Kalpesh Desai, Project Manager

Kalpesh Desai

Project Manager

Johnson Controls India Pvt Ltd

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Diploma, PG Diploma in Business Management
Experience
20 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

Project Manager at Johnson Controls India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • My current job since February 2018

· Plan, execute, and commission the ELV packages (comprising of Life Safety & Security) with assigned customers across various parts of the country.
· Overseeing daily business operations ensuring timely deliverables ensuring compliance with organization policies, processes and guidelines
· Project controlling during execution, including costing, margin analysis, cost variance analysis, revenue & invoice backlog & cost to go analysis
· Identifying early warning signals within a project, facilitate costing of risk analysis and estimate cost impact of non-performance issues.
· Planning, managing and communicating the progress of projects, achieving project milestones & maintaining project momentum.
· Support project closure and retrieval of bonds/guarantee
· Support during tender / offer stage, bid review/analysis, estimate the cash flow, identify risks and suggest mitigation plans
· Review proposals, contracts, scope of work, risks and pricing generated by sales / BDM / estimation team
· Prepare the training need analysis for the team and provide coaching & mentoring.
· Ensure all the EHS & best QC practices are implemented at project sites.

Project Leader at Johnson Controls Inc
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2012 to February 2018

* Managing project comprising of 5900 Access Controlled doors, 6300 Video Surveillance IP cameras and associated SAN storage of 7 petabytes.

* Activities involved cost effective project roll-out, various engineering approvals, selection of material, shortlisting/finalizing vendors & subcontractors, Progressive invoicing and site execution work.

Manager at Technocom Networks India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2012 to December 2012

* Managed projects worth approx. 14 million INR for commissioning of security systems in various residential complexes and commercial establishments

* Handled annual service contracts for around 40 customers spread across Mumbai & Pune

Manager at Unitech Wireless Tamilnadu Private limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2010 to November 2011

* Roll-out execution of 1100 GSM sites for new launch of telecom services in Mumbai circle on shared infrastructure basis.

* Successfully completed the minimum rollout obligation of telecom services (a pre-requisite for commercial launch of telecom services) in telecom circles of Gujarat, Maharashtra-Goa and Mumbai.

Senior Manager at Reliance Communication limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2006 to January 2010

* Roll-out execution of 1600 new GSM sites and colocation of GSM BTS at 700 existing CDMA sites

* O&M of BTS sites

* Data network support for RDN & DCN network of Mumbai circle, comprising of around 500+ routers

* Liaison with WPC-DoT for Import clearance of 3000+ BTS equipment and equal microwave equipment to be used across West region of India

* Liaison with TERM Cell-DoT - Mumbai for compliance to telecom licensing requirements

Team Leader at microland limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • October 2005 to May 2006

Effectively managed IT Infrastructure facility management at client location for setup of 250+ desktops, 8 application servers, 3 routers and 2 firewalls

Customer Support at cms computer ltd
  • India - Surat
  • January 2003 to August 2005

System Integration:
• Survey of the existing setup if any and on basis of that suggesting the right type of solution for theconnectivity/expansion or for the new sites
• Taking budgetary approval for the proposed solution and follows ups till the logistics are available at site
• Getting the site made RFE & I&C of electronics
• Providing end to end network connectivity as per the proposed solution in coordination with cross-function groups
• Handover of site to Facility Management/Operations
• Conduct periodic review meetings on project progress & publish dashboard reports.

Facility Management:
• Ensure resolution of day-to-day user issues (Desktop/Application related) by working closely with the engineers’ team
• Network management & support (Lan& Wan)
• Release & deployment of system updates thru SUS server across different geographic locations
• IT Asset management (Desktop/Server/LAN/WAN/Office Automation) for the cluster
• Fault trend analysis to identify & avoid repeat faults
• Initiated knowledge sharing to enhance team skills
• Ensure the system uptime& co-ordination with all vendors& support partners for maintaining spare levels
• Compliance to the ISO 9001:2000standards

Education

Diploma, PG Diploma in Business Management
  • at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
  • December 2001
Bachelor's degree, BE Electronics
  • at College of Engineering & Technology, Jalgaon
  • July 1997
Bachelor's degree, Diploma Engineer in Electronics & telecommunication
  • at New Polytechnic College, Jalgaon
  • July 1994

Stood third in the college Won the volleyball tournament at college level participated in inter-college & inter-zone volleyball tournaments

Specialties & Skills

Management
Finance
Testing
Volleyball
Engineering
MS-Office
Project management
Data Analysis
IT-Infrastructure
Service Delivery
MS-Project