Ajay Tomar

Senior R&D Leader with demonstrated success in

diversified industry segments: Aero and Diesel Engines,
Earth Moving and Mining Machinery, Nuclear and Medical
Devices
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Hucknall, Nottingham
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Professional Summary
Decisive management professional, analytical strategist and technical specialist,
recognized for engaging with senior leaders, suppliers and global key stakeholders
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More than 21 years’ experience, including 7 years as manager’s manager, in major
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om product industrialization, product cost reduction, life cycle management, supply
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CAREER TIMELINE
M.Tech. Rolls-Royce India* ITP Aero
IIT Kanpur GE Aviation (RR Spin-off)
Outsourcing Manager,
Design Engineer Sr. Manager – C&C CPM
2001 2005 2006 2016 2022 03-2023 Date
Bhabha Atomic Caterpillar Inc. Philips
Research Centre Engineering Specialist, Team HW Leader
Scientific Officer Leader, Lead Engineer

RELEVANTKEYSKILLS
LEADERSHIP & OPERATION | People Management | Competency Development | Innovation
Management | Change Management | Process Automation & Standardization
STRATEGIC PLANNING | Site Strategy Alignment with Global Strategy | Site Goals & Objectives | Multi
Generational Project Plan (MGPP) for Capacity & Capability | Organization & Way of Working Definition
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | Scrum & Kanban | Earned Value Management | Visual Boards & Reporting
STANDARDIZATION & AUTOMATION | Standard Work Procedure | Design Feature Standardization | Six
Sigma & Zero Defect | Problem Solving
 WORK EXPERIENCE
Component Project Manager – Aero Structures April 2023 till Date
ITP Aero UK, Hucknall, United Kingdom
 End-to-End ownership (Concept to Industrialization) of Rolls Royce civil aero-structures components
 Technical and commercial accountability for Splitter Fairings, Bifurcation Panels and TCC Manifolds
 Interface with Rolls Royce and Airbus for design implementation
 Make/Buy Analysis and supplier strategies for aero-structures

Hardware Leader / General Manager – Sustaining Engineering July 2022 to March 2023
Philips HIC, Pune, India
 Improve top line and bottom line of the company by assurance of supply and Bill of Material & Total Cost of Ownership
Savings, respectively, Transfer manufacturing to low cost countries
 Manage engineering suppliers and realize cost savings through innovative business model and efficiency improvements
 Manager of Manager for 150+ engineers organization for delivering sustaining engineering and LCM solutions-
 Develop and implement Sustaining Engineering Way of Working and Business Unit Engagement Strategy
 Transform organization for owning End-End Sustaining Engineering work across Philips Business Units
 Improve Quality, Do/Say Ratio and Cost of work performed by department

Senior Engineering Manager – Combustion and Casings (C&C) 2017 to July 2022
Rolls-Royce India till 2020. Infosys Rolls-Royce Strategic Partnership since Jan 2021- July 2022, Bangalore, India
 Accountable for providing producible, cost-effective, and reliable component and sub-system design solutions for aero-
engine combustion, turbine casing, and large fabrication.
 Manager’s Manager for C&C department comprising Sub-System and Component Design, Simulation and Integration
 Own site strategy for the team – Capacity & Capability Growth, and Product Ownership
 Manage operations – Quality, On-Time Delivery and Cost of the work performed by teams
 Drive simplification – Product and Process Standardization, Development Rules, Tools and Methods
 People Management – Hiring, Resourcing and Capability Development
 Develop “One India C&C Team” – Integrate, manage and govern strategic engineering suppliers
Engineering Manager – Strategic Outsourcing 2016 - 2017
Rolls-Royce India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
 Responsible for global engineering outsourced work of ~500 engineers from the Component Engineering and Controls
& Data Services.
 Interface with supplier leadership and own end-to-end operations of assigned 3rd party ODC account
 Work with Rolls-Royce business leaders and engineering service provider leadership to maintain competent engineering
teams. Monitor and drive improvement in quality, delivery and cost of suppliers
 Review and approve cost saving and cost avoidance ideas.
Engineering Manager/ Specialist 2006 - 2016
Caterpillar Chennai – India/ Peoria – USA/ Decatur - USA
 Headed simulation of structures for mining and construction machinery – Electric Power Division, Off-Highway Truck,
Wheel Tractor Scraper, Wheel Loader; Diesel Engine, and Manufacturing Process Simulation.
 Provided solutions for new product development and cost reduction with a 40-member distributed team.
 Represented India organization for R&D at the corporate level councils and committees.
 Propelled the Global R&D Footprint strategy for India, involving talent recruitment, supplier development, and capability
enhancement; organized and coordinated AST-Asia, Caterpillar’s first internal technical conference
 Built large teams from scratch including the Structures Simulation Group supporting 10+ new businesses; improved
productivity and performance, and achieved >10% increase in employee survey results on parameters such as career,
learning, inclusion and leadership
Design Engineer – Configuration and Control 2005 - 2006
General Electric – GE Aviation, Bangalore, India
 Virtually validated configuration hardware for GE Aircraft Engines
Scientific Officer – Reactor Safety Division 2001 - 2005
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
 Developed closed-form equations for fracture parameters such as J-integral, Crack Mouth Opening Displacement and
Limit Load for cracked piping elbows subjected to in-plane bending moment
 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
@ Philips
 Operations Improvement: Enabled ~5x YoY BoM & TCO savings by department reorganization, way of working
definition and continuous operations improvement. Also supported 23M € Assurance of Supply risk mitigation

