RESUME
A. GENERAL:
A.01. Name : Sri Krishna Devarao MalisettiVenkataSimhadri
A.02. Short Name (Preferred) : Sri Krishna D Malisetti V S
A.03. Address : Plot No. 509-I, Road No. 86, Film Nagar,
Jubilee Hills, HYDERABAD – 500 096,
Telangana State, India
A.04. Contact Details:
Cell. Phone : +91-9912188833
Home : +91-40-23551351
Work (Office) : +91-40-23541351
E-mail : srimalisetti@yahoo.ca
A.05. Last position held : PRESIDENT - Technical
A.06. Last Employer : M/s Puravankara Projects Ltd., Bangalore, India.
A.07. Marital Status : Married
A.08. Country of Citizenship : CANADA
A.09. Languages Known:
Sl. No. Language To Read To Write To Speak To Understand
01 Arabic Good Good Good Good
02 English Excellent Excellent Fluent Excellent
03 Hindi Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good
04 Kannada Good Good Average Good
05 Malayalam Poor Poor Good Good
06 Marathi Good Good Average Good
07 Tamil Very Good Very Good Excellent Excellent
08 Telugu Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
B. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Degree/Diploma
Examination Authority Year of Pass Class/Division
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (Studied in Government College of Engineering, Kakinada)
1983
FIRST
M.B.A. (Operations Management) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi
1997
FIRST
C. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
In India:
• I am a Corporate Fellow Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) … FIE(I)
• I am a Chartered Engineer of The Institution of Engineers (India) … C.Eng.(I)
• I am a Corporate Fellow Member of the Indian Council of Arbitrators … (FICA)
• I am a Corporate Fellow Member of the Institution of Valuers (India) … FIV(I)
• I am a Licensed Engineer of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
• I am a Licensed Engineer of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
In North America:
• I am a Licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario, Canada … P.Eng. (Ontario)
• I am a Licensed Professional Engineer of Alberta, Canada … P.Eng. (Alberta)
• I am a full time Member of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
• I am a Member of the Project Management Institute … MPMI
• I am a Member of Ontario Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Canada
• I am a Member of the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Canada
D. COMPUTER SKILLS:
• I am proficient in Project Management using Oracle ERP Solutions of R12 version.
• I am proficient in Project Management using My SAP ERP Solutions.
• I am proficient in all computer operations of Windows in MS Office for Word, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, Publisher, Project and Power Point
• I am proficient to use AutoCAD for planning on computers and plotting the drawings
• I perform structural design for RCC and Steel Structures by using the Software Build-Master and Strand (I am licensed to design buildings up to 15 floors height in Mumbai)
• I estimate civil engineering structures using software timberline, strand, hard-dollar and excavations using Pay-Dirt
• I manage projects with Primavera and scheduling done with MS Project
• My office was fully computerized with networking program linked with all our offices across the world and different project sites. I monitor the physical progress of construction works through video surveillance which enables us to determine and forecast the progress, problems and find remedial solutions before we face the actual problems interrupting the progress of works, apart from my frequent site visits.
E. AWARDS:
• I am glad to state that because of my exemplary contributions to the society in engineering field, my name was considered in 1997 for the award of ‘VIJAYA SHREE’, a national level award issued once in every three years by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi.
• I am also glad to state for the second time that because of my exemplary contribution to the Indian society in engineering field, my name was again considered in 2001 for the award of ‘BHARAT JYOTHI’, a national level award issued once in every three years by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi.
F. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
IN INDIA: Since January 2015 to August 2017, I was working as Consultant for Structural Design, Contracts and for ADR with various Companies in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Bombay and New Delhi at my personal Capacity. Prior to that I was in employment with various Construction companies as detailed below:
F.01. PRESIDENT – TECHNICAL in M/s Puravankara Projects Ltd., Bangalore
- from October 2010 to November 2014:
I was working as PRESIDENT – TECHNICAL in M/s Puravankara Projects Ltd., a premium Real Estate Company of India, located in Bangalore, with an annual group turnover of Rs.3,200 Crores while handling projects of 40.00 million Sq. Ft. of Residential and Commercial Projects (including IT Parks) together costing each from Rs. 250 Crores to Rs. 1,200 Crores located across Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Mysore and Hyderabad.
My role included Business Development, taking JVs with technological agreements, Infrastructure Development with advancement in technology, High Rise Constructions with advanced methods of construction to save cost and time, Long term strategic planning for innovative technologies, adoption of innovative methods in construction keeping the competitive advantage for the company in sales & marketing. I was responsible for the activities of project execution, project management, procurement, market study, feasibility & profitability analysis, planning, scheduling, tendering, budgeting, construction, purchasing, liaison, project funding, sales & marketing and finance closing including cash-flow. While I am heading the department, I am reporting to the Chairman and Managing Director and to the Board.
