Ashok Sanmani

COE Head - Aerostructure || Working on a Mission - To Bridge Gap Between Academia & Industry || Delivery Head || Mentor || Career Coach || Educational Consultant

Karnataka, India

About

23+ years of experience in the aerospace engineering domain with extensive expertise in the industry, start-up consultant, and educational consultant. Responsibilities - Customer interface, project management, delivery management, program management, sales and pre-sales support, campaigning, competency development, team building, making competitive proposals, mentoring, and consultant. Programs worked - Indian programs (IJT-36 & SARAS); Airbus programs (A380, A400M & A350); Boeing programs (787-8 & 9). Domains - Aircraft structures, aircraft interiors & composites Area of experience - Conceptual design, detail design, advanced metallic materials & composites, justification, TDD & checkstress, certification report and stress check notes, ADL& SRM. Specialties - Key contribution in winning new business opportunities, proven track record in team building, successful in building and managing competencies, strong experience in Airbus & Boeing programs/projects. Hobbies - Conducting awareness sessions at engineering colleges/universities; Writing articles about aerospace industry; Meeting aerospace industry experts; Working on Nation-Build program.

Experience

  • COE Head - Aerostructure [Structural Design + Stress + Composites] || Consultant || Mentor at Working on Initiative ‘Knowledge-Building and Skill-Development’ |
    May 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

    Working on a unique initiative ‘Knowledge-Building and Skill-Development’. Making an effort to create 'Future Engineers' by creating awareness and strengthening the understanding of the young and mid-age engineering community and working professionals through technical talks, technical workshops, internships, fine quality mentorship programs like the design of aerostructures, core design engineering, metallic & composite designs, advanced stress engineering methods which helps engineering graduates and working professionals to understand the width and depth of core engineering domain, present & future technologies, factors driving engineering industry and global engineering industry requirements and expectations, etc. • Created a consortium of technocrats and shared knowledge with small companies to build company profiles. • Have good networking connections with technocrats and lead-level people. • Providing career guidance and mentorship to corporate individual professionals, graduates, and students in structural design, structural analysis, hand calculations, composites, and F&DT domains. • We have mentored 947 working professionals, graduates and students for a better prospectus through short-term [724] and long-term programs [223] with a delivery experience of 15564+ hours. • Visited 80+Engineering Universities/ Colleges to understand the present situation at academic. • Proved as best quality technical programs in the core engineering domain with 95% excellent feedback from all level participants.

  • Tech Mahindra (formerly Mahindra Satyam) (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Delivery Head (Aerospace)
      Jun 2013 - Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      • Head of Stress group for Airbus, Boeing & Domestic projects • Project management, delivery management, profitability • Involved in large deal proposals and customer interface • Strong experience in aircraft structures, aircraft interiors, and advanced materials • Team building for technology growth • Competency building and management • Pre-Sales and sale support; workshops and campaigning

    • Technical Manager (Structural Analysis)
      Mar 2010 - May 2013 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Senior Technical Lead at Quest Global Engineering Services, Bangalore
    Feb 2009 - Nov 2009 · 10 mos

    • Successfully lead A400M IFS & OFW TDD and managed to get work package to offshore • Successfully lead A350 Inner Rear Spar Model

  • Senior Stress Engineer at Magellan Aerospace UK Ltd
    Sep 2007 - Jan 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Execution of A380 Spoiler Actuator Ribs Checkstress work package • Involved in A400M MSN 002 Wing scoping work • Execution of A400M group 4-5 panels

  • Project Lead at TCS, Bangalore
    Jan 2006 - Apr 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Successfully lead team and lead the project of thrust reverser, GE & RR engines for 787 program • Team building and Mentoring • Customer interface and management