Dr. Kishora Shetty

I, Kishora Shetty, a PhD holder in Engineering from AcSIR - NAL, Bangalore, a Doctorate degree holder in Management Studies (in Materials Management), M.Sc Engg. post graduate from IISc, Bangalore with First Rank and B.E. graduate from NITK, Surathkal (with First Rank from Mangalore University), having 23 years of relevant work experience would like to apply for the above post at your esteemed organization. I am an Engineering Leader with rich experience in Aerospace, Energy, Strategy and Integration for future growth, Government relations, Business Development, Renewable Energy, Urban Mobility, disruptive and agile leadership, Design, Testing, Administration, Suppliers development, Sourcing, Engineering Management, Research & Development, Technology development, Project Management, Airworthiness Certification, Testing, Reliability, Knowledge Management, Six Sigma Green Belt etc. An excellent networker and have contacts with various Aerospace and Engineering companies, Suppliers and Laboratories in India and abroad. I have 23,600 connections in LinkedIn. Experience in working with the Indian Defence Services, Defence Research and Development Organization and Defence Public Sector Undertakings like HAL. Presently I am working as an Engineering Lead – Manufacturing Technology Integration at Boeing and responsible for Manufacturing Technology Integration, Technology development, Strategy to action, Suppliers Approval, Qualification, Suppliers Recovery, Production Support, Testing, NPD, Reliability, Design Support, Value Engineering etc. Proposed a new idea on Drones and UAVs operations and management for greater sustainability and efficient transportation which became one of the finalists in United Nations Sustainability Goals 2030 innovation challenge. Earlier worked as a Technical Leader, Materials & Processes Department in Component Engineering in Rolls-Royce India, Bangalore for 3 years with mentoring 14 Engineers Team. Earlier worked as Senior Lead Engineer - Airframe at Materials & Processes Department in AIRBUS India for 6.5 years. Here I was handling Aerospace Materials & Components design, development and qualification, Manufacturing, Supplier’s development, Sourcing, Research and Development etc. Also lead a project team of 25 Engineers. Interfaced with European Engineering team, Organized Knowledge Sharing Sessions and Industry-Institution interaction, etc. As a knowledge platform Leader handled 400 employees. Previously I was working as Manager (Staff Engineer) – Materials at Bloomenergy for two years and as a Scientist and Asst. Director in Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC), Defence Research and Development Organization (D.R.D.O), Bangalore, for eight and half years, Indian Seamless Steels & Alloys, Pune for a year.

Thank you.

Exceptional Performance Award by Boeing for ‘Critical Problem Solving and Working Together’.

Pride@Boeing Accomplishment Award – 9 Awards - one for Safety and eight for projects.

Silver Award and Quality Award from Rolls-Royce in 2018.

Excellence Award 2012 from AIRBUS Global and 2011 from AIRBUS India.

Best M.S thesis award from Materials Engineering in the year 2007 - IISc, Bangalore.

National Science Day Award - 2004: From Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India

Citation from C.E (Airworthiness), CEMILAC in 2002 for the development of Titanium alloys.

‘SMIORE’ gold medal for securing first rank in B. E.

National Award on Sasya Sanjeevini – All India Radio in 1991.

NDT (LPI, MPI, UST, Radiography) Level II

Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) – Life Member

Society for Aerospace Quality & Reliability (SAQR) – Life Member

Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) – Associate Member

Institution of Engineers (India) (IE (I)) – Graduate Member

Innovation Explorers by Elsevier – Selected Member

Indian Society for Advancement in Materials Engineering – Life Member

One of the co-authors for the book ‘Aerospace Materials – with material technology for Engineers’, Vol. IV and V, published by S. Chand and Company, New Delhi in 2003.

Till date presented/published thirty technical papers related to Technology and R&D in National and International conferences, seminars and journals. Peer Reviewer for six International Journals.

One patent holder, Four applications filed for patent and Twenty Five Trade Secrets holder.

· An expert Aerospace and Energy sectors, Manufacturing, Management, Strategy and Integration, Business Development, Renewable Energy, Urban Mobility, disruptive and agile leadership, Design, Testing, Administration, Suppliers development, Manufacturing Technology, Composites, Qualification, Suppliers Development, Sourcing, Procurement, People Management, Airworthiness Certification, Testing and Reliability, New Product Development, Operations, Design validation, Research & Development, Technology, Project Management, Planning, Knowledge Management, EHS assessment, Materials data management, Laboratories development, Team Management, Cost reduction/Value Engineering, SQCDP and related activities.

· My experience and expertise include,

· New Product Development, New Product Introduction, Business Proposal Preparation, Supplier Development, Manufacturing, Production Control, Quality Assurance.

· Experience on NABL and ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 guidelines. Metallurgical Testing, NABL accreditation, Quality Management and Metallography.

· Aircraft and Aero-engines system Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, Qualification, Operations Management, Quality Management, Project Management etc.

· Cost and Resource Management including managing proposal preparation in response to RFIs, RFPs, compliance matrices and managing internal and external team members for project execution on time with quality and cost savings.

· Planning activities for new project, establishing production facilities including Testing facilities and Technology transfer.

· Effective internal and external customers management with OTD (On Time Deliver) and RFT (Right First Time) with right quality and Price/Cost.

· Complete Leadership and Management of Team, Processes, and Products

· Environmental/occupational health & safety, New Product Introduction

· Continuous Improvement (cost, quality, productivity, operational excellence) and cost reduction, Good knowledge and experience in SAP.

· Excellent Networker with huge professional and Industrial, OEMs contacts and with various Aerospace companies, Suppliers and Laboratories in India and abroad.

· Quality in charge for Materials & Processes team and responsible for scheduling and conducting various Audits. In-charge for AS9100 Certification audits from Materials and Processes Team.

· Effectively interfacing with USA team and European Team, Procurement and Quality Organizations, Suppliers for product design, development, testing, Supplier assessment, production etc.

· Leading complex root-cause and corrective action activities to ensure manufactured parts and processes meet engineering and regulatory requirements.

· Lead many cost improvement activities at Rolls-Royce related to materials and processes.

· Developed new materials and processes through Research & Development (R&D) projects thereby improved production quality, safety, and reliability. Involved in Additive Layer Manufacturing / 3D Printing and Metal Injection Moulding (MIM).

· Leader for a knowledge management platform in Airbus India. Expert in organizing knowledge sharing sessions, team building, students’ mentorship and wellbeing.

· Expert in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) aspects.

· Successfully developed a new Shape Memory Stainless Steel for Aerospace application. Applied for patent worldwide for this alloy.

· Identification and approval of Suppliers, preparation of sourcing strategies, giving technical support to the supplier. Participating in root-cause and corrective action activities to ensure manufactured parts and processes meet engineering and regulatory requirements.

· Managing and leading Cost reduction initiatives. Two Cost reduction ideas proposed and worked on to realize a total cost savings over 1500k GBP for the Company.

· Worked for a start-up in for two years and successfully developed suppliers, designed & developed many components, sourced castings & machined components and also developed short & long-term growth plan. Instrumental in Manufacturing Technology Integration.