1. Ashwin Sharan Sridhar
Email: asharan3@gmail.com
Phone: +353 892311422
Summary
I rate myself as a technically competent, analytically minded professional with an ability to work cross functionally or
independently. At Coca-Cola, I strive for sustainable success by focusing on continuous improvement in all the projects
I have undertaken. I look forward for a career where I could execute my skills and get the best possible results from
each process, equipment and project.
Education
Masters in Engineering Sciences Food Engineering (CGPA 3.55 / 4.2) Sept 2014 – Sept 2015
University College Dublin (UCD) － Dublin, Ireland
Bachelors of Technology, Chemical Engineering (CGPA 7.41 / 10) Aug 2010 – May 2014
Anna University － Chennai, India
Career Milestones Professional Achievements
● Started ‘Theo and Ash’, an apparel brand exclusive for
leather products, in 2013.
● € 4000 scholarship from Govt. of India to pursue
postgraduate degree in UCD
● ‘Best Outgoing Sportsperson 2010-2014’ for
contribution to the college/county cricket team
● Head of operations for AIESEC Cancer
Awareness campaign and raised €2800
● Devised reports, charts and diagrams of different
processes of a filling line and reduced downtime by 25%
● 2016 YTD savings of € 6500 in Material usage variance
project for ‘Coke Life’ batches
● Overall mass balance for the site and initiated water
savings project
● Bronze Level training in ‘Lean Manufacturing’
● Devised a tracker file to improve visibility between
production, filling, lab and shipping department.
Skills
➢ SAP : manufacturing and shipping T-codes, generating history reports, material usage and stock
➢ Process: Upstream, new equipment validation
➢ Functionality: KPI, OTIF and 6S dashboards.
➢ Control Systems: SCADA, VMware workstations.
➢ Software: AutoCAD 2010
➢ Quality Management System: ETQ Document control, Drafting standardized work instructions (SWI).
➢ Platforms: SharePoint, Microsoft Onenote.
➢ Software: AutoCAD 2010, Monte-Carlo simulation
➢ Equipment calibration: Flowmeters calibration and validation
➢ Application: MS office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access), Adobe Acrobat, Picasso
➢ Project Management tools: Work breakdown structure (WBS), DMAIC.

2. Experience
Process Development Associate - CPS EEA Coca-Cola, August 2015– August 2016
❖ Forecast raw material requirement and RM planning on the basis of weekly production plans
❖ Propose cost saving initiatives with project deliverables, timelines and resource (OPEX projects)
1. 6 Head Filler Performance:
● Created template to graphically represent
real-time data from SCADA
● Performance analysis, efficiency calculations
and downtime monitoring.
● DMAIC approach to reduce downtime by 25%
in 3 months.
2. Water consumption and savings
● Leak detection tests throughout the plant
● Initiated to fix flow meters in each area and
calibrated them to quantify water usage.
● Mass balance calculations of water using
flowmeter data
● Reverse Osmosis plant pressure control by
controlling pump speed
● Assist in water and energy audits
3. Pasteurization Loss Elimination:
● Reduced the average volume lost due to
pasteurization by 2% on all batch sizes
● Organized trial batch to eliminate
pasteurization on products shipped to Russia
● Liaised with Ireland logistics team and
customer services in Russia
● Monitored temperature trail throughout the
supply chain
4. Material Usage Variance:
● Tracked juice batches and created a history of
products with highest inventory losses
● Driving the process of reducing initial batch
size to reduce end product wastage
Saved €2400 as a team as of February 2016.
5. Floor layout
● AutoCAD 2010 drawings of a production area
● Optimize floor space and comply with 6S
standards
6. SOP
 Drafted SWI for boom filler, spray dryer and
hot caustic CIP of tanks
Thesis Internship, Teagasc, Ashtown. May 2015 – July 2015
● NIR spectroscopy as a Process Analytical Tool for in-line analysis of powder samples
● Multivariate analysis on spectral data to determine the milk powder composition and moisture
content.
● Thesis defense and panel presentation.
Treasurer - AIESEC Ireland Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
● Annual budget for 2014-2015.
● Won sponsorship for AIESEC conferences from ‘Dell Ireland’.
● Trained candidates for Erasmus exchange program in National University Singapore (NUS).
● Increased headcount of volunteers in UCD by 60%.
Trainee - Saint-Gobain Glass Pvt Ltd June 2013 – Aug 2013
● Improved the efficiency of Fire Resistant Glass (FIR) production by 2.2%
● Reduced loss of silica and powdered raw materials.
Theo and Ash - Co-founder June 2014 - Present
● Contemporary outwear brand focused on premium handcrafted leather products.
● Handled client complaints and headed the immediate response team.
● Supply-demand forecasting and 80% success rate in delivering products on-time to customers.