Shankaran Venugopalan has over 27 years of experience in manufacturing, product development, and engineering services. He has expertise in motor control, industrial process control, mining equipment, and semiconductor applications. Venugopalan has managed high-risk, high-value projects involving system engineering, process optimization, and vendor development. He is a trained CMMI Quality Auditor and trainer in advanced project management techniques. Venugopalan has experience setting up teams and processes for innovation, production, software development, and technology transfer for clients in automotive, heavy machinery, semiconductor, and other industries.

1. Shankaran Venugopalan
Director- Capgemini (Product & Engineering Services)
Skills:
• System Engineering and process optimization.
• SI and vendor development and management for local
manufacturing
• Project and Program management of high risk and
high value projects at multi- location and with cross
functional teams.
• Expertise in building Service Lines (Practices) & Teams
contributing to growth of Business units
Domain Expertise:
• Motor Control: AC/DC motors in automotive and
heavy engineering.
• Industrial process control (sugar cane, bottling
plants, vehicle assembly lines) System Engineering,
Plant control loop designs, sensor and control
elements selection and implementation
• Mining: Off highway vehicles, equipment’s and
products knowledge, technology product
deployment and life cycle management.
• Semiconductor : Application development for
products in Car Audio and TV domain, RF products
development and solution in consumer domain.
Education and Certification:
• Master of Science (Applied Physics)
• Trained as CMMI Quality Auditor
• Trainer in Advanced Project Management techniques
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• 27 years of global experiences of which 12 years in the Manufacturing companies, 12 years in product development and services
companies and a brief entrepreneurial stint
• Manage and set process for innovation products, deployment planning and life cycle management for a mining major in .
• Worked with client to develop solutions to develop optimal strategies and lower cost of ownership for a heavy machinery
manufacturer
• Production process and testing set up for Engine Control Unit manufacturer that included component cost optimization,
development of external vendors for subassemblies and certification.
• Team setup to develop MES software for a Semiconductor fabrication plant customer.
• Team setup and process optimization for production software support for an automotive major for BOT(Build Operate Transfer).
• Set up and managed ODC for the next generation technology development for Semiconductor major that included identification
and planning of new strategic projects and poc’s that helped to boosting sales.
• Team building and process implementation for a gen-set manufacturer for a India Design Center program (HW and software
development)
• Set up team to for working with a semiconductor major for firmware development of DVB chipset.
• Solution design using direct digital control for range of BLDC motors (2W to 100W)for a motor manufacture in Japan.
• Solution design for data acquisition and control for ‘End of Line Chassis Dynamometer’ for a HCV and LCV for vehicle
manufacturer.
• Heading the technology transfer program of engine and vehicle test equipment's (Brake testers, Engine Analysers, Emission
Analyzers, Smoke meters etc) for an automotive ancillary unit .
• As Head of R&D and Engineering unit conceptualized and developed range of digital Direct digital control systems for engine and
vehicle testing and coordinated product life cycle maintenance programs .
MEMBERSHIPS
• IEEE- Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE)
CLIENTEL