Experience

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  Delphi

  Apr 1999 - Apr 2002

  Managed quality of suppliers during launch of new parts based on QS9000 APQP principles.Coordinated commercial, technical and quality issues between Delphi and supplier personnel. Helpedsuppliers resolve production and inspection problems prior to production launch. Investigated materials-related issues of steering components using mechanical and hardness testers, SEM and optical microscopy, spectrographs, etc. Assessed new materials and processes to improve quality and manufacturing. Sustained part production. Managed and lent technical assistance to laboratory technicians.

  • Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer

    Jun 2001 - Apr 2002

  • Materials Engineer/Assistant Plant Metallurgist

    Apr 1999 - Jun 2001
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  Delphi

  May 2004 - Mar 2005

  Supplier quality engineer

  Managed and resolved quality issues of problem supplier base in Taiwan. Guided personnel insubmitting PPAPs and writing PFMEA and other quality documents. Helped to improve quality systemsand relationships with sub-suppliers. Communicated mostly in Chinese.

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  Cummins inc.

  Nov 2005 - Jan 2024

  Managed and developed a team of analytics professionals to build and sustain data models and analytics tools related to engine and powertrain product reliability.• Responsible for group’s budget and strategy aligned with Quality Department goals.• Established work management discipline in my team through kanban, stand-ups, project chartering, and frequent stakeholder checkpoints.• Established monthly analytics workplan reviews with my dotted-line Pune India team and with other analytics group directors (IT, Quality, Engineering, Advanced Analytics, Finance).• Oversaw and coached my team in implementing analytics solutions in Databricks, SSAS, Power Apps, Power BI, Excel VBA, and Palantir. Show less Led global Product Review and global Engineering resource prioritization, working closely with Engineering, Marketing, and Finance stakeholders and updating business unit leader team. Managed a small team of direct reports to sustain and improve processes and analytical tools related to Engineering resource planning, AOP and project prioritization, product management, and product planning.• Implemented and led a global project prioritization process with executive level reviews.• Developed and sustained project and resource prioritization analytics tools, used by 20+ program office directors and engineering directors worldwide. Show less

  • Senior Manager of Product Reliability Analytics

    Feb 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Manager of Product Planning Analytics

    Jul 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Business Process Improvement Leader

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2020

  • Product Change Process Leader

    Sept 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Product Change Program Manager

    Feb 2011 - Sept 2012

  • Six Sigma Black Belt

    Jan 2009 - Feb 2011

  • US VPI Commercial Team Leader

    Dec 2007 - Jan 2009

  • New Product Introduction Supply Chain Engineer

    Nov 2005 - Dec 2007
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  Marathon petroleum corporation

  Jan 2025 - now

  It - analytics & innovation