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Prasun Kulshrestha

Prasun Kulshrestha

National Business Manager
225, Tulip Tower , SKA Metroville, Greater Noida

Summary

Objective:

With my rigorous thinking â boundless curiosity, I define the levels b standards that exceed expectations, Currency ore ideas, Thrive on imagination â passion, Always looking for a scope for demonstration, For a positive b bigger outlook ,Hove fun attitude in everything, Bottom line rises with organization, A Learner for life.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Country General Manager / Managing Director

Fischer Connectors I Pvt Ltd
08.2023 - Current
  • Managing overall India operations as Managing Director of company.
  • Responsible for Demand creation, Production, Sourcing of material & Sales .
  • Developing key Customers and ensuring YoY Growth , Strategy improvement & revenue increase across India.
  • Enabling team structure, motivating & managing to optimize overall results.
  • Result oriented strategy & approach to Position Fischer in key projects & win projects.
  • Emphasize in building customer trust, branding & feedback system.
  • Mapping business, create strategy, align resources & execute the plan. Competition analysis & forecast for balanced equation.
  • Managing distribution network & aligning reviews with distributor & support to grow .
  • Forecasting business , Set Dynamic sales Plan & Strategy.

Sales Manager (North & South India)

TE Connectivity India Pvt Ltd
03.2022 - Current

My responsibility in TE Connectivity - Appliance Division is focused on appliance market in North and South India. As an account manager, i am responsible for following :

  • To increase business share in accounts in region by increasing sales.
  • To do business development in appliance customers , increase demand creation, work out pricing and negotiate to win business.
  • To analyze technical issues at front end, coordinate and support customers to rectify the problem.
  • To do forecast, work with marketing and ensure smooth supply chain.
  • To provide technical training to distributors, customers periodically.
  • Increase demand creation pipeline working directly / indirectly with customer or distributors.

Technical Sales Engineer

Vicor Inc
02.2015 - 03.2022
  • I was managing operations of North ,West & East India Business as Regions for direct customers along with managing distribution while focusing on few key segments including Automotive, Electric vehicles, Drones, Railways, Telecom etc. segments.
  • I took Electric vehicles segment as an opportunity to develop for Vicor & establish a business of 800 K USD in 2018 & a pipeline of opportunity of 5 MN USD for 2020.
  • I was responsible to provide customer support in terms of technical training, technical support, part suggest, customer board fault finding, customer assistance to Power supply.
  • To distributors, Guiding Distributors with various new segments , support them by providing desired technical or commercial information and enable them.
  • I was also responsible to manage distributors to by supporting them with strategic pricing to work on overall BOM cost.
  • I also managed Distribution sales .

Technical Engineer

Micrel Inc
07.2012 - 01.2015

With the vital responsibility to address application support for Micrel products in North, West & East part of geographic locations in India, I also had additional responsibility to manage sales distribution plus direct. Few of my responsibilities are listed as below.

  • Supported on BLDC based solutions in region focused on Commercial ceiling fans.
  • Demand creation support for analog to Ethernet to BLDC solutions to RF.
  • Worked on requirements of RF Key lock Unlock for automotive vehicles.
  • Training distributors, Quarterly Technical training to Distributor FAE, Monthly FAE review along with supporting with required support, sample support, design support to distributors / customers.
  • Regional Distributor sales training, Business review and driving numbers, forecast management with marketing.
  • Increase demand creation in region direct / indirect, develop accounts, increase YoY $ value .
  • To Provide technical support to all customers power / RF / Analog / any that Micrel product line would had required to assist customers.

Sr. Field Application Engineer (Power)

Arrow Electronics I Pvt Ltd
02.2010 - 06.2012
  • Fully responsible to handle assigned territory of North-East India including all the customers, ANALOG & POWER components.
  • Dedicated Application engineer for TI PICOLO based HF inverter for North.
  • Retain and growth of electronic components in industry for all range of components.
  • Analyzing business potential, conceptualizing & executing strategies for new business development.
  • Identifying and developing new streams for revenue growth and maintaining relationships with customers to achieve repeat as well as referral business.
  • Involved in strategic marketing initiatives for product promotion and sales.
  • Evolving market segmentation & penetration strategies to achieve targets both pre and post sales.
  • On board design support for Lighting, Lighting drivers, SMPS power supplies, Inverters.
  • I managed product line as FAE for products from Infineon, IR & Cree.
  • I had managed Home appliances market division for North India to manage products for ADI, IR & Infineon along with various principle connectors.

Sr. Technical Engineer

Syratron Marketing India Pvt. Ltd
11.2008 - 02.2010
  • I was responsible to generate demand creation of various product lines as Hittite, Microsemi & Glenair connectors.
  • Major focus was on Defense Space & Defense customers where I was responsible to generate opportunities for various potential customers for all the three above product lines.
  • With the Support for all India Space & defense customers, supporting Space grade Business for Hittite microwave was the biggest achievement which took Hittite from 670 K USD annual Biz to around 1.9Mn sustainable biz annually.
  • To generate demand creation, demonstrate products and get approve RF parts in Government Labs like ISRO, DLRL, DRDO, ARDE etc.

