Balajee Viswanath

BALAJEE VISWANATH .G F 501 Sai Ambience Society, Pimple Saudagar, Pune, 411027, India Phone: - Email:-In pursuit of challenging senior leadership assignments for roles in Program Management, Business Development, Product Development with an organization of high repute in Automotive An Accomplished and performance-driven Automotive product development professional with exceptional leadership, Program management and People management skills offering more than 17 years of extensive experience in Product Development coupled with more than 12 years of Program & Product development experience. Currently associated with Hella India Automotive Pvt Ltd as General Manager, heading Program Management and D&D for Electronics products for India. COMPETENCY MATRIX        A performance driven professional with over 17 years of experience in Automotive industry with spanning expertise of Program Management, P&L Management, Design and Development of Electronics Products, Recruitment and Team Managements An individual having comprehensive and conceptual knowledge of the Indian OEMs in terms of vehicle architecture, technological vision and future roadmap Strong Intra and Inter personal skills with good understanding of the multi-cultural sensitivities Proficient in Program management and Design and Development for electronics products suitable for Indian OEMs, Global technology for Indian cost Proven Track record of formulating strategies & business plans to facilitate attainment of business targets while keeping abreast with customer needs and demands and timeline Skilled in directing cross-functional teams using interactive and motivational leadership that spurs people to willingly give their best and loyalty A social and well-travelled individual with excellent communication, empathy & listening and people management skills that have been honed through managing large teams CORE COMPETENCIES Handling P&L responsibility of Body Products in India for Hella India Automotive. Extensive knowledge in Product Development of Automotive Electronics products especially suiting Indian OEM needs and technology, right from Business Acquisition to Launch. Proven Customer handling experience, being key point of contact for customers Handling Global role leading global teams in Body platform development Handling Complex ECUs design and development heading the different domains HW, MD, Sys, SW and Testing. Extensive Customer engagement both technically and in program handling and negotiations Responsible for Captive and Local organizations in Hella Hands on Experience on AUTOSAR, Model based development for complex ECUs Domain expertise in Body Systems(BCM, RKE, PEPS, Immo), Energy management products, Driver Information (Instrument Clusters) and Multifunction Displays (MFD) Technically-sophisticated and business-savvy management professional with a pioneering career reflecting strong leadership qualities coupled with enormous experience & exposure in program management, designing, developing, and delivering successful cost-effective, high-performance technology and information system solutions Adept at providing invaluable leadership, oversight, and strategic initiatives and tailored project management techniques as part of project and program management roles Strong & extensive expertise of Product Life Cycle Management through Product Planning & Execution, Product Initiation, Product Scoping, Effort & Time Estimation, Costing & Product Budgeting, Product Planning, Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Risk Management and Execution Control Planning, Timely & Quality Delivery Eminent leadership expertise with exemplary record in driving teams for successful execution of projects Demonstrated People Management abilities involving Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Induction & Training, Tasking & Delegation, Performance Monitoring & Feedback, Skill Upgrade, Career Planning, Recognition & Reward, Motivation & Mentoring of the team Goal oriented Team Player with Fast learning curve and strong analytical, decision making, problem solving, visualizing, negotiating, Organizational, communication & interpersonal skills Program Management P&L Responsibility Executive Leadership Resource Management Delivery Management APQP Business planning & Sales Customer management Account Management Strategic Business Planning Product Development Team & People Management Training & Mentoring TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY Domains: Program management Body Systems ( BCM, RKE, PEPS, IMMO), RPAS, Fuel Control Modules, Electronic Power Steering, Driver Information systems (Instrument Clusters), Multi-Function Displays (MFD), Climate Control Systems P&L Management, Complete APQP, Product Costing, planning and Execution, production planning and maintenance PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE HELLA INDIA AUTOMOTIVE Pvt LTD, Pune, India Jan 12 till date General Manager – Head Program Management & D&D Complete P&L