Vishnu Sasidharan

Experience

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  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

  Dec 2006 - Jul 2007

  Student

  Rectification of snag on the propeller pitch controller

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  Sevcon india pvt ltd

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2009

  Engineer-sales & marketing

  •Led and trained a team of marketing engineers.•Handled seven different HVAC product lines. Co-ordinated various marketing activities through below the line media.•Product vertical for ITT bell & Gossett - pumping systems, FLOWCON - balancing valves, CALMAC – thermal energy storage system, SYSTEMAIR – ventilation systems.•Responsible for cost benefit analysis for clients for every project and mapping various feasible options for the clients. •Developed annual market forecast for each of the products.•Collecting, monitoring and reporting of competitor activities and product performance to the product management team.•Worked closely with key accounts – contractors, consultants, developers to incorporate company’s product specifications in tenders.•Rated as the top performer for the year 2007-08. Show less

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  Trans Tech Turnkey Pvt. Ltd.

  Oct 2009 - Oct 2011

  Marketing engineer - BU -HVAC & cleanrooms

  •Responsible for Business development (Pan India) of a new business unit the company built in 2009 for a green technology (Thermal energy storage system - Product used in central HVAC plant).•Developed marketing tools for the new product like pricing strategy, standard specifications, catalogs, Benchmark against competitors, branding and customer value proposition.•Consulting on the design and application evaluating the client’s requirement & feasibility in terms of the cost benefit analysis.•International assignment to initiate joint venture with Chinese counterparts for technology transfer and project requirements.•Spearheaded the idea of a new product model manufactured in China, optimized in dimension and capacity for economic feasibility of shipment to India. •Converted the first order worth 0.9 million USD for the company within one and a half year and mobilized the project team under time constraint.• Worked in a project with the government electricity board, electricity suppliers and distributors to develop schemes to incentivize consumers using the product, which was accepted and implemented in 2010 by Maharashtra electricity regulatory commission. Show less

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  Suzlon Wind Energy A/S

  Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

  Intern

  Services benchmarking within wind industry and across other sectors for Suzlon Energy• Report provides with recommendation for Suzlon Energy to identify and adopt best service practices by benchmarking it within the wind industry and across comparable sector.• The framework of the project encompassed an overview of the industry, competitor profiling, market size, analysis of comparable sector and internal analysis of the company.

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  Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2022

  Cross functional role leading application/product development and business development. PLUSS is engaged in the business of research, development and manufacturing of specialized polymers and phase change materials (PCMs).- Responsible for growth of the PCM business unit.- Identifying new applications and products with PCMs that offer impacting solutions across a broad spectrum of industries and market segments.

  • Vice President - New Product Initiatives

    Dec 2015 - Jun 2022

  • Manager - Business Development(Phase Change Materials)

    Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
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  Pluss Advanced Technologies Ltd.

  Jun 2022 - now

  Vice President and Business head - Climate Technologies

  Driving purpose driven changes through thermal energy storage technologies to mitigate climate change.- Li-ion EV battery thermal management- Personal wearable cooling technology - Military food technology for frozen food transport- Passive cooling building design- Waste heat recovery- Consulting ESG and SDG compliance to relevant technologies