Faiyaz Engineer

• Responsible for leading business vertical for development of new products and offerings in the technology confluence of machine vision, new sensors integration, digital & data science based on emerging industry trends, customer requirements and technological developments
• Planning and implementing technology research for planned product development cycle in stage gate process
• Contributes to business strategy planning and ensures technological growth keeping with and ahead of competition
• Driving organization NPD strategy for ACG Inspection in line with ACG Group strategy
• Upcoming projects valued at contributing 10 Mio INR in next 2 years
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• Strategized complete digitalization roadmap for smart connected products (SCP) from Connect and visualize phase to Predictive Maintenance phase.
• Initiated Digitalization and Analytics Program at ACG starting with team of 4 associates and building Centre of Excellence of 35 associates.
• Created fluid 5-year roadmap for Digitalization of 6 manufacturing plants
• OEE improvement of 5% planned on a Golden operating zone plant (>85% OEE)
• Captured Learning for OEE improvement as per digitalization roadmap at manufacturing plants.
• Worked extensively on Smart Connected Products and Smart Connected Operations.
• Implemented Augmented Reality solutions for factory training and safety procedures.
• Facilitated ongoing team development and growth through training and professional skills enhancement.
• Maintained high-level knowledge of current and emerging technology development and applications.
• Collaborated with cross-functional intra-company teams to provide mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously embrace macro-level strategic decisions and micro-level implementation.
• Collaborated with third-party vendors to implement new cloud based infrastructure and systems.
• Completed and submitted monthly and yearly Governance Committee reports to support executive decision making.
• Directed complex engineering team's project development and functionality objectives.
• Provided Program leadership in dynamic technology-driven environment with multiple priorities.

Following Project lifecycles successfully closed in this tenure:

• Blister Inspection System, Incremental Innovation Product - Research & Design, Development, Project Management
• Advanced Carton Track and Trace with Barcode / Pharmacode authentication + Carton Weight +/-0.5g accuracy @ 3 Sigma - Research & Design, Development, Project Management
• 360-degree Bottle inspection with Bottom Printing and Track and Trace Authentication - Research & Design, Development, Project Management

Following Project lifecycles successfully implemented and achieved in this tenure:

• Capsule Weight Measurements using Electromagnetic Force Restoration (EMFR) - R&D Project
• Carton Track and Trace with Barcode/Pharmacode authentication + Carton Weight + Rejection/Acceptance - Research & Design, Development, Project Management
• 360 Capsule Inspection on Slat Conveyor - R&D + Product Delivery
• Blister Inspection System Hood Design Modifications - Product Delivery
• Advanced Carton Track and Trace with Barcode/Pharmacode authentication + Carton Weight +/-0.5g accuracy @ 3 Sigma - Research & Design, Development, Project Management
• GenX SDIO Interface Board Design Embedded replacement for PLC - Research & Design, Development, Project Management
• Broke Bag Detection - Feasibility Study Project.

An attempt at Entrepreneurship:

• Designed and Developed 5 button wireless waiter calling system with RF technology using CC2510 Texas Instruments family in master slave configuration on 2.4 GHz frequency band (ISM). 1:30 M:S ratio with distance covering 100 meters. Integrated Android app and web app support functions by software team.
• Product Development, Circuit Designing, Embedded Programming, Vendor Management, Product Documentation, sales presentations, product launch.
  

• Project Manager with major focus on projects related to Hardware interfaces. Updating company with latest emerging technologies and tools.
• Completed CMMi L3 Assessment Team Member course (Nov 2012)
• Projects handled include Casino Table Management, Casino Slot Machine Interface (SAS); Casino Advanced Fund Transfers; Major focus on development of Casino related Software and interfaces to Embedded products. Working extensively on MS WinCE 6.0 R3 for X86 and ARM based designs.
• Major focus on development of newer technologies such Infrared detectors and RFID devices.
• Projects managed include People Counting & Statistics using infrared heat sensors; RFID based Guest Recognition.
• MyPOS On time Service (An RF project).

Taught advanced subjects in field of electronics ranging from Microprocessors and Microcontrollers,

• Digital Electronics
• Communication Engineering
• Linear Integrated Circuits
• Electronic Devices and Circuits
• DSP
• Signal and Systems etc.