1. Krishna Chaithanya.C.V
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Product Management
Operations Management
Product Life Cycle Management
Bill of Materials
Product Configuration Management
Trend Analysis and Optimization
PERSONAL TRAITS
Attention to detail
Stakeholder engagement
IT use
Office suite
Basics of SQL
Oracle ERP
Hands on Teamcenter
Hands on SAP
Summary
Product Manager having comprehensive knowledge and understanding in
Product Life Cycle Management and Operations Management. Currently
responsible for Product Change Management which involves defining the
changes to the products, getting required approvals, implementation,
testing and rollout.
Tata Consultancy Services
Industry – High Tech
Total Experience – 9 years 10 months
Product Manager – Jan 2013 to current
• Manage Product Change Management Process for six high volume,
high complex products.
• Manage operations of high complex products.
• Managed four full New Product Introductions (Fuzzy back-end).
• Managed automation of several processes resulting in savings of
over $ 200000.
• Manage various reports used across operations.
• Devised a methodology for better inventory and forecasting of
product offerings. This involved categorization of product offerings
based on their applicability in Bill of Materials (BOM) that forecast
the quantity of the items required.
• Develop and maintenance of metrics based dashboards for
Customer Unique Requests (CURs). CURs are customer
requirements that are not part of standard product offerings.
• Trend analysis - Involves analyzing the usage of various offerings to
customers, develop metrics and optimize the offerings.
• Led the transformation of a legacy master database to a modern
agile database increasing accuracy, applicability which in turn
increased the user base from 200 to over 500.
• Six Sigma lead - Mentored over 20 six sigma green belt projects.
Product Configuration Manager – Apr 2009 to Jan 2013
Also known as Product Variant Manager involves managing different
configurations/variants of the products that gratifies highly customized
business environment.
• Model/Implement changes using configuration tools, writing

2. PERSONAL DETAILS
Flat # 001, Saranya Homes, Hagadur
Colony, Immadihalli Main Road,
Whitefield, Bangalore – 560066
Mobile - +91-9980807076
eMail - krishna_27_2000@yahoo.com
DOB: 11 Jan 1982
Nationality: Indian
• Maintain Knowledge Based Systems.
• Maintain Bill of Materials for the products – includes creation of
item numbers, assigning correct attributes, structuring.
• Maintain Product Structures, baselines, Product Catalogues.
• Approve Engineering Change Request/Order (ECR/ECO) that
affects product structuring, BOMs and document changes.
Global Product Manager – Feb 2007 to Apr 2009
Being a Global Product Manager acted as a bridge between Design and
Sales team. The responsibilities included:
• Evaluate customer specifications in detail and translate to standard
offerings offered.
• Evaluate and approve Customer Unique Requests (CURs) that are
not part of standard offerings.
• BOM comparison – Compare two or more BOMs to evaluate the
differences between them for similar configurations. A typical
product BOM expanded contains an average of 5,000 components.
• Obsolescence management – evaluates the obsolescence of items
that are not supported or discontinued by the vendor, identify
replacement items/vendor, and intimate the clients on the same.
Education:
Masters in Engineering – Product Design and Commerce
CGPA - 8.83, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 2006
Bachelors in Engineering – Mechanical Engineering
Percentage – 79%, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur – 2003
Gate exam – 92.93 percentile, 2004
Personal Interests:
Environment Activist – Member of Environment Focus Group
• Manage environment awareness sessions.
• Conduct Tree plantation drives.
Trekking