Prasad Tota

Lead product thermal design from concept/architecture to validation. Expertise in using analytical relationships and 3D high fidelity CFD tools. Developed thermal solutions for conductive/passively cooled and active cooling for higher power density electronic systems. Developed novel thermal solutions for high performance displays and cameras to ensure customer experience is not compromised. Evaluated thermal interface materials (TIM2) for their performance and reliability. Managed vendors in component selection and supervised OQC/IQC Collaborated with cross functional team to ensure design trade offs achieve must-have targets and keep the overall cost < budget (air mover/duct does not exceed noise limit).

End to end thermal design of consumer electronics (CE) to ensure product performance, user experience and reliability. Expertise in CAE tools (FloTHERM, XT, and FloEFD) in design exploration and optimization of thermal performance of CE. Experienced in thermal test methods for passive and active cooling. Lead mechanical/thermal design of electronics enclosure for both indoor/outdoor systems. Lead thermal engineer in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of field performance failures and recommends solutions to the team while weighing mitigation vs cost. Effective engagement with part suppliers at various stages in product design cycle (concept through production) Unique experience of thermal mitigation techniques for wireless products and infrastructure (outdoor). Incorporate SW thermal mitigation and collaborate with SW/firmware team to validate and implement the SW 'thermal policy'.

As presales Applications Engineer supported sales organization in reaching/exceeding sales targets. Customer advocate to identify critical requirements and find solution fit across Siemens portfolio Technical Account Management (TAM) for Automotive business primarily focussed on automotive electronics ( ADAS, infotainment, EV) and system design Championed the adoption of thermal design process improvement by leveraging the synergy between ECAD, MCAD (Solidworks/Creo) and thermal analysis software Smooth transition to post-sales team for solution implementation with customer experience at the core

Integral part of NA sales team in identifying new business opportunities : adding new logos and growing existing customerbase. Demonstrated ability to identify customer pain (discovery call) and translate it to technical requirements and explore solutions. Proactively engaged with customers to ensure customer satisfaction and continued business growth (contract renewals). Roles/Responsibilities - Technical expertise as a customer facing engineer in taking a business opportunity from lead qualification through evaluation, business justification and finally close the deal. - Provided thermal consulting services to a wide spectrum of customers across a wide range of industries- Electronics, Automotive, manufacturing and Power Generation. Used the opportunity to demonstrate our product strengths and grow/add footprint - Participate in Value Discovery Workshop (VDW) to identify potential areas to identify bottlenecks and recommend solutions to improve the efficiency of design process followed by ROI justification. - Earned trust from peers and customers by consistently delivering results at the highest quality and meeting project schedule

Corporate Application Engineer (Thermal Engineer) Thermal Modeling & Analysis of electronics systems from package level to system level. - Providing excellent customer support to our users in efficiently using our Mechanical Analysis tools ( FloTHERM, FloVENT, FloEFD) to design thermal/fluid solutions in electronics and any industrial problem in general. - Successfully trained customers in using our CFD tools efficiently. Excellent feedback from customers on various fronts of technical competence, presentation skills and customer obsession. - Technical consulting services across electronics thermal management, ADAS, HVAC, data center and architectural airflow analysis.

Provide excellent customer support and CFD consulting services in using FLOW-3D Volume of Fluid (VOF) software. Successfully delivered software training to customers across a wide range of industries ( die casting, microfluidics, MEMS and industrial manufacturing) Proactively engaged with software testing and QA team to ensure SW releases met the highest quality.

Worked as Graduate Assistant with Dr. Z.J Wang on Meshfree Euler Solvers using Radial Basis Functions for Fluid mechanics and Heat transfer applications. This work has also been presented at AIAA, Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2007.

Recepient of excellence in Teaching Award ( Aug 2006). Graduated with Honors.