GANESH KUMAR C R
Engineering Manager
Summary
With over 30 years of professional experience, specialized in power plant asset monitoring for the past 22+ years. Focused on reliability, availability, and performance. Strategic and critical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and a proven track record as an experienced people leader. Highly reliable and dependable partner to global teams, always ready to shoulder responsibility to achieve business goals. Prioritized safety, collaboration, continuous improvement, and creative thinking, fostering a culture that promotes these values among the team.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
ENGINEERING MANAGER - M&D (MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS) AND ANALYTICS
GE GAS POWER SERVICES ENGINEERING
02.2008 - 05.2024
- Established and managed the India M&D Operations for GE Gas Power, driving growth and development
- Effectively managed a 25-member team with diverse expertise, overseeing various technology-based processes to optimize delivery of Customer services
- Reduced operational costs in Services Rendered through effective management of a $0.6MM budget allocated towards outsourcing.
- Managed global and regional services for RM&D technologies, responsible for a portfolio of over 6000 power plant assets across the globe
- Managed IT services portfolios related to IOT infrastructure setup and analytics development using time series sensor data for anomaly detection in heavy-duty turbo machineries
- Managed a streamlined process for publishing monthly Customer reports
- Proactively identified potential issues and recommended solutions to prevent unplanned outages
- Supervised the LCM process for several crucial M&D products and services related to the monitored fleet encompassing tasks such as Compressor Blade Health Monitoring, Generator health monitoring, Balance of Plant data integrations etc
- Partnered with Regional teams to align priorities of Regions to Global
- Ensured team members' safety and well-being by providing timely updates and accurate information taking up Organizational level role as Covid representative for 2 years .
- Influenced organizational growth through leadership of AI/ML up skilling program.
LEAD RESEARCH ENGINEER
GE GLOBAL RESEARCH CENTER
06.2001 - 02.2008
- Achieved improvements in gas power services business by designing and implementing monitoring and diagnostics technologies utilizing HW / SW
- Implemented a state-of-the-art Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab at GE Global Research Center, Bangalore in 2002 for conducting diverse experiments.
- Created innovative GHM (Generator Health Monitoring) system through adept design and development abilities.
- Delivered design proposals and technical requirements in presentations and discussions with stakeholders to secure funding.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEER
CMC LTD
01.1998 - 01.2001
- Managed Stratus Mainframes as a Resident Engineer at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai.
Education
Electronics And Communications Engineering
NMAMIT
Mangalore, India07.1992
Skills
Leadership and Team management
Accomplishments
- POC on Remote services opportunities with Vibrations spectrum data: Evaluated different vendors in this space and carried out Lab level POC to ensure the solutions match the requirements.
- Life cycle status reporting of control system components: Developed BI visualization application for engineering team to know the life cycle status of control systems remotely.
- Operationalization of BHM (Blade Health Monitoring) Product: Managed a pilot fleet for 3+ years, Productized and led the operation.
- RM&D service built for the first time
- For Coal based power plants : Proposed idea, secured funding, managed NPI project to develop RM&D capabilities for Fossil plants long term service agreements.
- For GE refinery fleet in India : Strategized to customize GE Gas power RM&D capabilities to meet Refinery customers' expectations in India.
- Major recognitions: Won 7 Management Awards for demonstrating Innovation, delivering in uncertain world and Operation Excellence
Timeline
ENGINEERING MANAGER - M&D (MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS) AND ANALYTICS
GE GAS POWER SERVICES ENGINEERING
02.2008 - 05.2024
LEAD RESEARCH ENGINEER
GE GLOBAL RESEARCH CENTER
06.2001 - 02.2008
CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEER
CMC LTD
01.1998 - 01.2001
Electronics And Communications Engineering
NMAMIT
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