Periodic Quality and Cost audits, regular follow up of cost, value engineering, techno-commercial studies, procurement of materials on timely/priority/need basis, resource planning, mobilization of tools and plant to respective project sites, sequencing the projects with respect to sales happening in the market, stalling of some projects to lubricate cash-flow, etc. were my routine responsibilities.
Decision making for the capital investments of the company with payback period calculations, cost analysis, break even analysis, and presentation of net present value of money were my managerial responsibilities. New Business Proposals, their feasibility studies, budget preparation, advertising, establishment of channel partnership, brokers, sales promotion and resource management were parts of my regulars.
Architectural, Structural Design, MEP, Technical, Construction, Contracts, Vendor Development, Purchasing, Stores, Plant & Machinery, Quality/ISO, Land Procurement, and R & D Departments with total payroll strength of 460 are reporting to me while I was reporting to the CMD and the Board.
In addition to the above, the following were my routine roles and responsibilities:
Setting up systems and processes in the organisation to enable progress monitoring and oversee all projects; ensuring that each project is built per quality, time and budget guidelines.
Accurate MIS for management reporting on all aspects of project, budget, cost, escalations and reasons thereof.
Contractor Selection, Award of contracts, Approval of variation orders based on justifications.
Lead the responsibility for stabilising standard operating procedures and sharpen execution across all projects and ensure all project teams are centrally guided.
Introduce initiatives to coordinate and create synergies among cross-functional departments.
Create a detailed cost estimate and budget including physical and financial schedules for each project as per business plan and monitoring and ensuring the project team’s adherence to the cost estimates and variations thereon.
Coordinating with the central liaising function and ensuring that there are no project delays on account of licenses and approvals.
Responsible for providing strong and effective leadership to a large team, preparing and delivering against the annual and rolling plans and budgets, leading the strategic planning and business development efforts managing the regulatory and approvals interface, as well as compliances required from a large entity.
F.02. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER in M/s Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd., Mumbai
- from December 2008 to September 2010:
I was working as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Business Development Manager in SHAPOORJI PALLONJI & CO. LTD. a Flag-ship construction company of India, located at Mumbai, with a turnover of Rs. 3,000 Crores and with a group turnover of Rs. 10,000 Crores. I was looking after the mega projects of Commercial and Residential Buildings each of which are Rs.700 – 1000 Crores. I dealt with contracts, EPC and Design-Build turn-key projects.
F.03. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR in M/s Madhucon Projects Ltd., Hyderabad
- from June 2007 to December 2008:
I was working as Executive Director in M/s Madhucon Projects Limited, one of the ISO 9001:2000 certified companies, located at its corporate office in Hyderabad with an annual turnover of Rs. 3,000 Crores. I was handling projects of worth Rs. 1,500 Crores. This included Madhucon Megamall (1.2 million Sq.Ft.), The Nama Hotel (a 450 keyed 5-Star Hotel) and an office complex (400,000 Sq.Ft.) at Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The cost of this project was Rs.780 Crores. Apart from these, I handled residential projects at Kokapet comprising of 1 million Sq.Ft. plus 1.5 million Sq.Ft. at a cost of Rs.200 Crores plus Rs.300 Crores respectively. Innovative methods of construction with new technology adoption at the stage of planning itself were my main role in this company.
F.04. VICE PRESIDENT (Constn.) in M/s Aparna Constns. & Estates Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
- from June 2005 to May 2007:
I was in a position of Vice President (Construction) in Aparna Constructions and Estates Private Limited, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, its Corporate Head Office located in Hyderabad, with an annual turnover of Rs. 600 Crores. I was heading the Construction Team of strength 360. I was handling Construction Projects of 30 million Sq. Ft. comprising of Residential and Commercial Developments. Out of this total area of construction, 12 million Sq. Ft. business was newly brought by me with a Foreign Direct Investment from Morgan Stanley with a tie up as Joint Venture SPV headed by me. I was reporting to the Managing Director and the Board while 18 General Managers (Projects) were directly reporting to me. I had implemented Oracle ERP Solutions for the project management and regular MIS on day-to-day basis is one of my functional responsibilities. Residential towers of 20 floors, 15 floors, 13 floors high, commercial complexes, independent villas were highlights of my experience in this company.
F.05. GENERAL MANAGER (Engg.) in M/s Aecon Group of Companies, Canada
- from September 2001 to May 2005:
Worked as General Manager (Engineering) in Leo Alarie and Sons Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company (a subsidiary of AECON Group of Companies), with an annual turnover of more than $300 million. I was reporting to the Vice President (Operations). Engineering Design, Project Management, Problem Solving, Estimation, Tendering, Budget Preparation, etc. were my regular duties. I had completed two sizable projects of more than $55million each. One of them was the construction of Lac Seul Generation Station, Ear Falls, Ontario for Ontario Power Generation. The other one is the De Beers Victor Project (a Diamond Mine Project) at Attawapiskat, Ontario, Canada. These two projects were specialized in respect of their location where there was no accessibility on road. Materials and men had to access the site by helicopters or aeroplanes to reach the project site. Winter-Road Transportation was the critical aspect in this project. In addition to the above two projects, I had full exposure to the retail constructions, high rise buildings, housing complexes and all other infrastructural projects like roads, railways and dockyards.
Apart from the Engineering, my responsibilities also included business development, strategic planning, financial programming, fund raising, liaison with government high level officials, famous architects, consulting engineering firms, etc. Decision making for the investments of the company with good payback period calculations, cost analysis, break even analysis, net present value of money, were my managerial responsibilities. New Business Proposals, their feasibility studies, budget preparation and resource management were also parts of my regulars.
F.06. GENERAL MANAGER (Constn.) in M/s Magacon Construction Ltd., Canada
- from July 1995 to August 2001:
I worked as General Manager (Construction) in Magacon Construction Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I was responsible for overall performance of our company. The annual turn over of this company was $64 millions in 1995, the year I joined this company. This has been enhanced to $482 millions (estimated) by the end of the year 2001.
The major operations were construction of high rise buildings in Greater Toronto Area apart from the other engineering projects like roads, bridges, tunnels, sewer and water mains. I had also performed in this position in Industrial, Commercial and Institutional constructions like schools, hospitals, auditoriums, etc. The interesting examples of this kind were Lester B Pearson International Airport (Terminal 1) of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
We were well equipped with men, materials and machinery for the construction of high rise residential towers which was the main expertise for the commercial and business strategy. We built homes with latest materials with durability and customer satisfaction.
There were 62 Professional Engineers and Architects working for the company where as the total pay roll was to the tune of 600 people costing to the company around $40 millions per annum.
We also had Research and Development Division engaged for research in new types of construction. We had succeeded in modular construction technology; process flow concreting for mass housing, etc. which were our inventions and these inventions were patented.
I was reporting to the President and Board of Directors of the company while the Project Managers were reporting to me.
F.07. CHIEF ENGINEER (Civil) in M/s The Bombay Dyeying and Mfg. Co. Ltd, Mumbai,
- from March 1989 to June 1995:
I was working as Chief Engineer (Civil) in the Flag Ship Company, The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Mumbai. I was in Senior Management Grade reporting to the Chairman and to the Board for Civil Engineering projects.
I was heading the Civil Engineering Department of this company having an annual turnover of INR.1,500 Crores with more than INR. 8,000 Crores of properties of real estate in the years 1990s. While I maintained existing properties of the company I also planned, designed and constructed major landmarks of the Mumbai City with high rise construction. The latest construction which I had completed was the Naperol towers in Kidwai Marg, Wadala, Mumbai comprising of G+32 floors with a total area of residential construction about 340,000 Sq.Ft. in total 240 dwelling units in a single tower. This building was constructed after demolition of National Peroxide Limited and hence named after Naperol Towers. The cost of construction was INR. 30 Crores (Year 1995) excluding the cost of land. Starting from planning, rezoning, municipal approvals I have successfully completed this gigantic project in just 18 months to the appreciation of our higher management.
The other landmark of construction was the Nestle apartments in Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai with a total area of construction of 300,000 Sq.Ft in 3 different buildings Nestle-1, 2 and 3. While this project was handled, simultaneously I completed twin towers at Prabhadevi, Mumbai comprising of 700,000 Sq.Ft of residential area in two wings each of 25 floors. I had simultaneously completed both these projects with a total area of construction of more than 1 million Sq. Ft. Besides these two major projects, I also completed Beach Towers which was partially completed when I joined this company and other small projects like retail stores for Bombay Dyeing exclusive garments.
Apart from the above, my department also handled industrial construction for the modernization schemes costing more than INR. 100 Crores in the years 1990-92. I had contributed for manpower reduction by automation.
During this position, I was responsible for all administrative and technical aspects of Civil Engineering. I developed systems for the routine operations of the department which was approved by the Chairman, Mr. Nusli N Wadia with appreciation.
Planning, tendering, project management, structural design, liaison with government officials including ministers for the state, architects and consulting engineers, permits and approvals, contract management, material selection, material specification and material ordering were my routine responsibilities with the assistance of my technical staff.
