Team
Keshav Tamhankar
India
Executive with 34 years of experience in techno commercial industry. Earlier worked as CEO of Tata Autocomp Engineering & in Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Magna Steyr, Force Motors, Boeing and Ford Motor Corp. Specialized in Engineering, Part Sourcing and JV & Technology Transfer Keshav holds Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai.
Christian Flixeder
Austria
More than 30 years experience in Finance and Business Development in automotive and non-automotive sector. Earlier worked for CNH and Magna. Specialized in Interim Management Finance, Management Consulting and Business Development. Christian holds a Master Degree in Economics of Kepler University in Linz.
ED UKAONU
USA
Ed Ukaonu is the CEO of IBN-GA, LLC, a digital marketing and advertising platform, Indoor Billboard Network. He has a remarkable passion and interest in providing an affordable platform for small business enterprises to extend their brands via an effective medium. Prior to that Mr. Ukaonu was CEO of Firstlight HomeCare Franchise and Vixio from 2002 to 2010. He has previously held Director level positions at PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Siebel Systems and AnswerThink. Mr. Ukaonu earned both his Bachelors and MBA degrees from the State University of New York system. Ed is a active member of Sandy Springs Chamber of Commerce and runs the 2018 session of the Chamber’s “Executive Roundtable” program. He is also a member of the Sandy Springs Rotary club.
Franz Hrabak
Austria
Franz is a mechanical engineer and has more than 35 years of experience in sales of technical products. He has held various positions both in Austria and Germany, including MAGNA.
Unmesh Mishra
USA
Sales professional having over 20 years of experience, in Industrial products sales and Technology Services Sales, both in India and USA in different roles including P&L head in Larsen & Toubro group. His core competencies include managing Sales team, building and nurturing client relationships and strategic alliance management Unmesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from NIT and MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, India.
David Kang
South Korea
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, David has more than 25 years of techno commercial experience in working in South Korea handling international projects. He has worked in engineering services, sales & business development, setting up offices and joint ventures in South Korea and other Asian countries. David works in Seoul, Korea taking care of sales & delivery for Spectratek.
Prasanna Ramasamy
Germany
With 16 years of rich experience in engineering design services, new product development, tooling for aero engine/gas turbine & aero structures. Have been associated with Fortune 500 clients like Rolls Royce, MTU, Prat & Whitney, Airbus, Siemens, Renault and MAN Turbo. Prasanna is based in Munich and handles business development & sales in Germany. Specialized in designing of jigs, fixtures of production and repair tools for ground support equipment, operations & tooling.
Wong Kok Kong
Singapore
Mechanical Engineer with double major business degree in Management & Marketing
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Practitioner with over 40 years of experiences in the industrial engineering and process industries markets handling both static and rotating machinery products and related services
Wide exposure in the Asia Pacific region having played diverse roles from predictive maintenance and field service to sales & operations, product training, customer service and marketing of key mechanical equipment
Peter Spackman
UK & Ireland
An experienced senior Manager / director with a significant number of years automotive industry background which has resulted in the successful delivery of a number of major development programmes at multiple global locations. Has detailed knowledge of global Passenger cars, Commercial vehicle, 2 wheelers and Bus markets with hands on experience of all aspects of Passenger Car/Commercial vehicle/Bus development & manufacturing. Peter has successfully established and managed design & development operations at remote locations and is member of senior management teams advising on and establishing business development activities and company strategies. He is specialized in joint Venture relationships and partnerships in low cost markets.
Michael Anthony
New Zealand
With over 35 years of experience in the automotive and engineering industry, Michael brings a wealth of knowledge that spans across design, procurement and administration. As the Senior Manager for one of New Zealand’s largest auto parts suppliers, he’s responsible for day to day operations which include overseeing the Workshop. Prior to this role, Michael spent 15 years with other light and heavy automotive organizations in New Zealand. Michael has also spent 12 Years in Malaysia, overseeing an automotive assembling plant there. His vast knowledge in this industry is a result of his keen interest in automobiles as a young man. This led him to pursue a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of India to build on his interest and a successful career in this field.