Keshav V , PMP®, MBA, VMA®

Experience

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  Geneva Fine Punch Enclosure Ltd

  Jul 2003 - Sept 2005

  Design and Development Engineer

  Key Result Areas • Crafted component concepts and prototypes and organized testing to analyze performance and manufacturability• Coordinated with Quality and Manufacturing Engineer to resolve diverse manufacturing issues • Carried out documentation of product and part revisions and updated bills of material by adhering to engineering and manufacturing practices• Managed supplier evaluation, capability assessment, quality improvement and selection processes with the Supplier Quality Team Show less

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  Ingersoll Rand

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2019

  - Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects through entire lifecycle; managing schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders. - Explore strategic productivity opportunities (through rationalizing, modularity) in component level leading to multifold savings to business. - Lead cross-functionally within peer SBU teams in ETC within a framework on building healthy pipeline of productivity outlooks - Monitor & Report out VAVE Dashboard for India ETC’s on execution side of all Productivity projects. - Development of Virtual Production Environment (VPE) for factories to have accurate cost assessment Manufacturing Cost estimation & Cost Modeling Optimization- Estimating accurate part and bill of material cost by developing Virtual Production Environment (VPE) and Cost models - Collaborate with GSIC team on should costing opportunities within strategic suppliers of enterprise.- Lead and Facilitate VAVE, Competitive benchmarking workshops to assist product teams to build healthy productivity pipeline. Show less Key Result Areas • Implementing engineering & material productivity projects • Carrying out Product development & enhancement activities through international cross functional teams for Stationary Refrigeration Products• Approximating the actual cost of the components by “should cost” analysis on new products and purchase parts • Trained pool of VAVE engineers to generate and execute material productivity projects for different sectors • Lead team to execute VAVE, NPD and Sustenance projects for stationary refrigeration products. • Lead and facilitated Value engineering events across different product lines.• Presented technical Paper in SAVE conference 2011 on “Integrating Cost Modeling in Value Engineering Methodology”• Presented thesis in SAVE conference 2012 on “Value Engineering Driving Profitable Growth in Transport Air conditioning• Presented technical Paper in SAVE conference 2013 on “Augmenting Value Engineering with Teardown and Should Costing"• Presented technical Paper in SAVE conference 2014 on “Application of Value Methodology to the Engine – Radiator Coolant Flow Lines" Show less

  • Value Stream Manager

    Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Lead Engineer

    Mar 2012 - Nov 2016

  • Senior Design Engineer

    Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Design Engineer

    Sept 2005 - Sept 2009
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  Trane Technologies

  Jan 2020 - now

  • Driving material productivity / VAVE across organization• Leading component engineering, focus on components rationalization, supply resilience, manage supply continuity and component productivity• Leading cost engineering COE at enterprise level• Developed should cost standard framework to deploy should costing for new parts (NPD / VAVE processes) and legacy parts• Driving Lean Management (Soft Productivity) at organization level

  • Senior Engineering Manager - Productivity

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Productivity Manager

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021