Venkatesh D.

About Venkatesh D.

With over 20 years of manufacturing engineering and management experiences, with over 15 years leading teams to launch new programs and/or improve existing processes, and with prior experiences dealing with customers in technical discussions and strategic business negotiations, I bring to the table exceptional leadership qualities with strong business acumen that help design and execute solutions that create customer value, which have a direct impact on the bottom line. Skills: • 20+ years professional experiences in Engineering. • Program Management: 20+ years experiences. • People Management & Cross-Functional Team leadership: 17+ years experiences. • Strategic business negotiations in global settings. • 10 or more Exempt; 100+ non-exempt managed. • Outsourcing, and procurement: dealing with global suppliers. • Plant re-locations / significant upgrades / Large Capex programs:~$50M+ • Wide range of machining experiences: turning, milling (HMC & VMC), various grinding (profile, surface, in-feed, thru\' feed, double-disk), honing, micro-polishing, deburring (various), etc. • 6Sigma, TPS, & lean experiences. • SPC, APQP, FMEA, ISO/TS/IATF experiences. • Automotive, power generation and aerospace industries. • Laser metal deposition technology.

Experience

1. Operations and Engineering Manager

   Extrude Hone

   Sep 2024 — Present · US

Education

• Western Michigan University

  Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering

  1990 — 1991

• Osmania University

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1984 — 1988

• The Wharton School

  Data Analytics - From Data to Insights

  2018 — 2018