M. Ramkumar has over 15 years of experience in project management, product development, research and development, and software management. He has spearheaded large product development programs and directed technology strategies. Some of his responsibilities have included managing budgets, product schedules, development costs, and quality. He has experience leading cross-functional teams and ensuring seamless manufacturing. Ramkumar has a wealth of expertise in areas such as program management, delivery management, and quality management. He has worked for organizations like Philips India, GE Healthcare, and John F Welch Technology Centre in roles such as Senior Project Manager and Lead Program Integrator.

1. M. Ramkumar
Contact: +91-804166083 / 9902344611
E-Mail:ramdivyakumar@rediffmail.com
Scaling new heights of success with hard work & dedication and leaving a mark of excellence on each step; aiming for managerial
assignments in Project Management / Product Development / Research & Development / Solution Based Software Management
with a leading organization of repute
PROFILE SUMMARY
• Spearheaded large-scale end-to-end product development program management including agile, SDLC practices waterfall,
project management, enterprise program governance, risk management
• Directed technology planning and direction, strategy development, leadership and implementation, business and operational
transformation execution, business solution delivery, and business development
• Merit of working for CE Certification for Controls Electronics/Home Automation product for healthcare products in European Market
• Possess sound knowledge of ISO13485 process
• Expertise in handling Project Life-Cycle Management including scheduling & negotiation with clients as per SLAs, balancing work
distribution to meet deliverables, progress monitoring & delivery as per quality & time norms
• Demonstrated excellence in managing complete Product Life-Cycle Management with accountability of defining the product
road maps fulfilling key requirements viz. features, specifications & cost, conceptualization, prototype development, validation,
testing & approval as per specification
• Handling operations related to software management
• Proven abilities in end-to-end product development involving requirement analysis, scheduling, tracking, system study,
designing, testing, security, documentation, stabilizing supply chain, manufacturing, TCO - total cost of ownership reduction and
troubleshooting
• Demonstrated excellence in total releases of 9 new products in market
• Steered efforts in developing automated Master BOM template for increasing productivity by 25% during proto build
• Demonstrated excellence in designing Global Reliability Template to capture KNP, KCP and Range Test
• Merit of being PMP Certified and having 3 Granted Patents on various innovative concepts.
Wealth of expertise entails:
Program Management / Technology Planning / Strategy Development / Delivery Management /New Supplier Development,
Manufacturing Line Set-up Release Management / Revenue Growth / Reports and Dashboards / Project Performance
Metrics / Problem and Incident Management / Quality Management / Agile
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jun’10 - till date Philips India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Sr. Project Manager in the responsible of Program manager
Role:
• Accountable for managing the budget of ~ 6 M € & involved in product schedule, product cost, development cost & quality
• Conducting engineering discussions/changes with different design ownership groups
• Coordinating with the NPI teams for driving new technologies & developing new process/technologies along with strategic
Partners
• Involved in BOM management and material planning for ensuring seamless manufacturing flow of production
• Interacting with all cross functional team for Value Engineering Programs to ensure 20%-30% cost reduction
• Ensuring proper design transfer to manufacturing & sustaining the product line using Agile e matrix
• Preparing project estimation and schedule on various project scheduling/tracking tools such as Microsoft Project Plan
• Responsible for initiating DFSS & DFR for team of 10+ Engineers/Application specialists
• Accountable for preparation Product Requirement Specification, Hardware Specification, Hardware & Architecture,
Development methodology / Process Plans
• Responsible for Scrum of Scrums & Drives clarity of scope and inter-dependencies within the release train and across other
release trains.
Highlights:

