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THULASI KRISHNA KANNAIAN

Graduate Student, Texas State University

    Skills

    CERTIFICATION
    • AutoCAD (Certified Autodesk Professional)
    • AutoDesk Inventor (Certified Autodesk Professional)
    • Altair HyperMesh
    • Autodesk Simulation CFD
    TECHNICAL SKILLS
    • Six Sigma Green Belt Professional
    • Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
    • Lean Management Professional
    • Measurement System Analysis
    SOFTWARE SKILLS
    • Microsoft Office Suite

    References

    Dr. Cecilia Temponi

    Professor, Department of Management,

    McCoy College of Business Administration,

    Texas State University,

    601 University Drive,

    San Marcos, TX - 78666

    Phone : 512.245.3189

    E-mail : ct01@txstate.edu

    Dr. Jesus Jimenez

    Program Coordinator and Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

    Ingram School of Engineering, Texas state University,

    601 University Drive,

    San Marcos, TX - 78666

    Phone : 512.245.1826

    E-mail : jj30@txstate.edu

    SUMMARY

    Strong Quantitative & Analytical skills  - 2.5 years experience as Quality Engineer - Proactive in improving product quality and customer satisfaction - Motivated, productive & result oriented individual - Eager to learn - Effective time management skills

    EDUCATION

    WORK EXPERIENCE

    Dec 2012Jun 2015

    Process Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance Department

    Teklight Components Private Limited, Chennai, India
    • Responsible for quality assurance and customer service claims of Ford products.
    • Reduced rejection rate of products from 5% to 3%.
    • Conducted DOE projects for many components thereby achieving process capability.
    • Member of New Product Development (NPD) team and have successfully completed multiple PPAP documents.
    Feb 2012Feb 2012

    In-Plant Trainee, Technical Services Department

    Kingfisher Airlines Limited, Chennai,India
    • Exposure to monitoring component reliability, engine performance, technical publications and records.
    May 2011May 2011

    In-Plant Trainee, Engineering Department

    Air India Limited, Chennai,India
    • Gained practical knowledge on all activities pertaining to aircraft maintenance operations.

    Projects

    • Exploring the Customer Service Improvement at the DPS                    Jan 2016 - May 2016 

    To analyze the customer wait times and service improvement options at the Department of Public Safety(DPS) - San Marcos, TX. ARENA/SIMAN software is used to compare the average wait times of real system vs simulation model. The proposed simulation model with slight design changes should lead to lower average customer waiting time and service improvements.

    • Multi-Criteria Inventory Stratification for the Retail Industry                Aug 2015 – Dec 2015

    Address the primary supply chain challenges in retail of limited space in the storefront and warehouse by developing improvements of the current inventory stratification method to stock the right mix of inventory that maximizes profitability.

    • Studies in Combustion and Performance Analysis of                          Dec 2011 – April 2012 Solid Rocket Propellants

    Analyzed the characteristics & performance parameters of various solid rocket propellants (mono and sandwich) and its combustion using CEA GUI.

    Course Work

    • Supply Chain Management
    • Introduction to Forecasting & Simulation
    • Engineering Economic Analysis
    • Advanced Design of Experiments
    • Probability, Random variables & Stochastic Processes
    • Modeling & Analysis of Mfg. Systems

    ACTIVITIES & AWARDS

    • Rewarded by the management of Teklight Components Pvt Ltd for successful reduction in rejection rate of Ford B515 components.
    • Noticeably lowered product returns and cut number of complaints by accelerating response time to customer inquiries.
    • Participated in “International Seminar on Composites for Aerospace Applications”, Hindustan University.
    • Coordinated in organizing department’s National level Technical symposium ‘ALBEDO-2011’, Hindustan University