Ajay Phansalkar

Ajay Phansalkar is an Operations Leader at Applied Materials with over 10 years of experience in product design and development. They have managed groups of young engineers specializing in semiconductor ALD product developments and possess strong project management skills. Their career includes roles as a Design Engineer at Gabriel India Limited and Vickers Systems International Limited, as well as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. Ajay also held the position of Associate Director Engineering at Applied Materials from 2005 to 2017 before advancing to their current role as Director of Technical Project/Program Management. They are pursuing advanced degrees in Project Management and Executive MBA at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, along with a BE in Mechanical from SSPMS COE.