PRASANNA NIRGUDKAR
www.prasannapn.com
5010 Grove West Blvd. #2202
Stafford, TX 77477
Tel: 1-281-777-2938 (H)
Email: pnirgudkar@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE: Seek full time challenging opportunity in an Engineering company to provide the highest quality safe products and services with consistently high efficiencies.
PROFESSIONAL / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
* Lean Six Sigma Champion, with Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas (2006-present)
* Black Belt Trained, Six Sigma Academy, 2006
* Project Management for 5-S, TPM, Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, DOE, DFSS, SPC projects to improve process efficiencies, enhance product quality, reduce operating costs and increase customer satisfaction
* $2M savings in 2006
* Manager, Seismic Mfg, with Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas (2005-2006)
* In-Charge of the Manufacture/Service Center for Seismic Cables at the IPC Technology/ Product Center
* Lead 16 employees, including Engineers, Buyers/ Planners, Sales, Technicians and Flying Squad members for Field Service Calls - Recruiting, Training, Career Development
* Co-ordinate global seismic cables manufacturing/ servicing to support a fleet of 15 vessels world-wide
* Organize Quality, Health, Safety, Environment (QHSE) improvements. LPT Leader in 2004-2005
* Increased revenue from $2M to $18M within 1 year
* Manufacturing Engineer/ Material Specialist with Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas (2002-2004)
* Assist and supervise all aspects of procurement and production planning. This included but was not limited to Supply Chain Management, Outsourcing, Supplier Negotiations, Purchasing, Supplier Audits & Qualification, Logistics, Production Planning, Scheduling & Routing, Cost control, Pricing, & Customer Service.
* Manufacturing Engineer for Wireline, Seismic, Third Party Cables and Logging Conveyance tools.
* Introduce, develop, and sustain Kanban system for inventory management. Co-ordinate & implement 5S & Kaizen for efficient and effective Production. Introduce DFX, Lean Manufacturing & 6-sigma initiatives.
* Automation, upgrade and control of rotating machinery, extruders, and electrical/ mechanical/ pressure test equipment: Improve & standardize processes, document ISO procedures, perform Quality Audits.
* Research Assistant with the Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP), Penn State University (2001-2)
* Launched the $50k project on Time Compression Techniques for Rapid Tooling
* Evaluated and benchmarked over 10 current RP techniques for rapid tooling after cost-benefit analysis
* Devised sampling and testing protocols and led testing efforts of the team
* Generated ideas for process improvement to cut down processing time from 4 weeks to 2 days
* Teaching Assistant with ME Department, The Pennsylvania State University (2000)
* Teach a class of 95 students for 20 hours/week
* Vocational Trainee Engineer with TATA Engineering & Locomotive Co. Ltd. (TELCO), India (1999)
* Reliability/ Quality Assurance: Failure Analysis using Design of Experiments
EDUCATION:
* The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA MS in Industrial Engineering GPA 3.9 (August 2002)
* Govt. College of Engg., University of Pune, India BS in Mechanical Engineering GPA 4.0 (June 2000)
RELEVANT PROJECTS:
* Design of Tri-layer Q-Marine cables (opto-electric streamers). Patented by IPC in 2002. $6M revenue/year.
* Design of RALI open hole tractor - gear-box, transmission, chassis, controls for down-hole conveyance (2004)
* Design of water-blocked terminations for marine seismic applications (2005-2006)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
* Programming: C, C++, FORTRAN, BASIC, JAVA (basics)
* CAD, FEA, ERP & other s/w: AutoCAD 2000, ProE/ Wildfire, ProM, ARENA, LINDO, MINITAB, MFG-PRO
AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Certified Manufacturing Engineer - CMfgE, 2006
* Internal Auditor, DNV, 2006
* President, Houston Maharashtra Mandal - 2003
* More on personal web site (link at the top of this resume)
References available on request
Visa/ Green Card Required
Willing to travel/ relocate
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