Operations leader, strategist, implementer and change management expert with over 9 years of leadership and 6 years of research experience. Extensive world class experience at leading transformation programs spanning across various industries, coaching and building capabilities to ensure sustainable impact and counseling global companies and leaders. A senior consultant in the San Francisco office and operations practice at Mckinsey and Company, I have served clients in various industries sector (semiconductor, consumer package goods, advanced electronics, industrial equipment, oil and gas) where I have worked to improve their operational/organisational capabilities in operations, manufacturing, engineering and purchase management across multiple sites and fabs, geographic locations and business units. Prior to Mckinsey, I have over 6 years of process engineering/manufacturing leadership experience (5 years at Intel and 1 year at Nanosolar) working on technical projects aimed at lean manufacturing, production volume ramp, metric development and manufacturing process development and improvement. I have a PhD in materials science from UC Santa Barbara and a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of technology Bombay.

Business operations and Strategy, Global Data Center Network @ From September 2015 to Present (2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaConsultant, Operations practice/Mckinsey Implementation @ As a senior consultant in the Operations/Implementation Practice of McKinsey and Company, I have lead teams and served clients in various industries (semiconductor, advanced electronics, industrial equipment, CPG) to improve their operational (strategy and performance) build capabilities and implement and manage large scale transformations spanning across various functions and business units From July 2012 to August 2015 (3 years 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaTechnical team leader @ Played a key role in statistical/metrics development of manufacturing processes, performance improvement of solar panels, boosting the efficiency and utilization of production equipment and expanding production capacity from 25 MW to 115 MW From May 2011 to June 2012 (1 year 2 months) Senior process TD engineer @ As a senior process engineer at Intel, I led projects to develop, ramp and sustain new process technologies, reduce BOM costs, improve equipment utilization and ensure “copy exact” process transfers to other high volume factories in New Mexico, Colorado and Ireland. My responsibilities include effective monitoring/control and maintenance of the process/toolset/equipment during various technology cycles and balancing the demands of cost, quality and output in order to ensure that the product meets the requisite standards while ensuring profitability. I am also expected to work on development projects for robust sustaining as well as for the transfer of new technologies From June 2006 to May 2011 (5 years) Graduate student researcher @ The graduate research was based on the investigation of the relationship between structure (architecture, phase segregation and chemical composition) and properties (self assembly, diffusion kinetics, mechanical strength) relations of block copolymer systems. Advisor: Prof. Ed Kramer From September 2000 to May 2006 (5 years 9 months)

Ph.D, Materials Science @ University of California, Santa Barbara From 2000 to 2006 B. Tech, materials science and metallurgy @ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay From 1996 to 2000 St Columbas School From 1983 to 1996 Vikram Khanna is skilled in: Process Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations, Semiconductors, Polymers, Materials Science, JMP, SPC, Design of Experiments, Thin Film..., Failure Analysis, Thin Films, Engineering, Manufacturing, Process Simulation, R&D, Characterization, Materials, Simulations, Engineering Management, FMEA, Six Sigma, Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Management Consulting, Operations Management, Physics, Supply Chain, Cross-functional Team..., Management, Leadership, Strategy, Business Strategy, Project Management, Consulting