Praveen Paladugu

Sr Product Engineer, Supply Chain Operations @Cisco

Bangalore, IN

Products Managed: NCS5500, Mechanical New Product Introduction lead for all NCS5500 products, having managed mechanical product development and sustaining activities for CRS, Chassis, linecards, various PSUs, adapter cards, rail kits and accessories• Collaborating with overseas contract manufacturers to ensure successful prototype builds and product release technical readiness, including fixture design, manufacturing/assembly process quality, test readiness and supply chain efficiency• Developing product BOM structures, maintaining approved vendor lists and creating engineering change orders (ECOs)• Interfacing with Hardware Engineering, Marketing, Service Ops, Test Development, Compliance and Industrial Design• Closely managing suppliers to develop custom component designs, attain qualification data and attain timely product delivery• Performing hard tooling ROI analysis, should-cost tool modeling and tooling design optimization• Immersed in all aspects of product design, including material selection, cosmetics, cost avoidance, DFX, validation testing, EMI/ESD testing, tolerance analysis, PCB/cable integration• Extensive knowledge of sheet metal, CNC machining, laser/die cutting, plating, powder coat/wet painting, pad printing, silk screening

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Technology - MTech, Mechanical Engineering

PES University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering