1. G.Sivakumar
1st Floor, No 819,Vijayalakshmi Nilaya
20th Main, 23rd Cross
HSR layout Sector 2 ,Opp Cambridge public school
Bangalore 560102
+91 9916222769
sivakumar.ganapathy@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
Experienced product support,customer relations and maintenance professional,having proven and
demonstrated knowledge with over 16 years of experience in analytical instruments such as DSC, MDSC,
TGA, Hi-Res TGA, TMA, Dilatometer and Rheometers and good command and flamboyance over
English looking for suitableposition.
FORMATION
1990 ‖ BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathidasan University,Trichy, India.
2001 ‖ Sun certification for system Administrator in Solaris 8 (Sun Unix) from Sun Microsystems.
2010 ‖ Obtained “Very Good” in Upper-intermediatelevel English Executive course from British Council,
Chennai, India for speaking, writingand listeningin English.
2010 ‖ Scored 76 out of 100 in certificateLevel A1 from Goethe Institute,Chennai, India for speaking,
writing,reading and listeningin Deutsch.
KEY SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
Very good written,oral and presentation skills with good degree of technical knowledge.
Motivation to listen and learn.
Strongwork ethics with uncompromisingintegrity
Coordination, team working, organizational and leadership skills.
Good command and fluency over English and modest understandingof Deutsch
Good background in cooperation with international teams for support development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2014 – March 2015
Anton Paar India, Bangalore
Area Sales Manager – Rheology
Selling of Rheometers with all accessories
Target achievement with vision
Coordinating with servicepersonnel and management
Support company in reaching goals and objectives related to sales, productivity,profitabilityand
industry penetration,amongother areas
Achieved 2015 FY complete year target in the first quarter itself.
2. April 2013 – June 2014
Inkarp instruments,Bangalore
Business Manager – Thermal analysis and battery tester
The product management of the analytical instruments
Budget and target forecastingwith control
Maintenance, supervising and trainingof servicepersonnel
Assists company in reachinggoals and objectives related to sales, productivity,profitability and
industry penetration,amongother areas
Handling DSC, TGA, TMA and DMA of Hitachi Hitech, Japan
Product management and marketingof Maccor US battery testingequipments
January 2011 – January 2013
Aachen, Germany
English trainer and Thermal analysis consultant
Engaged in preparation and training of TOEFL, GMAT (non-profitable).
Both online and offline consultation of product support of Thermal Instruments.
Offshore application support and management of Rheology equipments
January 2007 – June 2010
Inkarp Instruments (www.inkarp.co.in),Hyderabad,India.
Product Manager for SIINT thermal analyzers.
Established and positioned SIINT products against thermal analyzers competition in India.
Offered lots of product presentations alongwith thefeatures and reasoning.
Developed knowledge about SIINT products for the customers in thermal market.
Acted as a leader within thefirm during the process of product planningand marketing.
Trained and explained the sales force regarding SIINT products in the annual meetings.
Supervising business and marketing of analytical equipments.
Conducted online conference and meeting to guide sales team.
Assisted in managing the entireproduct cycle from the beginning.
Tracked metrics, customer care, consumer feedback, dashboard, as well as customer satisfaction
Played a vital role in planningproduct strategy and road map.
Prepared strategies as an expert and positioned SIINT product against market competition.
Instruments handled: DSC, TGA, TMA and DMS of SIINT, Japan
July 2006 – November 2006
Chromline Equipments (www.chromlineindia.com),Bangalore, India.
Technical Support Manager for Bähr thermal analyzers.
Provided end-user support and application support for the Bahr users.
Responsible for product presentation and support of rheometers.
Technical support to plan upgrades, resolveuser problems,etc.
Instruments handled:Bähr thermal analyzers and Rheologica (Sweden)’s rheometers.
3. November 2002 – January 2006
TA Instruments - Waters (I) Pvt Ltd (www.tainstruments.com), Bangalore,India.
Assistant Manager (Customer Support) for TA instruments thermal analyzers and rheometers.
Effective handlingof installation,trainingand application of thermal analyzers and rheometers
in India.
Failure rateanalysis and co-ordination with central office and principals in US towards
increasingthe effectiveness of the team.
Organized and trained other regional engineers to achieve the highest level of customer
satisfaction.
Wholly responsiblefor generating servicerevenue of around 290K $ which is 180% above budget
in the calendar year of 2005 - 2006.
Played decisive and pivotal role in demonstratingcompany’s products in conferences such as
Anacon.
Instruments handled: DSC, TGA, TMA, DMA and Rheometer from TA Instruments and
Controlled strain rheometers from Rheometrics.
August 1993 – January 2001
Spectronic Instruments, Chennai,India.
Technical Services Engineer for TA instruments thermal analyzers and rheometers.
Installation,customer support,maintenanceand servicingof analytical instruments
manufactured by DuPont Inc, US.
Instruments handled:All thermal analyzers such as DSC, TGA, TMA and DMA and controlled
Stress Rheometers from DuPont.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Installation of Q2000 DSC, Q500 TGA, Q400 TMA and Q800 DMA at ISRO, Bangalore
Installation of Q2000 DSC and relocation of Rheometrics Rheometers.
First installation and application trainingof Q2000 DSC and 21CFR in DRL, Hyderabad
Achieved 2015 FY complete year target in the first quarter itself
INSTRUMENTS HANDLED
All DSC, TGA, TMA and DMA versions of TA Instruments and all DSC, TGA, TMA and DMA
versions of SIINT
All Rheometers from TA instruments and Rheometrics.Some versions of Rheologica
Modulated DSC and Modulated TGA of TA instruments
Dilatometer from Bahr
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth:22nd July 1969
Marital status:Married
Location preference: Bangalore
4. TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
1996 - Extrad instrumentation,Singapore – for Modulated DSC training.
1997 - TA Instruments Inc,Delaware, USA – for DMA and Rheometers.
1997 - SWO polymer technique, Krefeld, Germany – for Thermal conductivity analyzer.
2003,2004, 2005 - TA Instruments Inc, USA and UK – for DMA and Rheometers training.
2006 - TA Instruments,Shanghai.
2007 - SIINT (Seiko Instruments),Japan – for Thermal analyzers and DMA training.