Sudhir k (better known as S. K. Gupta) is an Indian-American business executive.

Education

In 1972 Gupta graduated from the DMET,

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in India. In 1981 he then graduated with a BSE degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. After this he graduated from an MBA at

Seattle University Seattle University (SeattleU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. Seattle University is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate prog ...

Career

Business career

Out of the University of Michigan Gupta started working for Designers and Planners Inc, before moving to

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in January 1982. He became manager of technical programs at Lockheed Shipbuilding Company by 1986. He has held technical and management assignments in engineering, business operations, business development, operations and program management on commercial, military and classified programs, including as the test director of the stealth ship

Sea Shadow ''Sea Shadow'' (IX-529) was an experimental stealth ship built by Lockheed for the United States Navy to determine how a low radar profile might be achieved and to test high stability hull configurations that have been used in oceanographic sh ...

from 1988-1995. Prior to coming to the US, he served as chief engineer on merchant ships. Sudhir K. Gupta was the Vice President of Operations for

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Company (SSC) from 2001 until 2011. Gupta has been a member of the Board of Directors of

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. He was also on the Board of Directors for Lean Advancement Initiative consortium and a member of the Industry Advisory Board of Tauber Institute for Global Operations, University of Michigan, he also served Lockheed Martin’s Co-University Executive for University of Michigan. Gupta serves on the Senior Advisory Board of LMC Properties, Inc and was member of San Jose Museum of Arts’ Board of Trustees as well as a member of the Board of Directors of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics).

Public life

Gupta has previously served as a

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Executive Committee member, and hosted both Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings. On January 31, 2011 a member's resolution forwarded by California Assemblymen

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and

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of the

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was passed on the Assembly floor upon the occasion of Gupta's retirement from the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. In it they stated that Gupta had been a Bay Area Council Executive Committee member, on the board for the

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, and on the board of the

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Recognition

In 1984 Gupta received Lockheed Corporation’s Robert E. Gross Award as Engineer/Scientist of the Year for his stability studies on LSD-41 class ships. In February 2004 S. K. was then honored by the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA and received the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award. In 2010, he received the

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. He is also the recipient of a ''

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'' design and engineering award and the

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Single Process Initiative Award.

References

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