Mr. Havildar is responsible for overall manufacturing operations including production, quality, supply chain, material planning, project management, shipping logistics, radiation safety and product engineering.
 
Mr. Havildar brings 20 plus years’ experience in manufacturing, operations and product engineering both in aerospace and the automotive industry.  He has led teams in the Ford Motor Co., implementing state-of-the art lean manufacturing systems and led technology teams in aerospace in product development and operations. Mr. Havildar is a certified six sigma black belt and has managed several lean and kaizen events for business process improvements. He holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Lamar University, Texas, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
 
He is married with two daughters and resides in Irvine, Calif.
 

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NDC Infrared Engineering, headquartered in Irwindale, Calif., is a leader in the design and manufacture of near infrared (NIR) sensors and systems for on-line and off-line analysis and measurement. The NIR product range includes instruments for monitoring fat, moisture and protein content in food; moisture, nicotine and total reducing sugars in tobacco products; film thickness, barrier layers and coat-weight in plastics; paper and board, foils and sheet steel.