Bharat Desai

Bringing an innovative approach to achieving the best cost structure

Bharat helps semiconductor companies increase their profits by achieving the best cost structure. He employs a two-prong innovative approach to achieve the cost leadership. (Click on Two-Prong Approach tab to get the details.)

Bharat Desai is passionate about building great hi tech operations organizations. He is a senior semiconductor operations executive with over 25 years of new product introduction, cost control and reduction, supply chain strategy and management, engineering, and quality management experience.  He has worked for start-ups as well as large semiconductor companies such as National Semiconductor and LSI logic.  He has led cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.  In addition, he has been successful at performing the following roles: strategic and operations planning, developing excellent partnerships, launching new products, and turnarounds. 

Bharat has developed an innovative approach to achieving the best cost structure.  His expertise is to bring this approach to hi-tech companies to gain a competitive advantage.  Currently, he is Founder and President of ShalShiv Associates, a firm specializing in operational efficiency and strategic planning for the semiconductor industry.

He has published a White Paper: How to Increase Gross Profit Margins of Semiconductor Products.  He holds MBA and MSEE degrees from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from India.

 Bharat is dedicated to community service. In the past, he led an Indian-American community organization of over 300 people for a number of years and he has worked as a team leader at Second Harvest Food Bank for over five years.  Currently, he is Co-Chairman of the ACT for Mental Health Board of Directors (a non-profit organization based in San Jose, CA) and is a Board Member on Santa Clara University’s Engineering Alumni Board. 

Bharat will be happy to discuss your company's cost challenges and how his innovative approach can help meet these challenges.  Contact him to get a free detailed presentation.  

What people are saying.......

   "Bharat was extremely detail oriented. He attacked problems with gusto working with both his groups and support groups to develop solutions that worked. Very professional and driven as well as visionary". 

    John Curcija, Director of Product              Operations, Micro Linear


    "Noteworthy is his affable leadership style which led to  exceptional teamwork development".    

     Rajan Saigusa
, Sr. Staff & Engineering       Manager, Operations Group, SEEQ Technology

   "In successfully leading his organization he modeled the winning behaviors he expected from his team. He was results-focused, team-oriented, and accountable for his actions, and he expected this of his reports.  He had a singular focus: the success of the company".

       
Roger Smullen
, Product Engineer/Supervisor, Micro Linear

 
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