Open to roles · Graduating Dec 2026

Hi, I'm Sai.
I turn messy operations into
measurable wins.

Operational Excellence & Industry 4.0 program manager with 3+ years driving $50M+ of manufacturing impact at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories — now finishing a Master of Engineering Management at Northwestern. I live where pharma GMP, smart manufacturing, and data meet.

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📚 Learning in public

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The numbers I'm proud of

$0M OPEX reduction targeted via Lean Autonomation
0% Defect-rate reduction (1.78% → 0.17%) on a critical line
0K Manual touchpoints eliminated via MES-HVAC RPA
0K FTE effort-hours saved & delivered
0% Schedule adherence on a $12M capex program
0% Production-capacity increase across 20 SKUs

Where I've been

Aug 2023 – Aug 2025 Work

Operations Program Manager

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories · India

  • Coordinated a 19-idea Lean Autonomation program — on track for 380K effort-hour savings and $3M OPEX reduction.
  • Ran the ZERO_BAD TPM initiative (5S, HIRA, FMEA, centerlining) → 90% defect-rate reduction, zero safety incidents.
  • Spearheaded Industry 4.0 digitization — RPA + QR DigiLabel — $100K+ savings, zero GMP audit findings across 6 sites.
  • Owned a $12M capex equipment install across 20 SKUs at 99% schedule adherence.
Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 Work

Technical Trainee — ACE Leadership Program

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories · India

  • Implemented a digital energy monitoring system (708 meters, 22 flow devices) → 8% utility reduction, contributing to ISO 50001:2018.
  • Ran VSM and process analysis cutting cycle time — saving 15 operational days a year.
Sept 2025 – Dec 2026 Education

Master of Engineering Management

Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · GPA 3.8

  • Operations, Supply Chain & Project Management focus. TA for Project Management and Marketing Analytics.
  • Coursework: AI in Manufacturing, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Product Management.
Aug 2018 – May 2022 Education

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra · India · GPA 3.6

Things I've built

Multi-agent AI ↗

NexusLogisticsAI

A multi-agent supply-chain intelligence system that predicts real-time shipment ETAs from weather, port congestion, geopolitical and supplier signals — surfacing early risk alerts with confidence-based predictions.

Agentic AISupply ChainRisk
Product · Energy ↗

ArkaEase

An AI-powered energy-automation platform with dynamic pricing. Owned product definition end-to-end — MRD/PRD, user research, unit economics (LTV:CAC 12.8:1) and GTM strategy.

ProductGTMEnergy
ML · Manufacturing ↗

Golden Tunnel Model

Ensemble ML (XGBoost, Boruta, Random Forest) predicting outcomes for high-throughput molecules at 99.43% accuracy — bridging data science and the shop floor.

XGBoostPredictivePharma

Dashboards I live in

KPI cockpits for plant visibility, OEE, and RCA — built in Power BI, SQL & Excel. The featured cockpit below is an anonymized, representative consulting case.

Streamliners Consulting Operations Improvement Cockpit
Client: Global Pharma Manufacturer anonymized · representative
0%OEE (↑ from 71%)
0%Defect rate ↓
0K+Effort hours saved
0%Schedule adherence
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
0% OEE
Defect rate — 12-week trend
1.8% → 0.2% over the engagement
Automation savings by workstream
7-Step RCA Ladder · closure
Define Measure Contain Root cause Corrective Verify Sustain

Other cockpits I've built

Plant Visibility · OEE● live
0% OEE
7-Step RCA Ladder● live
20%Plan vs Actual ↑
100%RCA complete
Energy Monitoring● live
708meters
8%utility ↓
22flow devices
0%

My toolkit

Operating systems (the human kind)

Lean Six Sigma (GB)DMAICTPM5S VSMKaizenECRSFMEA / PFMEA Vertical Start-UpSMEDDesign Thinking

Program & product

Program ManagementCapital ProjectsROI Modeling Capacity PlanningStakeholder AlignmentMRD / PRD User ResearchGTM StrategyUnit Economics

Tools & data

Power BITableauSQLPython Advanced Excel / VBAMinitabMS Project JiraSmartsheetAutoCADAgentic AI

Domains

GMP ManufacturingFDA-RegulatedIndustry 4.0 Supply ChainPredictive AnalyticsEnergy / ISO 50001
Certifications LSS Green BeltRPA — Blue PrismML — Stanford/Coursera PM — GoogleProduct — IIBAPMP (in progress · Oct 2026)

Let's talk

Hiring for ops excellence, Industry 4.0, or program management? Or just want to nerd out about lean and AI? Drop a note.

📍 Chicago, IL · open to relocation

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