Lingaraju — Director of Engineering

Was part of Lean manufacturing events such as Kaizen for reducing errors while printing drawings, BOM's, Machine Manuals in print room

Special purpose machine’s design for spark plug line, milling machines, spring end grinding machines

Corrugating machine design, Managing projects in machine design

Redesign of Tooling design for cold working, aerospace industry

Engineering support, Technical support, Manufacturing Support.

Offshore multi-discipline design support in the areas of Piping, Static Equipment, Electrical & Instrumentation and Civil structural with average yearly revenue in excess of 300K USD with a team expanding from 2 to 8 with potential for higher growth in a short span of 8 months for a leading France- based water treatment equipment manufacturer

Design and development of ARC-6 Roll stand for corrugating line Design and development of MRQIII Roll stand

Offshore engineering support team of 8 members with an annual revenue of 380K USD for a UK-based water treatment and desalination plants

Was part of Lean manufacturing events such as Kaizen for reducing errors while printing drawings, BOMs, Machine Manuals in print room

Part of the $2.4 billion Barry-Wehmiller Inc. providing global Engineering & IT consulting to the manufacturing industry.

In-depth knowledge of mechanical design for packaging machines, special purpose machines, jigs and fixtures Managing projects in machine design, process systems engineering, sustaining engineering and resource contract type of projects in mechanical design engineering field Mechanical design of an ice-bagging machine used in supermarkets in the USA from concept development to prototype development

Managing the entire product development process including requirement analysis, finalizing specifications, prototype development and new concept development

To align Client’s offshore design center in Bangalore, India with their other locations in USA [St. Louis (MO), Atlanta (GA) and Chino (LA)]. Scope was to identify issue, analyze, develop new processes, implement and sustain it

Revenue & Cost, and P&L Management. Delivery Management with focus on key stake holders’ management

Actively involved in various stages of manufacturing of the design outputs viz. Manufacturing Support, Quality control and Inspection

Managing key Customer accounts Providing solutions to pre-sales team New projects discussions with Clients and submitting proposals Overseeing of process adherence in projects Review of monthly reports, project management reports Created new processes for design engineering Projects: Automation design for gas spring nitrogen filling, testing with wide varieties of sizes Design of custom variable leak valve to control gas admission into ultrahigh vacuum systems Redesign of Tooling design for cold working, aerospace industry Managing sustaining engineering projects

Managing projects in machine design, process systems engineering, sustaining engineering and resource contract type of projects in mechanical design engineering field Managing 15+ customers including 5 long-term engagements (3+ years) with a team of 60+ Engineers generating an annual revenue of $2.5 million USD Budget plan aligning with the organization's strategic objectives Control of Cost of Sales and ensuring project profitability Effective resource management by right mix of in-house and contract resources Skill set mapping, identification and building of the team so that the right resources are allocated for the right assignment Periodic account review along with quarterly management reviews including monthly dashboard reports Regular and meaningful customer interaction resulting in long term projects for the organization Fixing operational project budgets and implementing control measures to contain expenses within defined limits Interactions and providing solutions to the pre-sales team

Building, training and developing a cohesive team of engineers Project requirement gathering and evaluation for new customers Vendor development to get the best quality products at most competitive prices Actively involved in various stages of manufacturing of the design outputs viz. Manufacturing Support, Quality control and Inspection Managing the entire product development process including requirement analysis, finalizing specifications, prototype development and new concept development Successfully executed a Value Engineering project to reduce the product cost by 23% for a battery recycling process machine Developed a 6-member project team from scratch within a span of 6 months Trained, nurtured and developed an Mechanical Design team of 10 members Managed a team of 12 Engineers to provide design support to a Corrugated and Sheeting Machinery Manufacturer based out of USA Honored with performance award in the year 2011

Technical lead in design of Special purpose machines Involved in design of various special purpose machines like Ice bagging machine, Gasket winding machine & Tablet packing machine Mechanical Lead in various Value Engineering projects Mechanical design of an ice-bagging machine used in supermarkets in the USA from concept development to prototype development Active participation in the design and development of Gasket winding SPM used in the Oil & Gas industries Honored with performance award in the year 2007 Won the Best Project Team award for the years 2006 & 2007

Mechanical design support for corrugator, sheeting and packaging equipment Development of standard part libraries for Corrugator design and SolidWorks Handling various Job orders, Retrofits, Upgrades and new options Redesign of preheater to make it a modular design; selection of alternate cheaper components, optimizing the design for easy manufacturing Design of a low cost roll-stand which included selection of cheaper alternate components, simplified design for ease of assembly and operation Design and development of ARC-6 Roll stand for corrugating line Design and development of MRQIII Roll stand Design of Roll Trolleys for conveying corrugating paper roll and sheeting paper roll Low cost double backer design Honored with Outstanding Performance Award in 2001 and a Performance Award in the year 2003

Special purpose machine's design for spark plug line, milling machines, spring end grinding machines Design of drill heads Design of Jigs and fixtures. Fixture design for machining centers, fixture design for honing machines. Design of bending fixtures Material handling equipment design Design and Manufacturing reviews with clients

Detail design of Jigs and fixtures. Creation of fabrication drawings and bill of material. Machine line layout creation. Co-ordination with machine shop