R. Karthikeyan is an engineering professional with over 20 years of experience in elevator design and project management. He currently works as a Technical Sales Support Specialist for KONE Middle East LLC, where he handles major projects and provides technical support. Previously, he worked as a Design Engineer and Team Leader for KONE in India and the Middle East. He has a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering and is proficient in AutoCAD, Pro/E, and other CAD software.

1. R.KARTHIKEYAN
E-Mail id: r.s.karthigeyan@gmail.com
Mobile: 00971-50-7025926
Home country: 0091-4362-222530
Objective:
Looking for a challenging career where I can utilize my functional experience in various
Applications and Processes.
Education:
Bachelor of Engineering in Manufacturing from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Summary of Work Experience:
Name of the Company : KONE Middle East LLC,
Period : January 2015 to till date
Designation (current) : Technical Sales Support Specialist – Major Projects
Job Profile : During my tenure my responsibilities are,
 Handling Major projects in Tender Phase.
 Providing Technical assistance and suggestion to customer during Enquiry and
Design stage.
 Providing engineering support and solutions.
 Providing traffic analysis assistance and suggestion to customer during design
stage.
 Technical clarifications, solutions proposal, technical negotiations with customer
during project life cycle.
 Complete Study of Tender Documents and raising the queries to customer if
exists.
 Attending Tender Meetings with Customer for sorting out the issues.
 Preparing the complete Core specifications and sending it to Supply line for
Material Prices.
 Extraction of lifts details from architect drawing to get Layout from Supply line.
 Organizing the Tender Meeting with Field Department for Field Execution
Schedule and Installation cost.
 Finalizing the scope of works with customer.
 Preparing the Total cost of the Project and handing over to Sales Team.
 Issuing the Tender Documents with Compliance and deviation Statement.
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2.  Preparation of documents (both technical and commercial) for tender
submission.
 Contributing towards project profit.
Name of the Company : KONE Middle East LLC,
Period : June 2006 to Dec 2014
Designation (current) : Team leader - Design Engineering
Job Profile : During my tenure my responsibilities are,
 Enquiry drawings are made to suit customer’s requirements, as well as to meet
technical feasibility’s to check the requirement is possible or not while in the
enquiry stage.
 Providing Technical assistance and suggestion to sales and distributor during
Enquiry.
 Providing Technical assistance and suggestion to Modernization team.
 Handling Major projects drawing in Tender phase
 Technical clarifications, solutions proposal, technical negotiations with customer
during project life cycle.
 Extraction of Site details for getting GAD (General Arrangement Drawing) from
Supply line.
 Coordinate with supply line for special projects.
 Attend project related internal and external meetings.
 Preparing/checking tender layout drawing , order layout drawing and design
calculation for Major and volume business elevator
 Management of document issue register, Order documents, correspondence in
major projects.
 Receive the input from sales/Technical sales support team and allocate the work
to DE’S.
 Ensuring correctness of the layout received from factory
 Ensuring correctness of customer submission General arrangement layout, car
interior and local material Drawings.
 Effective communication with the source factory's regarding drawing approvals
 Verification and discussion with concerned Field/Technical sales support in order
to finalize and forward the General Arrangement Drawing to production
department.
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3.  Proactively interacts on an ongoing basis with the sales, Technical sales support
and installation to achieve successful results.
 To clarify to salesman, Installation and distributor, drawing related question.
Projects handled :
 PPM Conrad Hotel ( Mixed use project) in Dubai(29lifts,8Escalators,Maximum
speed 8m/sec)
 Opus and Fountain view Tower - Dubai
 Yas island in Abu Dhabi
 Nad Al Sheba in Dubai
 King Abdullah Financial District project in Saudi Arabia(253lifts,84 Escalators,
Maximum speed 6m/sec)
 Rotana Hotel in Jordan(15 lifts, Maximum speed 6m/sec)
 Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait
 Pakistan International Airport in Pakistan
Period : July 2011 to December 2011 (Special assignment in Saudi)
Designation : Team Leader for KAFD Project design team of 3 colleagues
(253lifts, 84 Escalators, Maximum speed 6m/sec)
Job Profile : During my tenure my responsibilities are,
 Developing a design team - imparting the technical knowledge to the design
engineers and guiding them to handle independently
 Ensuring correctness of General arrangement, Car interior and local material
Drawings.
