Vino Kumar Selvabalakrishnan is an accomplished Director of Operations and Logistics with extensive experience improving service quality, productivity, and efficiency in international marine operations. He has successfully led teams through change while maintaining standards and compliance. Vino possesses strong technical knowledge of the maritime industry and budget management skills. He coordinates between departments to improve overall service quality and supply chain value.

1. Vino Kumar Selvabalakrishnan – Director of Operations and Logistics
An accomplished and highly capable SeniorManagement Professional with a wealth of successful experience in
continually improving the service quality, productivity and efficiencyof international marine operations.
Hardworking and dependable this motivational leader of multi-skilled, international teams positively embracesand
smoothly implements change, thriving in highly pressurized and challenging environments.Demonstrating strong
interpersonal skills and natural authority, this proactive and dynamic professional works collaboratively with
multiple departments to address the needsof all stakeholders, and will quickly be an asset to the board or senior
management team of any forward thinking organization.
Operations Management Meticulous planning and organization of operations and workload forecasting
Strategic Development Definesand directs implementation of innovative & well-thought out strategies
Logistics Management Manages the efficientoperations and schedulesof busy shipping terminals
Budget& Cost Control Enforcesstrict adherence to budgets and achieves significant cost reductions
Process Improvement Continually focuses on improving service quality, productivity and efficiency
Change Management Manages and leads change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities
People Management Strong & decisive leadership of diverse multi-cultural, multi-disciplined teams
Quality Control Pays meticulous attention to detail ensuring maintenance of strict standards
Compliance Ensures compliance with classification authorities and nautical requirements
Languages Fluent – English, Malay, Tamil and Indonesian; Basic – French & Romanian
Achievements– Presentand Past
 Successfullyimplemented operational initiatives in Venezuela,Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica,Dominican
Republic & Panama to stabilize port productivity, create a depot process, and achieve reductions in the
marine and logistic costs by approximately 10%
 Simultaneously managed to increase customer satisfaction hence export increased bookings by 20% with the
improved service quality in Dominican Republic, Colombia and Ecuador.
 Effectivelymanaged to set up new port calls and improve existing port call & vessel turn around by 5 to 10%.
 Operating Budgetfor 42421Total Import Lifts, 18480 total Export lifts, and 7000 total Empty Lifts
 BudgetedGoals of 100% on time Departures,>90% Vessel utilization, >65% On Dock Rail utilization
 Studied diligently with the collaboration of Jacobsen pilots in Long Beachto successfully maneuvera vessel
of over 150feetin beam through the Gerald Desmondbridge
 Was successfulin achieving a positive voyage performance result that was within the service proforma, 110%
vessel utilization factor and 30% reduction in the voyage cost on all the mainliner services with an excellent
teamwork.
Presently managing an operating budget of about USD260million per annum. Budget includes Stevedoring,Depot,
Maintenance & Repair, Intermodal and Logistics for the entire region of Latin America and Caribbean excluding
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Explore greenfieldprojects, investment opportunities accounting to
profitability
In a nutshell, Vino‘s determination, attention to details and resolve in addressing all issues no matter how difficult
and challenging theycan be.
Vino possess worthy and sound knowledge in the technical aspects of maritime Industry in a whole, compelling
communication skill and works diligently in accomplishing the task of sustaining budget integrity of the services
falling under his responsibility.
He built a strong bridge of coordination betweenall divisions that were involved ultimately improving the service
quality as a whole and adding value to the entire logistics and supply chain. His professional yethumble approach in
managing crisis situations is both exceptional and exemplary.