2. • Demonstrated excellence in developing effective analytical/modeling tools, design-methods, best-practices and technologies
that helped to clear all the thermal requirement of IEC standard in the first attempt
• Competently formulated strategies, tactics & action plans for completing 430 count of parts design within the scheduled time
and as per the quality standards
• Steered efforts in conducting trainings for more than 10 new employees on healthcare domain & process
• Competent in building Thermoregulation & Reliability Lab and standardizing development process with appropriate tools
and development environment
• Successfully designed & implemented first complete product for Philips India Bangalore to demonstrate offshore hardware
development capability to Philips Global and launched the product in global market and adjudged with Received ‘Key Critical
Resource’ recognition for executing the same
Oct’07-Jun’10 GEHC, Bangalore
Growth Path/Assignments Handled:
Aug’02- Jul’04 Technology Development Center, GE Power Controls, Bangalore as Technology Design Specialist
Jul’05– Oct’07 John F Welch Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd., GE, Bangalore, as a Leading Professional- Mechanical Group
Oct’07 –Jun’10 GE Health Care, Bangalore as Lead Program Integrator /Lead System designer – Maternal Infant Care
Warmer product
As Lead Program Integrator /Lead System designer – Maternal Infant Care Warmer product
Role:
• Generated Product requirement specification, verification plan, validation plan & reliability plan for meeting the product
• Interfaced with:
o Marketing & sales team for deriving the user requirement for infant warmer product and translating the user requirement
to verifiable product requirement specification
o Clinical representative, Regulatory, Quality folks for generating risk assessment file
o Sourcing team for achieving the business ICV goal
o Various IP legal team to get clearance on the designed features
o RA for regulatory plan to achieve 75 countries access in EMEA, APAC, China, India regions
o Manufacturing /Supplier chain team for MR release of the parts
• Offered assistance to the system architecture as per the URS, PRS requirement and IEC standard requirements
• Involved in formulating strategies along with Standard Engineer for completing all the relevant clauses of IEC, Biocompatibility
and product requirement verification from external agency
• Led the team for protos for Neonatal exhibitions in the earlier stage of the program as per the business needs
• Responsible for releasing all the language manuals /labels translation in the country
Highlights:
• Steered efforts in conceptualizing & implementing Infant Care Warmer to the business within 18 months that generated
revenue $700 K
• Distinction of receiving ‘Management Award’ for innovative and successful execution of Lullaby Warmer Program for GEHC
• Merit of being PMP Certified and having 3 filed Patents on various innovative concepts
• Demonstrated excellence in building product development team for thermoregulation portfolio at GE Medical systems
• Led a complete product development effort (start from project planning to product validation & agency approval) and conferred
with “Most Impactful IP” & “ICFC Initiative” Award from GE Health Care India Leader
• Essayed a key role in introducing Automated Part Verification Tool that increases the 25% productivity of the team
Jul’05 – Oct’07 John F Welch Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd., GE, Bangalore, as a Leading Professional- Mechanical Group
Role:
• Offered assistance to the team members for developing industrial and domestic timers & various electronic control units for
switchgear products
• Leading Software & Hardware development teams to deliver complete product of Grasslin timers & thermoregulation health
care products and handled also install base quality issues- FMI , components obsolescence
• Accountable for developing digital and electromechanical Timers and soft Start (all NPI Projects) for OEM customers
• Distinction of leading the “Green ROHS projects” to eliminate hazardous substances such as mercury, lead, hexavalent
chromium and cadmium in some existing and future products
• Designed the product as per the new CTQ’s for the immersion heater (like Better visibility, Hinge concept, reducing tool
investment, and sliding concept) with less addition of new part count customers such as Siemens
• Distinction of leading the “Green ROHS projects” to eliminate hazardous substances such as mercury, lead, hexavalent

3. chromium and cadmium in some existing and future products
• Coordinated with the team members for resolving 30 N problems with new design
• Responsible for designing optimization of various EMI shield & for the mould
Apr’02- Jul’05 Technology Development Center, GE Power Controls, Bangalore as Technology Design Specialist
Role:
• Demonstrated excellence in leading a New Product Initiative (NPI) for designing & introducing a range of new generation Solid
State Soft Starters for 3 Phase Induction Motors in 7 frame sizes to cover 24 current ratings (The total global market value for
the Solid state Soft Starters is $200 million)
• Acted as a ‘Relationship Manager’ for the Global Sourcing Team and Low Cost Regions (LCRs) like China for achieving the target
cost and CM
• Played a key role in implementing & following Six Sigma, DMAIC and DFSS method during development phase of the project and
following CTQ Flow Down, QFD, FMEA, Scorecards, Risk Assessment and DOE
• Proficiently utilized statistical tools like gage R&R, Mini Tab, Crystal Ball in the project
• Pivotal in developing new control board that saved cost up to 45% on control circuit
• Steered efforts in developing:
o Prototypes using Rapid Prototyping Tools
o Hard tools for plastic parts at Singapore and China
• Expertly implemented features like removable display unit, standardised control unit for 24 frames, IP 54 in the display & the terminal
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Jul’98 – Apr’02 BPL Engineering Ltd., Bangalore
Growth Path:
Jul’98- Jul’00 Engineer (R&D)
Jul’00 - Apr’02 Assistant Manager (R&D)
OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS
• Visited:
o China on various assignments like Line Setup, Pilot Run Qualification of Home Automation Products
o GE Grasslin, Germany for Portfolio discussions, Cross cultural and cross functional team building activities
o Malaysia for product launch of Lullaby warmer
o Poland for Lullaby warmer beta site validation
o Laurel MD USA for Multi Generation Project Planning
TRAININGS ATTENDED
• Building Essential
Leadership Skills / Trainings
• Organizing Global
Reliability
• Six Sigma
• Business Communication
Skills
• Agile ,Project
Management Tools
• New Product Initiative
(NPI) Process
CERTIFICATIONS
• PMP Certified
• Six Sigma “Green Belt” Certified
• Designer For Reliability (DFR) Certified
IT SKILLS
• SAP, MWS, AutoCAD, Pro-E, Excel Macros & MS Project
ACADEMIC DETAILS
• B.E. from Thiyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai in 1997
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 18th
December 1974
Languages Known: English, Tamil & Kannada