 Receive the input and allocate the work to DE’S.
 Coordinate with supply line
 Technical clarifications, solutions proposal, technical negotiations with customer
during meeting.
 To clarify to project manager and engineer, drawing related question.
 Management of document issue register, Order documents, correspondence.
 Attend project related internal and external meetings.
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4. Name of the Company : KONE Elevator India Private Limited,
Period : September 1996 to June 2006
Designation : Design Engineer
Job Profile : During my tenure my responsibilities are,
 Designed elevator assembly and component parts based on state of the art
technology.
 Designed new elevators models with the help of team work.
 Designed and aided the indigenization of various critical elevator components for
value engineering, thereby helping in reduction of costs.
 Developed Prototypes and tested these at factory and site locations to
standardize the new products.
 Provided design support to customized and special requirements.
 Assisted shop floor and field personnel in cases of design /manufacturing and
installation clarifications.
 Provided Field support in case of troubleshooting at various site in India.
 Defined, directed and created exported view drawings for standard assembly
fixing to enable easier and quicker assembly at factory and site
 Designed and created 3D models for assembly analysis with respect to
manufacturing of scenic elevators.
 Designed a number of 2D & 3D drawing for the company product sales manual
 Member of the CAD/CAM team responsible for the conversion of sheet metal
components drawing to development view 1:1 scale to DXF format and their
input into the CAM program for automatic processing in the Turret Punch.
 Enquiry drawings are made to suit customer’s requirements, as well as to meet
technical feasibility’s to check the requirement is possible or not while in the
enquiry stage
 Providing technical clarification and adequate support to the sales personnel in
branches
 Creation of bill of materials for MRP processing
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5. Projects handled :
 Special car body design for Hotel Yak and Yeti, Nepal
 Customized good elevator for Hero Honda and BHEL.
 Customized Machine room less elevator for Delhi Metro.
Name of the company : M/s Talking Technology (P) Ltd, Chennai
Period : June 1995 –August 1996
Designation : Draftsman
Job Profile
 Design and Drafting of Mechanical components
 Design and drafting of structural’s
 Drafting of process flow diagram.
 Drafting of Equipment’s Layout
Projects handled
 Machine tool drawing for Lucas India Ltd, Chennai
 Earth Mover’s drawing for Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, Bangalore.
 Process Flow diagram for MRL Ltd, Chennai.
Knowledge and skills
 Sheet metal bending – good knowledge of finished component and development
view concepts.
 In depth knowledge of mechanical concepts in the elevator field
 In depth knowledge of Elevator and Escalator EN code requirements
 Good visualization of assembly and component concepts.
 Effective and efficient 3D modeling
 Experience in production area, especially while the manufacturing and assembling of lift
machine and door components
 Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills to maintain effective work
relationship with all personnel.
 Having absolute belief that good Customer relationship for better business
results.
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6.  Tenacious to complete projects in schedule.
 Understanding capability to do any work, not only in particular field.
Computer skills
 MS-Office, Auto Cad, Pro/E Wild fire & Vertex
Personal details
Father Name : S. Rajagopal
Date of Birth : 07-07-1975
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian.
Passport Number : G 8809830
Languages Known : English, Tamil, and Hindi
Driving License : LMV License, U.A.E, License No. 1647436
Interests & Hobby : Sports and Music
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7.  Tenacious to complete projects in schedule.
 Understanding capability to do any work, not only in particular field.
Computer skills
 MS-Office, Auto Cad, Pro/E Wild fire & Vertex
Personal details
Father Name : S. Rajagopal
Date of Birth : 07-07-1975
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian.
Passport Number : G 8809830
Languages Known : English, Tamil, and Hindi
Driving License : LMV License, U.A.E, License No. 1647436
Interests & Hobby : Sports and Music
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