responsibility for Electronics products in India, (BCM, RKE, EPS, DC DC) Heading Program Management for India Electronics business. Major customers handled - Tata, Mahindra, Renault Nissan, Force Motors, Ford Motors, Volvo Eicher, Ashok Leyland, Isuzu, Maruti Suzuki Heading D&D (System, SW, HW and MD domains) for India programs for different product groups Body, Energy, Comfort systems, Safety Systems Head of Functional Safety organization in HIA Key customer contact for India Project Sponsor for Global Body platform of HELLA – with 4 regions involved Heading Global Development Network(GDN) for India, participating in global development programs Max team size of close to 195, Direct reports 15 DGM – Head D&D – GDN (Global Development Network), Emerging Market Handled GDN for Hella India for Systems, SW and HW Head of D&D for India for Emerging market Customer contact for Body Systems and other products Key player in WW Global Development network for System and SW Complete technical responsibility of Body products Senior Manager – Head System & SW Head of System and SW development teams for both GDN and local product development Max team size of 95 Direct reports – 8 State of the art SW development using MBD, AUTOSAR VISTEON TECHNICAL AND SERVICES CENTER, Chennai, India May 00 to Dec 12 SME (Senior Technical Lead) – Project Management Spearheading the PMO, working on standardizing the Project Management practices across Organization Successfully generating Standards and Best Practices to enable Project Managers, work effectively and contribute for organization growth and effectiveness Developed a Resource Management System software to handle the resource management challenges of VTSC Developed Project Health indicator reports which provides the status of a program at a snapshot considering the various factors accompanied Software Project Manager Efficiently handled complete program delivery right from Requirements phase to customer release for various Instrument Clusters and Multifunction display projects Responsible for day-to-day management of the project, planning, tracking, change management, status reports to customer, design decisions and delivery Accountable for Technical Quality of the software, on time delivery and customer interactions Instrumental in performance appraisal of the engineers working on the team, setting and tracking the performance and development objectives Responsible for quality metrics collection and analysis for all the programs managed, to take appropriate decisions for continuous improvement Collected and executed root cause analysis and identified prevent recurrence actions and solutions Responsible for complete customer management and interaction with end customer and various other disciplines like Hardware, Mechanical and Electrical teams Handled dependencies between various sections like Product Development, EMC and Product Validation Managed customers from all regions (AP, NA, SA, Europe) Supervised monthly billing of each engineer to respective programs Responsible for short listing and selecting new recruits/engineers for various streams, Resource Management of engineers across various programs handled Key Projects Handled: MFD – CD34X – Mono, Color, TFT displays, JLR Cluster, Other multiple brands of Ford Instrument Clusters - CD34X IC for Ford Mondeo, C394 IC for Ford Focus, V227 IC for Ford Transit Connect, L322 IC for Jaguar Land Rover – A full digital re configurable Instrument cluster Multi Function Displays (MFD) - C344 MFD for Ford Focus – New Launch for European Market, U38X MFD for Ford Mercury – New Launch for NA Market, C520 MFD for Ford Focus – Global Concept Car All Clusters and MFDs handled are High End with LCD TFT display, major features includes Analog/Digital Gauges, Odo and Trip Odo information, Multimedia information(CD, Radio, Ipod, USB), Navigation information and personalization PENTAFOUR TECHNOLOGIES, Chennai, India Software Engineer Aug 99 to May 00 Efficiently designed and developed various programs for in house development Major programs include Distributed Home Automation System and Embedded Web Server based Device Controller EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS M.Tech Quality Management– BITS Pilani - Pursuing BE (Electronics & Instrumentation) from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India (University Second Rank Holder in Engineering) CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS Certified PMP®, Project Management Professional from PMI in good standing validity till 2013 Completed a Certification Course in Instrumentation & Embedded technologies, Pentasoft Technologies, Chennai, India Completed a certificate course on Internetworking Technologies from IIT – Kharaghpur, India PERSONAL DETAILS Born on 27 July 1977, I hail from Chennai and now live in Pune with my family, my wife Vidya is a teacher, and my 13 year old son Akshay is in 7th grade in school. I love long drives and listening to melody songs. Reading books is a passion.