S.P. Srinivasan
SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL – SOLAR PV & RENEWABLE ENERGY
Bangalore,KA
Summary
SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL ProjectManagement~NewStart/SetUps~TechnicalConsultancy~EngineeringDesignServices~Manufacturing in Solar PV Senior Executive offering 35years of strong committed, decisive executive leadership in: Executing projects & services from Concept-to-Launch with focus on Project Scope and rendering end-to-end solutions, with tasks focused on customer requirements, Feasibility Analysis, necessary approvals of Govt. Authorities, Technology Transfers, Techno Commercial Functions, Site Management up to commissioning across assignments. Proven abilities in managing technically expert teams in execution, testing commissioning of systems, for complex solar solutions. Expertise in establishing, setting up, operating, and growing global captive service (outsourcing) centre(Design, Engineering, Project management, commercial& sales support),optimize resource & capacity utilization, while curtailing the costs/ expenses. The wealth of expertise covers Solar Photovoltaic Business, Bio Gasification Businesses. Proficiency in handling clientele from different parts of the world and an in-depth understanding of their needs and cultural differences. An effective communicator with excellent relationship, management skills and strong analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities. Hands on experience in conceiving solar energy power plants for development in off grid& Grid connect concepts and leading all activities in front end loading, conception, and definition viz. modeling,technologyassessment,projectstructuring,contractingstrategy,projectimplementation strategy, basic and detailed engineering co-ordination, and decisions, all technical and projects support to financial closure, huge wealth of experience in implementing SPV projects in rural/ Industrial applications for remote power solutions, in hostile environments. A new start up, with assignment to build German Subsidiary in India, to cater the Local & SAARC SPV requirements in both ON /Off grid sectors. With strong focus on German quality and process, successfully established business addressing in market requirements& deliverables in rural, Industrial, offshore, railway, Telecom business with turnover of 40 million Euros, in 2011 financial year (Jan-Dec) with strong presence in all India
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1987
1987
years of post-secondary education
Work History
DIRECTOR
GREENSOL RENEWABLE POWER PVT LIMITED
09.2012 - Current
- An own startup with other 3colleagues, in the same field with equal equity participation, to deliver EPC on SPV projects. In house BOS manufacturing, with strong system design& engineering team to deliver quality projects & Components for SPV projects, with present annual turnover of 6 million US$ & maximum turnover of 8 million US$ in 2017-18
- Challenges across Assignments
- Created complete business model to deliver quality system designed projects to deliver committed energy guarantees and reliable systems to our customer, built teams for manufacturing, in process quality, customer support& project execution, trained them, set up process related activities
- Product certifications from BIS/CPRI/IEC and process certification from ISO9001and IOS 14001, built strong customer base which includes, BEL/BHEL/HAL/IOCL/GAIL/AAI/EIL/DEFENCE/ NMDC and state nodal agencies CREDA/KREDA/LHDC/KREDL/RDPR/BREDA, also corporate customers like Tata Power solar/ ADANI/RENEWPOWER/MARRIOT HOTELS/G-CORP/BOSCH and many more…
- Delivered to customer sofar,45MW of rooftop and ground-based Grid connect projects, 5.5MW of rooftop storage /hybrid systems, 1.75MWof solar irrigation pumps, 500MWof solar BOS components.
Head of Engineering & Delivery
WIPRO ECO ENERGY–WIPROLIMITED
03.2012 - 09.2012
- IT Major in India having turn over more than $Mn5900 in 2012, with 20% return on capital, their focus on renewable with Eco energy systems focusing mainly on Energy conservation platform all over the world, plus EPC on SPV projects, with credit of completing 40MWin 2011 in India, in local development mode & In NSM schemes. Right now, with 15MW of projects being executed in 2012 DEC.
- Challenges across Assignments
- Engineering& System design for Solar MW projects, with complete take over presale activities, with tendering activities, presales proposals both and commercial & technical inputs to marketing & salespersons. So far more than 300MW proposals have been presented to the market for National Solar Mission customers as well for enterprising solutions in roof top sectors as well.