Design Engineer (Power Supply)

Spectra Innovations I Pvt Ltd
01.2005 - 10.2008
  • I worked at Spectra innovations as an Design Engineer for Power Integration Product Line.
  • I was responsible to design, develop & provide power solutions for various commercial applications. I mainly designed power supplies for TV, STB, LED lighting etc which were usually from 0.5Watts to 310 Watts .
  • I used Buck, boost & Flyback topologies while working on these design .
  • Job profile included to support design requirement for all India customer base & develop designs required by customer per specifications.

Education

Engineering Diploma in E&C - Electronics Engineering

Shri Datta Meghe Polytechnic

Skills

Technical Highlights :

  • Hands on experience on Analog , power electronics using various power supply topologies like flyback or buck or buck boost
  • Core understanding of SMPS topologies, PCB design in ORCAD, product safety features testing, Analog designs, EMI & EMC safety features, LED power supply driver design & development
  • Hands on experience on 800VA Power inverter, power supplies based on power integration
  • In detail technical understanding of automotive, LED lighting & power supply related to all applications including defense
  • Home Appliances Power supply designs including BLOC fans, washing machine power supply, & EMI regulations, Hand grinders PSU, Consumer applications
  • In detail understanding of topologies, designed various power supplies for various applications, worked for Power integration based solutions for various applications as FAE in Pan India

Commercial Highlights :

  • Self Motivated
  • Result oriented
  • Enthusiast Strong Network in India's Electronics Industry
  • Strong communication skills
  • Dynamic Strategy Oriented
1 Hands on experience on Analog , power electronics using various power supply topologies like flyback or buck or buck boost2 Core understanding of SMPS topologies, PCB design in ORCAD, product safety features testing, Analog designs, EMI & EMC safety features, LED power supply driver design & development3 Hands on experience on 800VA Power inverter, power supplies based on power integration4 In detail technical understanding of automotive, LED lighting & power supply related to all applications including defence5 Home Appliances Power supply designs including BLOC fans, washing machine power supply, & EMI regulations, Hand grinders PSU, Consumer applications6 In detail understanding of topologies, designed various power supplies for various applications, worked for Power integration based solutions for various applications as FAE in Pan IndiaCommercial Highlights :1Self Motivated individual to increase Vicor Business from 150KUSD in North, South , West & East India to 27 Mn USD in 2 years2 Strategic understanding in promoting & materializing opportunities to Sales numbers for Semi-conductor, Power Modules, Power Sub-modules business3 With presence in Semiconductor industry for 18 years, managed All India demand creation, sales & direct / Indirect business along with distributors4 Team building attitude, great ability to perform under Business stress & Result oriented attitude5 Business developed for Automotive Power supply BLDC for commercial fan applications, RF & RF remote for conventional Fans for solution promotion, Automotive expert along with sound technical understanding6 Good communication & presentation Skills7 Strong business development capabilities with Pan India experience8 Strong strategic understanding of Pan India business for various business units like automotive, communications, telecom, industrial, defence / space, appliance etc

Languages

  • Hindi, English, Marathi
  • Hobbies

    • Enthusiastic Astrologer, Book Author & Social Worker.

    Additional Information

    • SDMP - Nagpur , Won best project of the year award with various other recognition and awards for same projects in intercollege project competitions as well

    Accomplishments

    • Sep - 2015 Designing Power Inverters for Solar and Wind Applications
    • Written White paper Paper for Electro pages Http://www.electropages.com/2015/09/designing-power- inverters-solar-wind-applications/
    • Written Online White paper on how to design step by step white paper and won 100$ award from the SMPS site
    • April - 2005 Article on Automatic Night Lamp in Electronics for you Magazine
    • Written a Fiction English book title "Collude".

    US Visa Status

    US Visa Status

    B1/B2 USA Visa valid till 2027 year.

    References

    References: Ref Can be arranged upon request.

    Timeline

    Country General Manager / Managing Director

    Fischer Connectors I Pvt Ltd
    08.2023 - Current

    Sales Manager (North & South India)

    TE Connectivity India Pvt Ltd
    03.2022 - Current

    Technical Sales Engineer

    Vicor Inc
    02.2015 - 03.2022

    Technical Engineer

    Micrel Inc
    07.2012 - 01.2015

    Sr. Field Application Engineer (Power)

    Arrow Electronics I Pvt Ltd
    02.2010 - 06.2012

    Sr. Technical Engineer

    Syratron Marketing India Pvt. Ltd
    11.2008 - 02.2010

    Design Engineer (Power Supply)

    Spectra Innovations I Pvt Ltd
    01.2005 - 10.2008

    Engineering Diploma in E&C - Electronics Engineering

    Shri Datta Meghe Polytechnic
    Prasun KulshresthaNational Business Manager