high performing cross-functional teams delivering turn-key power solutions exceeding KPIsGlobal Leadership » Led several programs – new product introduction, new source introduction, and design-to-order initiatives for Electric Power Generation application in NA, EAME and Asia markets. Spearheaded design simplification efforts across MW scale Genset platforms delivering modularized configurations driving direct impact to bottomlineNew Technology Introduction » Delivered 1st Megawatt capacity Fuel Cell Power System (Carbon-less) for demanding Hyperscaler applications Business Model Transformation » Packaged Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) for remote non-grid emerging markets delivering cost-effective solutions with lowest maintenance (Africa Telecom)Cultural Change & Lean Leadership » Reduced R&E expenditure and increased delivery speed with new ecosystem of internal testing facilities, University partnerships, and supplier relationsOperational Efficiency » Drove strategic supplier collaborations using should cost modeling and alignment of key design characteristics with supplier process strengths for improved Quality, Cost and on-time performanceOrganizational Leadership » 6-year Executive Relocation to India growing organization ten-fold and adding regional supply-base

Experience

1. Director Technical Sales

   Vertiv

   Jan 2025 — Present · Peoria, IL, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering

  2002 — 2005

• University of Maryland

  Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

  2001 — 2002

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  M. Tech, Energy Studies

  1999 — 2001

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

  BE, Mechanical engineering

  1994 — 1998