- Post sales activities include detailed engineering on DC and AC side of the plants with HT side evacuations up to 220kV with complete designs and approvals from competent authorities. Focus on layouts, array groupings, optimization of DC side losses, complete AC designs for 11/29/33/220kVusing state of art of technologies available currently in the field including complete SCADA designing for the plant.
- On the Delivery side, 5 MW SPV plant for NTPC and 5.67 MW for in house captive use for Wipro buildings, in both roof top /ground mount options. Deadlines by 2012 to complete both the projects. Right from project planning, vendor selections contacts, on site execution, HSE, site approvals, statutory requirements with final CIEG approvals for final interconnection to Grid.
Head of Operations
CONERGY INDIA
09.2005 - 02.2012
- A 100 % FDI company of Conergy -Germany with turnover > € 700 Million, Bangalore center is being formed to expand business in India & SAARC regions in RE solutions, Wind, PV, Solar thermal, Bio energy, with options to invest in small Hydro, focusing to provide Customer oriented end user solutions, and promote system selling concept rather than products Now with revised group vision to focus only on large scale SPV Power plants.
- Challenges across assignments….
- System Design & Engineering, building up strong engineering team, and provide support to technology transfer of products, to Indian team, with strong global system integration concepts & build up systems. With more than 500MWp Engineering proposals for SPV ON grid Power Plants so far.
- Project management: Executed 3MWp& 15 MWp Power plants, in Belgaum & Gujarat, Implemented >70 Off-shore Solar power plants for OIL sector for Telemetry& Gas detection with ONGC. 500nos.-3-10kWp Solar Power plants for Telecom Towers in Bihar& Haryana States. Much of rural& village electrification projects in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Assam, Northeastern, Leh & Ladakh, Bihar, Uttarakhand to a tune of 10MW
- Infrastructure building: Built up manufacturing wings for SPV 30 MW own module manufacturing, for product value additions to Asian market, with complete System Integration including associated electronics. Built up Solar Thermal collector manufacturing for Solar hot water business with capacity >20,000 Sqmts.
- QA & System Integration: Built up Center of Excellence for engineering services globally for system designs and integration and provide support to installation teams globally in terms of knowledge and physical support. Certification of products, Maintenance of ISO 9001/14001 systems, internal quality requirements etc.
Senior Manager
TATA BP SOLAR
03.1992 - 08.2005
- The company was a joint venture between Solar energy division of BP & TATA Power, SESI being a cost center, an internal business process outsourcing (BPO)division of the company. It has all the other internal offices of BP Solar as its clients.
- Challenges across assignments….2001-05
- Heading the Australian Office requirements in terms all technical & nontechnical jobs from clients, thereby increasing margins for Most of the world (MOW) of BP solar including Southeastern& Far eastern countries, France& India. Jobs include Sales support, offer preparation, proposal drawings, detailed system & component drawings, O&M manuals, ERP maintenance, software development& deployment assignments etc.
- Ensuring customer satisfaction by adhering strictly to internal standards, ISO quality procedures and meeting deadlines.
- Leading the group offering new services to enhance the portfolio and increase the acceptability of the department.
- Responsible for budget preparation and adherence to it through strict control over costs.
- Responsible for manpower development and resource planning for the region.
- Assisting internal customers in Installation & commissioning activities across the globe
- Coordinating with local external agencies for printing, translation, and other services.
- Identification of training activities for team members based on the skill sets required by the regions.
- Supporting regions on Bid & System Designs.
- Project documentation for PRE & POST sales activities.
Manager-System Design & Projects.
TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore, India
01.1992 - 01.2001
- The company is a joint venture between solar energy divisions of BP Solar& TATA Power, the company manufactures Solar Cells, Modules, Related Electronics, other balance of systems. This company also manufacturers Solar water heating systems for its local market.
- Challenges across assignments…1992-2001
- Bid preparation for projects & specific requirements, including system design, sales documentation, BOMs & costing.
