John Daniel Subbiah has over 15 years of experience in engineering roles at Caterpillar. His current role is as an Engineer where he is responsible for training configurators, setting up product options dictionaries, and participating in change management workshops. Previously he held senior engineering roles leading projects involving transmission restructuring, data conversion, and setting up offshore teams. He has experience in modeling, detailing, quality checking, workflow management, and training engineers. Special projects include reverse engineering variators through 3D scanning and overseeing the setup of a transmission training facility.

1. John Daniel Subbiah
Professional Experience
Caterpillar Engineering DesignCenter-India
Designation: Engineer (Jan 2015 to till date)
 Process Owner for Compatibility, Deployment champion for Compatibility throughout
Enterprise
Job roles & Responsibilities
 Responsible for creating training plan and training the configurators for all of the enterprise.
 Configuring and Execution of Pilot for one complete product for a deploying facility.
 Responsible for setting up Options Dictionary for individual Product Group.
 Involved in Enterprise change board workshops for Compatibility Space.
 Interact with Accenture and Siemens for Automation and other improvement in
Compatibility.
Designation: Senior Associate Engineer (May 2010 to 2014)
 Lead Engineer - Transmission Restructuring Project for Acquired Wolver Hampton facility UK
 Liaison in US for a 40 member team in India working on the transformation Project.
 Lead Engineer in US for Gear data conversion to CLASH for Lower Power Train division.
 Lead in setting up a data mining team in off shore (Agencies) for a large transformation project.
Job roles & Responsibilities
 Lead a team for restructuring of Transmission for an acquired facility in Wolver Hampton
 Daily meetings with Lead engineer onsite for clearing up the design issue, Collaboration with
the actualassembly line to clear the Assembly issues.
 Responsible in getting the correct CAT standards in the restructured Transmissions
 Clear up technical issues with constant meet up with engineers and line engineers as a
part of liaison activity and have the project moving with no stoppage of work.
 Maintain Clean up data and project hours for Billing and other purposes.
 Trainer for Manual to CLASH conversion in PRO-E with Clash data
 Technical expert for query clearance in CLASH related activities
Designation: Associate Engineer (May 2007 to 2010)
 Lead Engineer for whole of 2010
 Worked in Modeling & Detailing Team from Mar 2008 to Dec 2009.
 Checker for TBU-India team from May 2007 to Feb 2008, worked with TBU team checking by
supporting the casting modeling detailing done by the team
Job roles & Responsibilities
 Lead Engineering role supporting Torque converter and OEM
 Interact with the Process partners to get information required for completion of the Job in
daily basis.
 Manage work flow and get the work done on time
 Responsible in first level quality for the team

2.  Technical skills coaching for the team in modeling and detailing
 Team Trainer for HVC,Team Center, IE Specs and drawing related activities
 Lead green belt in improving quality for TBU
 Checker for Transmission Business Unit Drawings and responsible for quality from 2007 to
2008
 Lead a 25-member offsite team for 15 days to finish Tech data collection of 10,000
components, high priority and quick turnaround project for product development global tech
team
 CAPT to Pro-E conversion project of planetary groups which includes modeling of part to
assembly as per assembly procedure for Wheel loader (March 2009)
 Lead Inch to metric conversion project for creating from CAPT to Pro-E drawings
 Green belt role in a hybrid 6 sigma project on creating modeling procedures for complex
casting and forging
Special Assignments
Reverse Engineering of 2 Variators
 Project includes inward of Variators shipped from US,
 Planning for modelling and detailing with Cloud points
 Team selection with specific requirements on cloud point conversion.
 Selection of specific tools and fixtures for disassembly
 Disassembling of the Variators with documentation of Assembly procedure.
 Request Quotes and selection for Wire cutting of the outer casting and few parts
 3D Scanning and CMM of the casting with collaboration with CIPL in downtime hours.
 Project completed with less than the estimated figures and also with desired output.
 SAP process for Purchase orders,goods inward and outward self-done.
Setting up Engine and Transmission training facility
 Active role in setting up of transmission training facility in Engineering Design Center-India
 Interacted with dealers, negotiated rates for the purchase of a hydraulic crane and a Lift table
to set up our own turner transmission training facility in EDC-I
Additional Responsibilities:
 Trained in SAP Purchase order process and supported the DSBU-India regional support team
in their purchases related to setting up an engine Lab for Purchase Orders,Goods inward &
service request and also supported in their payment follow ups.