Collaborative Business Network (CBN)

VISION

To provide experience based thought leadership

and end-to-end solutions for businesses locally
and globally

CBN

MISSION

To address the real life challenges in the transformational journey of

manufacturing houses from inception, to realization and operation
with a unique network of internationally experienced professionals

CBN : Offerings and Differentiators

Business Consulting

Business Process
Management

What : Business Model,

Product Portfolio, Pricing
Strategy
Means : Business Analysis,
Outcome : Business
Opportunities Map

What : : Business Value

Modelling
Means : Value Stream
Mapping, Technology
Mapping
Outcome : Aligned
Business Processes

Team of internationally experienced

industry experts

Product Design and

Engineering
What : Product Portfolio,
Design Methodologies,
Means : Portfolio Analysis,
PLM Evaluation
Outcome : Product Features /
Profitability

OFFERINGS
Manufacturing
Engineering

What : Quality, Cost, Deliver

& Innovation Dashboard
Means : OEE, Yield Analysis
Outcome :
Cost Reduction,
Throughput improvement

What : Product wise

Manufacturing
Means : Design Artefacts,
production processes,
and technology Mapping
Outcome :
Manufacturability Index

What : Layout Design

and Optimization
Means : Manufacturing
Simulation
Outcome : Manufacturing
Layout options

Outcome based models

Range of End-to-end Expertise,

Skills and Experience

Operations
Excellence

Manufacturing
Setup

Mentor to Executor

Intellectual Strength

Connects in Ecosystem

Message :
Lets explore together

Collaborative Business
Network (CBN)

Shirish Kulkarni +91 9657710188

Ian Smith +91 9960490424

Milind Gawas +91 8975225733

Dinesh Kasture +91 9850840688

CONTACT

Email :- CollaborativeBusinessNetwork@yahoogroups.com

Together we can..

Shirish M. Kulkarni

Ian Smith

Founder & CEO of STROTA ConsulTech Pvt. Ltd.

EDUCATION

Executive General Management Program - IIM Bangalore

Master of Engineering
Certied PMP
Certied SCRUM Master
ITIL Foundation Certied

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE @ 24 YEARS

Currently - Founder & CEO of STROTA ConsulTech A Business Consulting Company

Tata Consultancy Services - IT Consulting, Solutions and Services Company
Geometric Ltd - PLM Services Company
BMC Software - Business Services Management Product Company
PTC R&D - CAD/CAM/PLM Product Company
TELCO / Tata Motors/ TTIL Car/Truck Manufacturing Company
KSB Pumps Pump Manufacturing Company
Tata Consulting Engineers - Design Consultancy

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Business
Consulting

Product
Development

Manufacturing
Excellence

Manufacturing
IT

CAD, CAM,
CAE, PDM, PLM,

Business Services
Management

Event and Impact

Management

Identity
Management

Asset
Discovery

Voice of
Customer

Track and
Trace

Digital Forces :
Mobility, Cloud Big
Data, Social Media

Director of SK Sourcing and Management Pvt. Ltd.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

EDUCATION

Certication in Industrial and Operations Management,

Univ of Plymouth

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

Conceptualized and realized an innovative solution in

Mobility called Plant in a Mobile, which enables 360 Deg
View of the manufacturing plant on the move. It is IP
protected with the patent filing in progress.

Change
Management

Operations
Excellence

Plant Setup

Exposure to global clients, cultures / global teams and

knowledge / proficiency in foreign languages like
German / Japanese

Conceptualized a mobility solution in Yard Logistics

Management for one of the leading Global Auto OEM
the solution is in the proving stage and getting attributed
on the roadmap of Operations Excellence and Cost Saving

Team Building

Cost Reduction

Supplier
Development

Contributions in Business Consulting, Mechanical Design,

R&D center of an Indian automaker, internal customer
management and support as a part of internal IT group

Managed P&L responsibility of an independent Business

Unit successfully

LEAN
Manufacturing
Expert

Global Exposure

Business
Consulting

Exposure to the end-to-end product development lifecycle

from inception to stabilization and a combination of inward /
outward looking experience in a services organizations

