Arun Jayanthi
Portrait of Arun Jayanthi

I plan and run international projects.

Semiconductors, automotive and drones. I bring cross-functional teams together, keep schedules realistic and make risks visible. Experience from the Project Management Office of Bosch Semiconductor Operations and international client projects.

Project Manager · Reutlingen, Germany · Available now

Experience

  1. Professional development & own projects2026 – now

    Independent · Reutlingen

    Advanced German and PMBOK study; designed and built three Mac apps for everyday problems.

  2. Project Manager2024 – 2025

    InnoRes Analytics · Drone project for Drone Industry Systems Corp.

    Planned milestones and led a team; new Jira workflows cut email coordination by more than 60%.

  3. Master's thesis: AI in project planning2023 – 2024

    Robert Bosch GmbH · Semiconductor PMO

    Developed and trained four machine-learning models in Python on 4,000+ Bosch tasks; the best explained over 85% of the variation in task durations.

  4. PMO Intern2023

    Robert Bosch GmbH · Semiconductor Operations

    Schedule, risk and status reporting on two large international projects; linking hidden dependencies saved about 20 working days.

  5. Junior Project Manager2020 – 2021

    InnoRes Analytics · EV development for Fisker Inc.

    Tracked 350+ patent filings with engineers, analysed the market (TAM, customer journey) and built Power BI dashboards for status reporting.

  6. Project Coordinator2019 – 2020

    Resolute Pharmaceuticals · India

    Coordinated suppliers and procurement in the Marg ERP system.

Work projects

  1. Converting a California fab to silicon carbide →

    Bosch · Semiconductors

    PMO in the planning phase of the cross-functional project converting Bosch's Roseville fab to silicon carbide chips.

  2. Launching a chip test centre in Penang →

    Bosch · Semiconductors

    PMO for the cross-functional project that opened Bosch's chip test centre in Malaysia.

  3. Bringing structure to a drone project →

    InnoRes · Drones

    Milestones, Jira workflows and team coordination for a start-up building infrastructure for drone delivery.

  4. Can machine learning estimate task durations? →

    Master's thesis · Bosch

    Built four prediction models on real Bosch schedule data. The lesson: fix the data before the AI.

  5. Patents and market insight for an EV maker →

    InnoRes · Fisker Inc.

    Tracked 350+ patent filings with engineers and sized the market: TAM, customer interest and customer journey.

Personal projects

  1. Co-founding FoodieStop, a food-truck business in Hyderabad →

    Own venture · Food

    Started a fast-food truck with my brother and grew it from one truck to four in eight years: profitable within 14 months, investment paid back in three and a half years.

  2. Can a screen recorder show my brand? →

    Simple Record · Mac app

    Records the screen, me in a camera bubble, or just my voice, with my own badge on screen.

  3. Why does pasted text keep its formatting? →

    Plain Paste · Mac app

    Removes formatting the moment you copy, so ⌘V pastes clean text everywhere.

  4. Why did my e-books show blank pages? →

    EPUB Fixer · Mac app

    Drop in broken e-books and get repaired copies, ready for Apple Books in one click.

  5. Why is testing driver-assistance systems so slow? →

    University research paper · Hochschule Harz

    Realistic simulations take longer and longer to compute, and they also have to model how drivers behave. A systematic literature review.

Education

  1. M.Eng. Technology & Innovation Management2024

    Hochschule Harz, Germany

  2. B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering2019

    Malla Reddy College, India

Details

Languages
English · German · Hindi · Telugu
Methods
Classic, agile & hybrid · Scrum · Kanban · PMI/PMBOK
Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Workstreams
Manufacturing · Quality · IT · Logistics · Purchasing · Finance · Legal · HR

References

“Mr. Jayanthi's performance always and in every respect earned our highest recognition.”

Robert Bosch GmbH, reference letter

“Mr. Jayanthi demonstrated strong ownership, reliability, and a structured working style.”

InnoRes Analytics, reference letter

Interests

Outside work: cricket, badminton, table tennis, gaming and travelling.