Aniruddha Phatak

Aniruddha Phatak has a range of work experience in various roles and industries. Starting in 2011, they worked as a Project Intern at Cummins Inc., where they developed an improved holding fixture for manufacturing connecting rods. In 2012, they served as a Design Intern at Shree Systems Pvt Ltd, where they designed holding fixtures and frame structures of SPM machines.

From 2013 to 2015, Aniruddha worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology. During this time, they developed and built a test rig for testing the force-velocity characteristics of air muscles and tutored and mentored students in the Material Science Lab.

In 2016, they worked as a Product Engineer at MPI, Inc., where they designed and developed wax injection systems and optimized the design of scrapper blade and wax valve sub-assemblies. Aniruddha then worked as a Project Engineer Trainee at Cotmac Electronics Inc. in 2017, assisting in PLC programming for fully automated assembly lines.

In 2017, Aniruddha joined Zimmer Biomet as a Packaging/Validation Engineer, responsible for process validation of heat sealer equipment used for medical implants. From 2018 to 2020, they worked at AxioMed, LLC as a Quality Assurance/Quality Engineer, overseeing QMS, supplier management, and CMO operations.

In 2020, they joined Futurol Enterprises as an Associate Consultant, managing project engineering and serving as a member of the managing team. Aniruddha then worked at Capgemini from 2021 to 2023 as a Consultant. Currently, they hold the position of Senior Quality Engineer at ViCentra, starting in 2023.

Aniruddha Phatak completed their Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, they obtained their Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Mechanical Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, where they studied from 2008 to 2012. In addition to their academic degrees, Aniruddha Phatak has also obtained several certifications. In 2022, they completed the European Medical Device Regulation (2017/745) certification from TÜV SÜD. In 2020, they obtained certifications in Computer System Validation 21 CFR Part 11 & Annex 11 as well as GAMP 5 from Nemo Trainings. Aniruddha also received training in the implementation of Medical Device Regulation for CE Marking from BSI in 2020. Furthermore, Aniruddha Phatak obtained certification as an ISO 13485 Lead Auditor from BSI in 2019. In 2013, they completed the Pro E certification from Cadcam Guru.