Budgetary preparation, proposal submission, creation of projects, long term goals, short term goals, performance appraisal, departmental administration, reporting to the board, and management information system with computerized networking were my managerial responsibilities.
In the year 2001, I have been called from Canada to adopt 8 villages in Gujarat after the earthquake disaster that took place in January 2001. I had constructed earthquake resistant residential buildings with an expenditure of INR.150 Crores contributed by Mahindra & Mahindra, The Bombay Dyeing and the HDFC Ltd. My team and I were saluted by the chairman of the flag-ship company for the selfless hardships we had contributed for this relief work.
F.08. ASSISTANT ENGINEER (Civil) in Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
- from July 1983 to February 1989:
During above period, I was working as Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the Public Works Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. I had been selected through the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Madras (currently Chennai). During this period, I was working in the Roads and Buildings Department in the office of the Superintending Engineer, Chepauk, Chennai, the then Madras.
During the above position I was in-charge of 12 residential blocks comprising of a development of 672,000 Sq. Ft. of construction for 480 dwelling units in a time span of 4 years. This project was constructed in different locations of Tamil Nadu including Madras.
The following were my regular routine responsibilities:
• Planning, Design, Estimation and Execution
• Liaison with local authorities
• Liaison with external consultants
• Preparation of tender documents with specifications and drawings
• Reporting day-to-day progress and problems to the Executive Engineer
• Suggesting remedial methods for problems
• Maintaining accounts of the Section and Sub Division
• Maintaining petty cash of the Sub Division
• Maintenance of government vehicles with log books
• Maintenance of Office and Government own buildings
• Maintaining record and registers of the department for T & P, OTEO, NMR, Cement Register, Steel Register, consumables, etc.
During this Government service, I had been selected for deputation to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for Water and Sewerage Directorate, Al Hassa, Al Hofuf. I was deputed by the government of Tamil Nadu for a 4 year contract for the construction of Administrative Building for Water and Sewerage Directorate. I was a senior civil engineer during this position reporting to the project manager Mr. Magdi. The building was purely for the office purpose of the Department. Work carried out by the government contractors. I was on the client side to supervise the work in accordance with the drawings and specification.
Supervision, check measurement, quantity estimation, material quality checking, testing, surveying, bill checking, bill correction, etc were my routine responsibilities.
G. OPERATIONAL SKILLS:
• Estimation of quantities and cost, study and decision making on the infrastructure needs.
• Preparation of contract plans, specifications, and tenders.
• Studies of new materials for their acceptability, durability, affordability, ease and cost considerations.
• Evaluation of Tenders/Bids and awarding the contracts including study and analysis of total scope of project and invitation of quotes from different contractors/subcontractors, their analysis and recommendation to award contracts.
• Activity management with selected processes in right sequence using CPM/PERT methods including scheduling the project in tight completion time periods.
• Supervision of construction projects with health and safety precautions and with local applicable codes.
• Sales and marketing of the properties developed with predetermined targets.
• Quality, Quantity and Monetary evaluation.
• Cost and Budget controlling during the execution of the projects.
• Technical investigations of problems, and prepare reports and recommendations for the effective solutions of such problems.
• Team building, leading the team and problem solving on day to day operations to have smooth construction activities.
• Problem forecasting and finding remedies to overcome.
• Analysis and review of development applications to ensure the safe and technically sound planning of new development.
• Coordination with consultants, liaise with external agencies, local authorities for the smooth completion of the project in a timely manner.
• Independent correspondence to the customers, clients and public.
• Coordination among other disciplines with interpersonal skills to have smooth progress.
• Presentation and updating the status on a regular basis.
H. MANAGERIAL SKILLS:
• Liaison for change of land use, zone conversion, and for Master Planning.
• Market-study and proposals with feasibility analysis.
• Liaison with Banks and Financial Institutions for Project Funding.
• Computerized construction management.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards regarding the planning, design, construction and maintenance including preparation of reports, documenting and standardizing specifications and tender documents, drawing guidelines and manuals related to the design and construction.
• Training the construction team to achieve the required output of production for efficient team work.
• Administration of safety, security and financial matters.
• Decision making for investments adopting NPV, IRR and Pay Back Period Calculations.
• Short term and long term strategic planning and Management of resources.
• Capital budget proposals, allocation of funds on priorities.
• Reporting to the Board in the format of Management Information Systems, preparation and analysis of management reports, including inventory management.
• Coordination with Cost Accounting for preparation of schedules for project implementation.
• Initiate, plan, organize and facilitate regular meetings that can include Top Management, consultants and other external agencies.