- Project Planning & Execution at sites, Engineering documentation preparation & approvals from consultants on behalf of customers before dispatch
- Site dispatch planning, co-ordination with DNV, Lloyds, EIL, ONGC, MECON for FAT before dispatch.
- Execution planning at site, coordinating with customer & Govt. statutory bodies for clearances & approvals to commission the plants.
- Training local manpower for maintenance
- Sub-contractor development, vendor approvals for specific components.
- HSE training to subcontractors & installation personnel at site. Risk assessment & mitigation planning.
- ISO documentation & internal auditing, conducting safety audit on work practices.
- Monitoring costs through project lifecycle
Product Executive
VISSEH TECHNOLOGIES
08.1989 - 03.1992
- The Company’s main business activity on the software development for various Industrial applications, also involved in R&D activities for the Barcode product identification of inventory& Time office management & control packages.
- Challenges across assignments
- The job profile was to produce Hardware for Optical based Barcode readers. Support the field staff in installation, commissioning & training. Develop QC procedures for the manufacturing etc.
- To substitute imported hardware’s which was costlier compared to cost of indigenously developed ones, to cut down the development & production cost.
- Trained service engineers in trouble shooting & Installation of these units.
- To setup regional service centers all over India for service backup for these hard wares.
- To derive set of QA/QC test procedures for hardware units, with different application software developed in different platforms & databases.
- Overcome hiccups in the prototype, involving R&D Engineers.
- Select manpower & machinery for the plant.
- Introduce production methodology!
- Production & planning
- Develop QA&QC procedures!
- To develop Test methods.
- To train manpower for regional service centers.
- Introduce systems for customer complaints.
- To develop user Installation manuals.
- Feedback on product failure/performance to R&D for continuous product improvement.
Systems Executive
DIGITAL INSTRUMENT AND CONTROLS LIMITED
05.1987 - 07.1989
- The company’s main line of business was in networking of Computers& in Telecommunications. Their product range were Modems, High speed switching pads, Multiplexers, Line drivers& high- resolution color monitors.
- Challenges across assignments
- Analyze customer enquiries and discuss with concerned sales executives about the potential to convert it to order.
- To propose a cost-effective solution to sales executive.
- Customer site survey, to understand the specific requirements.
- Product demo’s
- System installation, testing &commissioning.
- Support service engineers in specific technical problems
- Feed back to the head office on product/system performance.
- Allocation/prioritization of service engineers
Education
Bachelor’s degree - Electronics & Communications Engineering
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore University
Post Graduate Diploma - Marketing management
Annamalai University
Skills
Operational leadership
Accomplishments
- Key Player in starting up Indian facility.
- Built up15-member strong experienced Engineering team.
- Built up 90-member strong experienced production team for both PV & Thermal.
- Opened up corporate office in span of 3months in posh locality in Bangalore.
- Certification of Solar Products in India for Government sponsored programs, including IEC/CE/UL/STQC/RDSO/MNRE/BIS
- 3 &15MWp~SPV Power plant Design Engineering installation & commissioning-Completed connected to grid.
- >10 new product development applications in span of 3years successfully implemented & productionised.
- Implementation & Certification of ISO9001 &14000 for the current facility.
- Engineering support the Korean Team in Installation of 20MWp solar grid connect system in 2 months of time.
- 30MW solar module manufacturing facility in Bangalore.
Timeline
DIRECTOR
GREENSOL RENEWABLE POWER PVT LIMITED
09.2012 - Current
Head of Engineering & Delivery
WIPRO ECO ENERGY–WIPROLIMITED
03.2012 - 09.2012
Head of Operations
CONERGY INDIA
09.2005 - 02.2012
Senior Manager
TATA BP SOLAR
03.1992 - 08.2005
Manager-System Design & Projects.
TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore, India
01.1992 - 01.2001
Product Executive
VISSEH TECHNOLOGIES
08.1989 - 03.1992
Systems Executive
DIGITAL INSTRUMENT AND CONTROLS LIMITED
05.1987 - 07.1989
Post Graduate Diploma - Marketing management
Annamalai University
Bachelor’s degree - Electronics & Communications Engineering
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore University
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