Rahul Pathare

About Rahul Pathare

Would you like to build scalable, cash-generating, margin-resilient products and platforms?Across green and brown field organizations, I’ve repeatedly built and scaled R&D, Engineering Capability Centers that standardize execution, improve productivity and margins, and institutionalize methodical rigor. whilst, deliberately protecting business aligned innovation bandwidth. • Enterprise Growth 0→Scale Up• $6MM NSR (Net Sales Revenue) delivered across Advanced material NBD solutions at 10-35% profit• $22MM project pipeline from 130+ evaluated opportunities, demonstrating opportunity assessment & qualification• 3 patents (2 granted) secured and established a competitive moat to drive market leadership• 20% OpEx optimization and 15% ROI improvement by implementing rigorous financial discipline strategies• 15-25% cycle-time reduction via Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, and digital (CAD, CAE, FEA) tools• 20% Cost & TTM reduction through design, material, process, & supplier integration• $4MM CAPEX/OPEX governance - maximizing ROI# & • End-to-End P&L Leadership for Engineered Materials (viz. Carbon & Glass Fiber Composites) • Enterprise Scale-up & Turnaround Strategy • IP Portfolio Management & Sustainability Integration • CXO Partnership & Strategic Governance• Global Engineering Capability Centers (GCC / GDC)• Engineering Governance & Standards• Digital Engineering & Simulation• Value Engineering & Design for Excellence• Cross-Functional Enterprise Collaboration• Talent Development & Succession Planning• People-Centric 79••••••96 |: r••••@pathare.org

Experience

1. Composites Technology - Business Leadership Relinforcetm Carbon Fiber Composites

   Reliance Industries Limited

   Nov 2023 — Present

   Pioneering high-performance composite solutions (CFRP & GFRP) that disrupt conventional markets with superior TCO advantages Architecting strategic partnerships across Automotive, UAV, Aerospace, Defense, Infrastructure, Industrial, and Medical sectors Accelerating innovation through integrated NBD, NPD, and systematic engineering design initiatives :• Enterprise Growth 0→Scale Up• $6MM NSR (Net Sales Revenue) delivered across Advanced material NBD solutions at 10-35% profit• $22MM project pipeline from 130+ evaluated opportunities, demonstrating opportunity assessment & qualification• 3 patents (2 granted) secured and established a competitive moat to drive market leadership• 20% OpEx optimization and 15% ROI improvement by implementing rigorous financial discipline strategies• 15-25% cycle-time reduction via Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, and digital (CAD, CAE, FEA) tools• 20% Cost & TTM reduction through design, material, process, & supplier integration• $4MM CAPEX/OPEX governance - maximizing ROI

Education

• Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

  Certification Course, AI Product Management Specialization for Product Managers

• Mohammed Haji Saboo Siddik Polytechnic

  Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

• University of London

  Certification Course, Corporate Strategy

• M.H. Saboo Siddik College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Automobile Engineering

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  Diploma, Industrial Management

• SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  MBA, Operations Management

• EDUCBA

  Certification Course, Automotive SPICE

• Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)

  Post-Diploma, Automobile Engineering

• Sinhgad College of Engineering

  ME, Mechanical - Design Engineering

• University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet)

  Certification Course, SDG Sustainable Development Goals

• Stanford University

  Executive Program, Product Management

Skills

• Adhesive Bonding
• Design Thinking
• Structural & Crash Adhesive Bonding Design
• Occupant & Pedestrian Safety
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• R&D
• Structural & Energy Absorbing Foam Design
• Testing
• Patent Landscaping
• Dmaic
• Intellectual Property
• Competitive Intelligence
• Strategy
• Materials
• Plastics
• Innovation Management
• Pedestrian Safety
• Injection Molding
• Knowledge Management
• Fmea
• Product Strategy
• Cad
• Ls-Dyna
• Strategic Planning
• Product Planning
• Automotive Engineering
• Triz
• Patents
• Process Simulation
• Finite Element Analysis
• Dfmea
• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Design Strategy
• Polymers
• Cae
• Product Management
• Adhesives
• Catia