Suneel

About Suneel

Assistant Vice President - InnovationGeneral Manager - Open Innovation, Group Technology and InnovationSenior Technology Manager - Mechanical & Component EngineeringSite Manager - ACE and Robust DesignAsia Leader - Product Regularoty ComplianceAsia Leader - New Product Introductions 20+years of experience in leading Innovation across large corporation(Tata group), New product development, Leading key Engg projects (Aviation-GE)- Manufacturing, Global program Management, Engineering research and six sigma (MBB Certified).Driving site level product quality improvement by adopting proactive robust design practices across all engineering domains (Electronic Security & Air Conditioning & Aircraft Engines).Working as Asia Product Compliance Leader and NPI Operations Manager to enable quality product launches including adherence to product regulations across Asia. Working also as a Program Manager for a Asia/global program in the security systems technology. Systems Engineering: Contributing to projects in the capacity of a Six sigma Leader - DFSS certifiied MBB.Specialties: Leading Technical/Product Management, Innovation, Quality, Sourcing, teams in various projects including manufacturing & inspections.NPI Operations - Led $10MM worth of products across Asia.6 Sigma Certifications:Certified DFSS-Master Black Belt from GECertified DFSS Black Belt from GECertified Trainer for Innovative Problem Solving Skills from GELeading Technical/Product Management, Quality & Sourcing, teams in various projects including manufacturing & inspections for NPI launches.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President

   Tata Group

   Apr 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

   Leading Innovation across Tata Group companies. Supporting Innovation journey of big companies. Also leading Tata Innoverse - Group Open Innovation program. Solving technical challenges from several Tata group companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tinplate, Titan, Tanishq, Tata Consumer Products Ltd, Tata International to name a few. The challenges come from diverse domains such as Image processing, Automation, NDT, Machine learning etc. Currently, working with 17+ companies and 100 challenges, solving some of the \'blind spot\' and critical challenges to improve overall effectiveness - both product and process efficiency. Provided around 50 solutions leading to several Million dollars of cost savings.

Education

• University of Mysore

  M.Tech, Manufacturing

  1992 — 1994

• University of Mysore

  B.E.,, Mechanical Engineering

  1986 — 1991

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Ph.D, Mechanical Engg., Manufacturing

  1995 — 2000

Skills

• Business Transformation
• Testing
• New Business Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Management
• Six Sigma
• Program Management
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Product Development
• Black Belt
• Sourcing
• Business Development
• Benchmarking
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Dmaic
• Process Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Quality Management
• Manufacturing
• R&D
• Iso 9000
• Engineering Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process Mapping
• Contract Management
• Quality System
• Quality Assurance