Deepak has more than eight years of IT experience. He is responsible for business process redesign for high-technology software product development companies. He has been involved in strategy for Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Point of Sale (PoS) business process optimization, engineering transformation of an operating system development and testing processes manufactured by a leading high-technology company.
Deepak will blog on Lean manufacturing and product innovation.
Hardik leads business transformation projects for product development including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). He has more than 15 years of IT experience and focuses on PLM consulting. He has experience working from the strategic planning stage through adoption and value realization with many manufacturers and retailers. He has helped them streamline their product development and sourcing processes
Hardik will blog on portfolio management, PLM, Component Supply Management, data engineering and product development transformations.
Jeff has more than 22 years of consulting experience. He leads the Product Innovation (PI) practice at Infosys. He integrates multiple disciplines by combining consulting, engineering, technology and intellectual property at Infosys. He has led transformations in product innovation and lifecycle management. In addition, he has anchored strategy and supply chain programs in high-technology, software, discrete manufacturing and consumer goods.
Jeff will blog on product development, portfolio management, value realization, product introduction and supply chain integration.
Mike is a Product Innovation (PI) consultant. He has more than 11 years of IT experience. He has managed process, tool and metric teams across all phases of product development from requirement, estimation, development, test and portfolio management.
Mike will blog on idea management, portfolio management, product development and product development transformations.
Muthuvelan (Muthu) has more than 15 years of experience. He leads the Manufacturing Engineering and Plant Solutions practice at Infosys. He has rich manufacturing industry experience and consults on engineering, manufacturing and plant-related issues spanning product lifecycle and global engineering. He has managed end-to-end global product development programs, plant design and optimization programs. He has consulted clients in various industry verticals on global product development effectiveness, Lean engineering and Lean manufacturing.
Currently, Muthu leads marketing at Infosys’ global engineering practice. He focuses on applying Lean to global engineering processes and manufacturing operations. His areas of interest include defining and articulating value for customers in global engineering.
Muthu will blog on global engineering, Lean engineering, Lean manufacturing, digital manufacturing, emerging global models for engineering effectiveness and product innovation.
Dr. Kumar is a consultant in composites and knowledge-based engineering. He specializes in composite structures, aircraft structures, computational mechanics, impact dynamics, engineering software development, knowledge-based engineering and metal forming.
He has more than 18 years of research and industrial experience. He has published 25 technical papers in journals and at international conferences. He is one of the core developers of commercial software CADDS-COMPOSITES (AUTOLAY). Dr. Kumar has one patent to his credit. He has won several awards including the Corporate Excellence Award from the American Society of Engineers for Indian Origin. He was nominated for the Young Scientist award by the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Kumar will blog on composite structures, knowledge-based engineering, multi-disciplinary optimization, structural health monitoring and engineering R&D trends.
Sreekant has more than 17 years of experience. He is responsible for delivery of projects in industrial automation. He is the pre-sales anchor for industrial automation.
He has managed an offshore account for an industrial automation product vendor. He was involved in project management and technical execution of melt furnace automation at an aluminum major.
Sreekant will blog on Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), shopfloor automation (PLC, CNC,OSI-PI, etc), process automation (DCS), Computer Numerical Control (CNC) usage and programming, and wireless sensing networks in automation.
Sudarshan has more than 20 years of IT experience. He heads the offering of Product Effectiveness for Manufacturing at Infosys. He is responsible for the design and development of engineering systems, product lifecycle solutions consulting in North America, and aerospace, automotive, discrete manufacturing, hi-technology and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) in Europe. He founded the Product Lifecycle and Engineering Solutions (PLES) Center for Engineering Competence and Excellence.
Sudarshan will blog on New Product Development and Introduction, Product Lifecycle Management, engineering standardization, and scalable and reliable product development.
Uday has more than 17 years of IT experience. He is responsible for design engineering management and electronics for automotive, aerospace and industrial automation. He is involved in the design and development of electronics systems such as automotive real-time simulators, safety, body and security electronics, EOL test systems, AUTOSAR solutions, RTOS development and hardware design of test equipment.
He will blog on E/E development, AUTOSAR and standardization, and scalable and reliable product development.
Valmeeka (Val to his colleagues) has more than 24 years of experience in developing engineering and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to regional and global companies.
Val focuses on delivering high-value global engineering transformation solutions leveraging PLM, resulting in lean, agile and innovative benefits for customers.
Prior to Infosys, Val managed the South-East Asia operations of a Japanese company specializing in engineering solutions, since inception.
Val will blog on topics related to Global Engineering.
Vikas has rich experience in manufacturing and consults on business and engineering issues spanning product lifecycle and global engineering. He has more than 12 years of IT experience. He consults on strategic issues in new product introduction and product lifecycle for various industries.
Currently, he manages marketing and new business acquisition. He focuses on customer solutions to business problems and value quantification. His areas of interest include emerging trends in global engineering, partner selection, role of engineering and IT systems in enterprise.
He will blog on determining core competence, avoiding rigidities and evaluating all aspects of globalization in engineering.