 Outcome Based Outsourcing: Moved engineering outsourcing to outcome based from time & material business
model. This has potential of 20% cost saving in 2023 baselined for 2022 work volume.

@ Rolls-Royce
 Site Leadership: Established Rolls Royce’s (RR) new captive center in Bangalore as a reliable engineering partner
to the global organization by leading the complex fabrications, combustion and casing team; created plans for team
growth; recruited talent; developed competency framework that resulted in certification of 3 Design, 2 Stress and 1
Integration Signatories; managed operations, focused on quality as well as costs

 NPI Delivery: Directed delivery of Trent XWB 84EP Combustion Module components including Liner, Rear Inner
Discharge Nozzle, High Pressure Outlet Guide Vanes, Combustion Rear Inner Casing and Turbine Casings.
Virtually validated combustor module for Pearl 700/15through analysis and simulation. Provided design solutions for
unit mounts and fabricated components for Trent 7000, Pearl 700 and Trent XWB 84

 Cost of Non-Quality Reduction and Zero Defect Drive for APAC Combustion and Casing Supply Chain:
Directed scope definition and established the framework for reducing manufacturing non-conformance for
combustion and casing components supplied by APAC Supply Chain. Secured 8.5 million USD cost of non-quality
saving per year

 Change Management - Internal Work Package Transfer: Smoothly transferred Trent 7000 and Trent 1000–TEN
combustor production support work from RR USA by taking initiative of proactively demonstrating site capabilities
and engaging with stakeholders across ranks. Ensured no performance drop during transition. In January 2021,
transitioned engineering work as well as teams to Infosys in India as part of Infosys – Rolls Royce strategic
partnership; contributed in operations (work load and commercial coverage) strand of transition planning.

 Change Management - Supplier Transfer: Led Technical proposal and won 250 FTE Non-Conformance
Management work package for 5 Years for Infosys in competitive bidding. Smoothly transitioned the work from
incumbent without any build disruption in 4 Months duration (Sept 2021 – Jan 2022).

 Process Standardization and Automation: Enabled the team to publish 6 Rolls Royce Guidance Material and
10+ How-to Guides, which defined SOPs and optimum methods to perform analysis and simulation of aero-engine
assemblies. Also, delivered 500K+ USD (YoY) in savings through automation and process improvements

 Innovation and Thought Leadership: Created a culture of innovation as the founding chairman of RR Bangalore’s
Innovation Council, resulting in 17 conference/journal publications and 14 information disclosures for patents in 2
years. Jointly patented material processing process for fuel injectors; Co-authored 6 papers in International
Journals/Conferences.

@ Caterpillar
 Structural Analysis Team Development: Developed Structures Simulation Group (SSG) from scratch providing
analysis and simulation solutions to more than 10 Caterpillar Business Units. Demonstrated strong leadership
qualities by 100% deliverables with outstanding customer satisfaction rate while maintaining quality, cost and
delivery during rapid growth of SSG Team

 WTS 637 and 657 Program Delivery: Managed end-to-end delivery of simulation work-package for WTS 637K
and 657H NPIs. This included machine level full vehicle correlated multi-body simulation models for composite work
cycle events, virtual validation of sub-system and component designs from numerically extracted system loads.
Evaluation and design improvement of lower power train

 Process and Tool Development: Major contribution in development and deployment of simulation tools and
methods for
1. Heat Treatment of carbon steels
2. Autofrettage/Cold Working of fuel injector tips

 IP Generation: Developed, simulated, physically tested and patented (as co-invented) autofrettage process for
inducing compressive residual stresses in fuel injector nozzle to improve its fatigue performance. (Ajay Tomar)