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Pradeep Kumar Krishna

Program Management
Lynnwood,WA

Summary

17+ years’ experience in hardware design and program management for industrial and consumer electronics products. Led cross-functional teams to deliver new products and experiences that empower people and businesses. Have strong background in product management, engineering and system integration. Knowledge of industrial and consumer hardware development process and lifecycle. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
03.2021 - Current
  • Managed e2e HW design management for concept foldable phone
  • Led as System PM for next gen Surface Pro
  • Managed end to end accountability for EE from product requirement to mass production deployment
  • Owned program schedule and managed complex challenges to drive team to meet planned schedule
  • Led team through various challenges in product development cycle to get to product lifetime EE COGP savings of $1.5m.

Hardware/EE Technical Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
07.2015 - 02.2021
  • Led as EE TPM for Memory, Storage, cables and FPCAs in Surface Studio
  • Gained valuable experience with cross functional team collaboration with technical design teams, sourcing, Quality, DVE, Reliability, compliance and various other teams
  • Collaboration with multiple vendors for defining specs, quality checks and deliverables
  • Led as EE Program lead for Surface Pro 6
  • Complete ownership for leading program on EE and system design from defining technical specs to manufacturing deployment
  • Led as Build PM for design validation builds on Surface Laptop 3
  • Managed complex build and material plans
  • Lead efforts for driving factory build teams on daily run of product builds
  • Managed POs and accruals for program.

Project Manager

Fluke Corporation (Consultant through L&T Technology services ltd.)
Everett, WA
04.2012 - 06.2015
  • Coordinated and managed Value Engineering work on two of client's products
  • Led design analysis on mechanical design concepts, analog and digital hardware design and system/functional issues
  • Test, debug prototypes and validate it for functional and IEC standards compliance
  • Have led project from concept to manufacturing deployment
  • Have represented company for kaizen meeting held for product planning and requirement definition
  • Have coordinated and interacted with cross functional global technical teams in India, manufacturing vendor in Romania, component suppliers across globe for pricing and reliability data
  • Achieved additional cost savings of $1m over lifetime of product with meticulous work on design optimization, component selection helping client to achieve ROI in lesser time than planned for.
  • Have coordinated project review meetings/quality discussions of all projects executed for client.

Project Leader

L&T Integrated Engineering Services
06.2011 - 03.2012
  • Project lead for development of automated test equipment with 95% test coverage which included integration of PCBA functional test software, peripheral programming using Boundary scan tool, interconnection tests using boundary scan tool and front end UI and test interlinks using LabVIEW with help of bed of nails, interface board, NI IO cards and mechanical test jig
  • Managed different teams which comprised of mechanical, hardware, LabVIEW and boundary scan team
  • Have led from concept of ATE to production deployment at contract manufacturer’s facility in Germany in 4 months with effective schedule management
  • Traveled to manufacturer’s location for installation, training and initial production yield monitoring.

Senior Hardware Engineer

L&T Integrated Engineering services
07.2006 - 06.2011
  • Lead Hardware engineer for advanced multi-function data acquisition product supports functions like Fault Recording, Fault Location (TWS & Impedance), Power Quality monitoring, Transient Recording, PMU & POW
  • Involved in System Architecture, Enclosure Concept design and led hardware design of 10-layer mother board with CPU, DSP, FPGA in single architecture
  • Traveled to manufacturing location in UK to train, help technicians with pilot and production unit builds

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Technology

Rastreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
Bangalore, Karnataka
03.2002 - 06.2006

Skills

Implementation Planning

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Timeline

Senior Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation
03.2021 - Current

Hardware/EE Technical Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation
07.2015 - 02.2021

Project Manager

Fluke Corporation (Consultant through L&T Technology services ltd.)
04.2012 - 06.2015

Project Leader

L&T Integrated Engineering Services
06.2011 - 03.2012

Senior Hardware Engineer

L&T Integrated Engineering services
07.2006 - 06.2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Technology

Rastreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
03.2002 - 06.2006
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