Ing. Guruprasad Krishnaraj

Self employed: Market research to identify need-gap, target customer and customer value perception for a personal venture (Startup idea)

Real time field work to find business synergy & facilitate a technology partnership between an Indian company and Israeli companies. Achievements: 1. Identified an Indian anchor company in the Digital health care area 2. Identified suitors offering solutions in the Digital healthcare space from Israel 3. Achieved MoU and NDAs between the Indian Anchor and 3 Israeli companies 5. The Indian Anchor is presently exploring commercial terms with one of the Israeli companies

• Business plan development • Product roadmap planning and customization as per market needs • Pre-sales • Product positioning and packaging (planning) • Product evangelization • Market research • Competition analysis • Industry Analysis

To build a team and deliver hi-tech software products in the infotainment and car connectivity domain for premium Automotive OEMs. My job involves Project planning, Execution, Delivery management, Bug tracking, Quality assesment, SCRUM based project execution and pre sales.

• Software lead for Speech middleware integration for infotainment systems • Module lead for HMI for infotainment systems • Field test and production issue resolution lead for the module I handled • Excellent exposure in feld debugging • Successful management of bug priorities and hot fxes during production phase of an embedded system • Technical liaison between end customer(OEM) and Tier 1 supplier • Experience in working under extreme pressure and time sensitive deadlines

• Software Module lead for HMI layer in infotainment systems development • Successfully piloted and adapted new framework and tool chain for HMI development • Worked in core JAVA and C++ simultaneously to extend the available tool chain and implement new features using it • Successfully worked under stringent, demanding deadlines

• Worked as an electronics engineer for building a prototype 2-axis CNC profle cutting machine for the metal fabrication industry • Built a driver circuit for stepper motors • Driver software for the stepper motors • Mechanical fabrication for the X-Y rack and pinion movement • Making custom driver circuitry for salvaged stepper motors • Achieved requirements of the prototype with limited resources and time

Strategy, Finance , Negotiations and Cross Cultural Management

Electronics, Instrumentation, Transiducers and sensors, Industrial Automation