Ashok Sharma
Plymouth,MN
Summary
Dynamic and self -motivated professional with comprehensive skills with 23+ years of experience across entire spectrum of manufacturing automation driving business differentiating solution in areas of smart manufacturing, digital transformation, Industry 4.0, IoT, business consulting solutions in manufacturing operations. Elevated levels of commitment to practice growth through direct involvement in pre-sales, branding and providing innovative solutions and reviews for business-critical projects, programs, and products assessment.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager
Cognizant technology solution
Pune
10.2014 - 09.2020
- Techno-Functional Consultancy in MES
- Development of comprehensive ONEPlant framework for MOM
- Business Process maps for MOM functions
- MOM Technology Solution/Product Evaluation
- Business justification for Manufacturing IT system Investment
- Manufacturing Process Blueprinting for MES solutions for clients
- RFP response and preparation of solution constructs
- Developing vendor Alliance.
Associate Consultant /MES Consultant
Tata Consulting Services Ltd
Pune
02.2005 - 06.2009
- Techno-Functional Consultancy in the MES domain
- Business Process Maps for Automotive and Pharmaceutical Industries
- Consulting and Solution Architect for various Client projects
- Complete Presales Management for MES business – Client workshops, RFP evaluation and preparation of technical proposals etc.
Senior Engineer
Haldia Petrochemicals ltd
Calcutta
04.2000 - 07.2005
- Commissioning and Troubleshooting Control system DCS: Honeywell TDC 3000 and PLC (Triconex and ICS), Bentley Nevada vibration monitoring and Governor system
- Testing and commissioning of vibration monitoring system and Data Manager DM2000
- HAZOP study of instrument used in plant safety and implementation of failsafe condition
- Woodward Governor control system: checking of the logic and DCS integration
- Fire and gas system for Petrochemical complex
- Planning & scheduling of maintenance activity for increasing plant uptime
- Working knowledge with SAP MM and PM Module
- Carried SAT for Honeywell DCS, implemented and engineering in HPM for different control schemes and strategy
- Helped in making the detailed evaluation for APC implementation in cracker unit.
Assistant Engineer
Indogulf fertilizer and chemical corp. Ltd.
Jadishpur
06.1997 - 12.1999
- System integration of the DCS with the PLCs in the plant for ready information on Human interface
- Worked with fire and Gas system for the highest level of safety in process plant
- Field devices and single loop controllers.
Program manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation
10.2020
- I served as Program manager for projects to manage the standardization of the manufacturing operation solution across business units
- The initiation phase of the project included the understanding of client methodology and using it to estimate cost and efforts and subsequent resource planning
- Tracked project deliverables for quality and timely delivery for defined scope
- Created Status reporting, estimation, planning, and over saw execution of project with specific focus on managing deliveries
- Team member training and skill upgrade was planned to meet project needs
- Team appraisal and performance evaluation was performed
- Manage client requirement and priority for project intake in manufacturing project
- Guideline for Integration approach between control system and legacy system
- System performance review and remediation steps for improvement.
Skills
- Smart manufacturing
- Digital transformation
- Industry 40
- IoT
- Business consulting solutions in manufacturing operations
- Pre-sales
- Branding
- Innovative solutions and reviews for business-critical projects, programs, and products assessment
- Manufacturing Execution Solution (MES)
- Dassault platform
- Apriso platform for Automotive industry MES implementation, upgrade, and enhancement projects with consulting responsibilities
- Understanding and analyzing customer's business goals, objectives, requirements, and existing infrastructure
- Providing solutions and strategies based on principles, concepts, and techniques of skills
- Project monitoring
- Quality assurance
- Technical developments
- System testing
- System configuration
- Cut over activities; user training documentation development support structure for multisite support
- Consulting on Manufacturing IT Landscape using MESA Standards and ISA S95 guidelines
- Chemical and Petrochemical plants commissioning system integration maintenance planning
- Plant Information Management Systems: AspenTech InfoPlus21 AspenTech CIM IO server Aspen DMC Plus
- Savigent Delmia Apriso FlexNet MES product SAP ME Aspen DMC plus PL SQL java scripts Tools such as XML spy Linguist Mapforce for interface development
Certification
CPIM Certification from APICS
Product Knowledge
- Savigent
- Delmia Apriso FlexNet MES product
- SAP ME
- Aspen DMC plus for optimization
- PL SQL and java scripts
- Tools such as XML spy, Linguist and Mapforce for interface development
Education Summary
Bachelor of Technology, Instrumentation engineering, University College of Science and Technology, Kolkata, 05/1997
Projects
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation, 10/2020, Present, Served as Program manager for projects to manage the standardization of the manufacturing operation solution across business units. The initiation phase of the project included the understanding of client methodology and using it to estimate cost and efforts and subsequent resource planning. Tracked project deliverables for quality and timely delivery for defined scope. Created Status reporting, estimation, planning, and oversaw execution of project with specific focus on managing deliveries. Team member training and skill upgrade was planned to meet project needs. Team appraisal and performance evaluation was performed. Manage client requirement and priority for project intake in manufacturing project. Guideline for Integration approach between control system and legacy system. System performance review and remediation steps for improvement. Cognizant technology solution, 10/2014, 09/2020, Senior Manager. Techno-Functional Consultancy in MES. Development of comprehensive ONEPlant framework for MOM. Business Process maps for MOM functions. MOM Technology Solution/Product Evaluation. Business justification for Manufacturing IT system Investment. Manufacturing Process Blueprinting for MES solutions for clients. RFP response and preparation of solution constructs. Developing vendor Alliance. Tata Consulting Services (TCS), 02/2005, 06/2009, Pune, Associate Consultant / MES Consultant. Techno-Functional Consultancy in the MES domain. Business Process Maps for Automotive and Pharmaceutical Industries. Consulting and Solution Architect for various Client projects. Complete Presales Management for MES business – Client workshops, RFP evaluation and preparation of technical proposals etc.
Training
- ISA S 95 Implementation
- SAP ME
- Apriso FlexNet
- Rockwell FTPC and Pharma Suite
- DCS Honeywell TDC 3000
- IP 21, Aspen Process Explorer
- DMC Plus
Timeline
Program manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation
10.2020
Senior Manager
Cognizant technology solution
10.2014 - 09.2020
Associate Consultant /MES Consultant
Tata Consulting Services Ltd
02.2005 - 06.2009
Senior Engineer
Haldia Petrochemicals ltd
04.2000 - 07.2005
Assistant Engineer
Indogulf fertilizer and chemical corp. Ltd.
06.1997 - 12.1999
CPIM Certification from APICS