Ravindra Kanade

Forward-thinking Infrastructure Leader with 25+ years of cross-functional experience directing enterprise-scale automation, Building Management Systems (BMS), and critical infrastructure environments. Proven success driving massive multi-disciplinary infrastructure programs across the USA, UK, and APAC. Expert in operational stability, navigating technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers, and executing robust risk assessment frameworks to guarantee zero-downtime scalability within third-party and captive data center environments.

Senior System Engineering Supervisor at Honeywell Automation India Limited (2021-01 – Present)

• Demonstrates deep technical expertise leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects in Equinix data centers globally across Malaysia, Korea, and North America.
• Provides EOR (Engineer of Record) services for RIBA Stage 3 & 4 design phases and SI (System Integrator) services for RIBA Stage 5 construction/commissioning execution.
• Collaborates closely with software and product engineers to evaluate technical tradeoffs in product development, optimizing system architecture against project constraints.
• Spearheads complex infrastructure project execution, ensuring high-scale operational stability, precise roadmap planning, and support for Dashboard/Widget development.
• Drives sustainability and efficiency metrics within data centers through advanced PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) and WUE (Water Usage Effectiveness) calculations.
• Orchestrates large-scale virtual engineering programs, leveraging multi-disciplinary teams across diverse time-zones to optimize infrastructure lifecycle metrics.
• Utilizes advanced diagnostic frameworks to lead root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions for multi-tier industrial control and electrical monitoring anomalies.
• Directs techno-commercial RFQ evaluations, managing vendor alignments and mitigating risks for third-party system handoffs.

Regional Operational Leader at Honeywell Automation India Limited (2013-01 – 2021-12)

• Managed end-to-end site operations and deployment pipelines for complex critical controls, safeguarding performance requirements with minimal deviation metrics.
• Designed real-time monitoring and reporting strategies to track asset health, enabling predictive risk assessments for multi-site deployments.
• Fostered high-retention multicultural engineering structures, coordinating closely with international delivery hubs.

Global Infrastructure Coordination (Onsite Tracks) at Honeywell International (2001-01 – 2013-12)

• USA Onsite Track (8 Years): Strategic technical coordinator for major high-compliance mission-critical environments including Boeing, MGH, and Hershey's, executing software development and advanced system testing directly at Honeywell Headquarters.
• UK Onsite Track (1.5 Years): Commanded large-scale commissioning workflows and integrated protocol rollouts (BACnet, Modbus) for massive metropolitan facility architectures.

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management – Pune University

B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunication – Pune University