Handled revenue target ranging from 4M USD and

a team size of @ 160 consultants effectively

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE @ 16 YEARS

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

InnovEnVis : Director of Technology & Engg

iGATE : Program Manager Engineering Services
TCS : Account Manager Automotive
Satyam Venture : Project Manager
Kalyani Brakes : Product Engineer

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Technology
Exploration
and Alignment

Product Design
Engineering
and Development

Product Lifecycle
Management

Manufacturing
Engineering

Dimensional &
Value Engineering

Product
Optimization

Six Sigma
Methodology

Operations
Excellence

Quality
Management

Industrial
Automation

DFX
(Design for Mfg /
Assy / Reliability)

Focus on Auto
Component
Manufacturing

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Establishing Product Design CoEs for Auto Suppliers of Big 3

Auto OEMs and specific to Indian automotive suppliers

20-25% increase in throughput for mining industry by cross

domain technology deployment of industrial automation

Completed Competency Development in Product Design

and Development of Auto subsystems (like Chasis,
Sheetmetal, Plastics, Forgings and Castings) for OEMs
and Suppliers

Cost optimization (22%) and reduction in Product

Development Time (1.5 yrs to 9 months) for Big 3 Auto OEMs

Established a Innovation CoE for a global Mining

conglomerate

Increase in productivity of new joiners by 20% by

deployment of Competency Development modules

Established a Value Management Practice for Auto OEMs

and Suppliers in US, EUROPE and APAC

Reduction in Production Development Time by 10% by

deployment of the Dimensional Management Practice for
Auto OEMs & Suppliers

SK Sourcing and Mgmt : MD

Prothom Industries India Pvt. Ltd : COO
ACMA : Head ACMA Center of Technology
Lister Petter India PVT : Head of Operations
Guilford Mills (UK) : General Manager
Heath Tecna (UK) : Opeartions Director
Thermopol Ltd (UK) : Head of Operations

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Setup new factories in countries like Brazil, China, Korea

& India from green field to full production

Saving 1 M USD in 3 weeks leveraging LEAN tols

Major cost reductions across several sites using LEAN

Mfg Tools

Company wide training in KAIZEN and 5S across 5 sites for

a global MNC

Trained FORD in Mexico in KAIZEN procedures

Savings of 4M GBP as Purchasing Head for an MNC in

12 month period

Managed the setup and transfer of product from China to

India in 9 months for supplier to Hasbro (number 2 toy
supplier in the world)

Transferred a company from 2 sites to 4 sites across the

Globe as Operations Director and increased revenue by 50%
in 4 years

Dinesh Kasture

Director of SK Sourcing and Management Pvt. Ltd.

Director of InnovEnVis Technology and Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (OPC)

Ford Certication as C3P Designer from SDRC, Bangalore

in 2000
CIPET-Plastic Design from CIPET, Hyderabad in 2005
Six Sigma Green Belt Certication in 2005
ISO Internal Auditor Certication from BVQI in 2006

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Establishing a CoE, GTM and building revenue stream for a

Global IT Organization

Milind Gawas

EDUCATION

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE @ 30 YEARS

EDUCATION

Master of Commerce from Pune University

Diploma in nancial Management from Welingkars
Institute Mumbai.
Qualied Chartered Accountant from ICAI
Diploma in Information System Audit from ICAI

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE @ 10 YEARS

SK Sourcing and Management Pvt. Ltd. : Director

MBK & Co LLP Chartered Accountants(Previously known as Chobe
& Mate Associates) : Partner
TATA FICOSA Automotive Systems Ltd. : Member Finance
BNY Mellon : Executive Operations

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Accounting
Systems

Indian Tax Laws

Company
Formation

Business
Processes

Cost Reduction

FEMA Matters

Corporate
Restructuring

Mergers
& Acquisitions

Business
Consulting

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Hands on Experience in Setting up foreign subsidiaries

in India

Incorporated couple of Foreign Subsidiaries in India with

RBI Compliance.

Running & Monitoring Accounts Dept. of MNCs.

Successfully monitored Accounts & Finance Dept. of couple

of MNCs.

Setting up Internal Control Systems

Done Management Audits to achieve business objectives of

cost Reduction & process improvement.

Consultancy in Tax Laws & FEMA Matters.

Worked on various assignments of presenting project

reports for Bank Finance & Private Equity,