Nagendra Kumar

• Collaborating with senior leadership for strategic account planning to set long-term objectives (top line growth) for the rail business.
• Evaluated industry trends for organic and inorganic growth opportunities, and proposed corresponding business strategies.
• Highlighted emerging opportunities for better market positioning
• Representing the company at various Industry activities
• Preparing presentations for board meetings summarizing key developments within the company.
• Developing and executing marketing strategies to increase brand awareness and market share.
• Oversaw strategic planning and implementation to ensure organizational goals were met.
• regular meetings with department heads to review progress on strategic initiatives.
• Analyzed data to inform decision-making and strategic direction.

• Functional reporting to CEO of skyTran (US) and Hierarchical reporting to Vice-President, Engineering, India
• Performing critical role in realizing the Innovative and game changing, Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) System to the world
• Key Responsibilities include, but not limited to, Product Life Cycle Management - Market Research, Bids & Tenders Management (India) - Strategy & Road map: Product, Go-To-Market, Business Opportunities, Commercialization, Support to M&A, Investment/fund raising activities - Executive Reports submission to Reliance Leadership team

Bid Technical Management of International/National tenders of Rolling Stock (Metro/Tram - Greenfield/Brownfield Development) - Team size: ~20

• Instrumental role in winning the Taipei Metro RS contract worth ~430 Million Euros
• Involved in Technology Transfer of Tram to India & definition of Tram product for India opportunities
• Product definition & Bid submission for Ontario and Sydney Airport line tenders
• Cost competitive and quality product definition to customer RFP
• Requirement Management and technical management at train level Integration during Bid phase
• QCD Management, Interface management with stakeholders of SYSTEM such as Signaling, Communications, Track work, PSD, Depot Equipment, Stations, Operations & Maintenance etc.
• Interface management with Sourcing, Industrial sites of Brazil, Sydney, Canada & France

Project Engineering Manager for the Singapore Metro Project (LTA) & responsible for entire Engineering Life cycle of the project - Lead 70+ member team

• Responsible and accountable to deliver the product/systems within defined timeline, budget, scope with quality
• Front face to customer for Engineering (Customer Interface and Negotiation)
• Ownership of Engineering budget and plan, define, delegate, allocate and monitor the workload & budget
• Active management of Engineering risks and savings (Identify, track and mitigate)
• Engineering Support to Manufacturing (Barcelona, Spain)

Engineering Manager: Team size: 25+

• Developed a world class FEA team (Center of Excellence in INDIA) to execute projects
• Project Management, Provide leadership and direction & Interfacing with various stakeholders, strategic partners
• Initiation & preparation of project proposals, Budgeting, Planning, Resource Management
• Panel member for ALSTOM campus recruitment team
• Business development and WP execution for all sites of Alstom (France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, US)

• First employee in Aero-structures (FEA) domain & Single point contact for the project execution & delivery
• Internal business development: Proposal writing (Support to Tenders), RFQ, WBS, planning & Budgeting, Budget Proposal & QCD adherence, Interfacing with multi-national teams (Germany & Spain)
• Establishment of "Aero-Structures (FEA)" competency in AIRBUS ENGINEERING CENTRE, Technical leadership to team and projects

• Part of COE - Aerostructures to support Pre-sales for technical solutions, project execution and competency development.

• Design & Analysis of Aero-structural components, project execution for DRDO/ISRO and Finite Element development.

• Execution of various Aero-structure projects, Structural Health Monitoring & Aero-elastic design & analysis of Launch vehicles.

• Project Execution & Research