I am Rishi Kumar Srinivasan.

With my background in ,
and my interests in Transportation, Aviation, and Autonomy,
I am working on making the World Better Connected.
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About

With a Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical) degree from the National University of Singapore, my passion for aviation is the driving force behind my career. I have placed myself at the crossroads of Engineering and Business, to hone in on Product-Market Fit for the aviation industry. The skills mentioned below are built on the experiences of my career, internships and projects.

Engineering Software Business
  • Rapid Prototyping/Manufacturing
  • Design and Analysis: FEA, CFD
  • Development Boards
  • Python Programming
  • Web Development
  • Database Management
  • Project Management
  • Design Thinking
  • Market Research
  • Financial Analysis

Experience

Management Consultant
  • Account lead across diverse client portfolio including government agencies, energy consultancies, non-profits, and fintech startups and generated ~$170k revenue from deliverables within 8 months
  • Successfully executed end-to-end SME digital transformation project for a SME.
  • Developed materials for companywide usage to guide Agile Project Delivery using SCRUM frameworks
  • Skills: ERP systems, Financial Analysis, Agile Project Management
June 2022 - March 2023 | Singapore, SG
Engineering Intern
  • Utilised MATLAB and Python for automating flight log analysis and developed methods for additional variables to aid engineering team using existing datapoints
  • Designed and developed components (drone-wall interface) and software tools (signal processing) for next iteration of drone incorporating insights from earlier Primary research with stakeholders
  • Conceptualised and conducted an end-to-end test plan (thrust stand test of single/coaxial motors) utilising third party test equipment and developed internal data processing tool customised for engineering team
  • Tools: Python, MatLab, SolidWorks, FEA

Business Development Intern
  • Conducted Primary Market Research with multiple stakeholders across the vertical of industry and analysed proposed business model with primary and secondary data to advise executive team on direction forward
  • Managed technical considerations from customers to advise on engineering decisions and direction
  • Studied a novel use case for the product through primary research and developed a go-to-market and development strategy for this application
Dec 2018 - July 2019 | Toronto, Canada
Autonomous Vehicle Intern
  • Developed and implemented a company wide work tracking tool using JIRA that seamlessly integrated the car conversion process between various teams which automated the process and accelerated work
  • Integrated Quality Management procedures into the car conversion process
  • Obtained insights into SCRUM based project management which I subsequently weaved into the work tracking tool for better planning
  • Tools: SQL, Jira,
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018 | Singapore, SG

Education

National University of Singapore

Singapore

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering
Second Major in Innovation & Design
Aeronautical Engineering Specialization
NUS Overseas College Toronto

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Jet Propulsion
    • Theory of CFD
    • Theory of FEA

University of California at Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering
Capstone: Neural Network Control of eVTOLs

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