Ajay Akshay

Experience

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  National Instruments

  May 2013 - Jul 2013

  Application Engineering Intern

  As a part of the internship, my project was to integrate Machine Vision with High Speed Motion Control in a single application and to prepare a fully functional automated demo model using National Instrument's dedicated vision hardware, motor drives and programming software LABVIEW.

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  Larsen & Toubro

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  Electrical Engineer

  For the initial seven months I was involved in the electrical package of 660MW unit of 3960MW Super-thermal power plant with following responsibilities:• Power and Control Cable Laying & Terminations • Installation and commissioning of Switchgear Panels. Thereafter I have worked as a part of the project management team of pan-India optical fibre project in Mumbai carrying out:• Progress Monitoring & Analysis• Resource Allocation & Planning.• Material procurement documentation & vendor coordination.• Client Billing and Invoice generation.• Preparing Client correspondences and grievance redressal.• Monthly job cost estimation Show less

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  SolarSquare Energy Private Limited

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2019

  Head - PV Design & Engineering

  As the first employee of the company, I got the opportunity to lay the technical foundation for the firm. Starting as a Design Engineer over the course of three years I had been entrusted with responsibilities spanning over design, execution and commissioning of more than 20MWp portfolio for capacities ranging from 40 kwp to 2500 kWp at single location. My major responsibilities in the organisation were as below:• Design Engineering for all the projects with team of 2 reporting engineers - capacity estimations, performance analysis reports, detailed bill of materials, design documentation and drawings.• Lead a team of 4 project managers for project delivery - execution planning, managing resources and execution vendors for the projects.• SPOC for client representatives throughout project delivery cycle. • Presales – coordinating site surveys, detailed project costing & preparation of techno-commercial offers.• Lead the procurement for various system components – vendor & product evaluations and commercial negotiations. Show less

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  Mahindra Susten

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  Deputy Manager - Technology & Products

  As part of the Products division, I lead the technical and engineering functions for Zolario which caters to small scale residential and commercial solar projects as well as Solar Water Pumps business catering to farm irrigation.Standardisation and deployment at scale have been two core attributes for both these businesses and hence required an approach dealt with intricate planning, attention to detail, firm standard operating procedures and collection and analysis of data from the technical side.Additionally I also have been leading the process automation for the Zolario business - formation of internal team processes and expectations and also managing the product development activities within the inhouse teams. Show less

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  Panasonic Life Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

  Apr 2021 - now

  I am leading the Product Management function for renewables business of Panasonic Life Solutions India, with a portfolio of products under four different categories and catering to B2B & B2G customers in India. We also cater to International markets in South East Asia, Middle East, Turkey & US. I oversee the development of the Product Strategy and roadmap, thoroughly aligning it with our overarching business goals in a highly dynamic industry like Solar. Collaboration and driving synergy across multiple cross functional teams - Sales, Quality, Production, Marketing & Procurement , is central to my role to deliver impactful results. I also devote a lot of time to look Customer & competition insights to come up with strategic initiatives to support existing products as well as to identify ideas which can be scaled into new products to drive growth in the business. - Product Strategy & Roadmap- New Product Development (NPD) - Ideation, Business case Approval from Management, Prototyping, Design Validation, Documentation to Launch.- Market research - Product Insights, Opportunities, Risks and Competition analysis- Ensuring Product Safety & Technical Regulation compliances.- Drive digitalising initiatives for customer facing business processes - Product Training to Sales - Features , USPs, Usage & Applications, Installation & Troubleshooting.- Customer Success - Technical Support to resolve customer issues and ensuring delight.- Training & Developing the service teams on a Pan India Basis. Show less

  • Senior Manager - Energy ( Renewables & EV Charger Products)

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Manager - Energy (Renewables)

    Apr 2021 - Dec 2024