Amit Gogwekar

• Orchestrated design rollout and release of robotic software improving efficiency in beverage and retail industries for mixed SKU order pallets.
• Spearheaded strategic planning for enhancements in warehouse execution system to better meet client needs.
• Coordinated with sales project teams, SMEs, clients, and cross-functional teams to establish product roadmaps and prioritize features using Agile and SAFe methodologies for improved project alignment.
• Led cross-functional teams to define product vision and roadmap aligned with market needs.

Prioritized machine control products to align with tailored retail strategies and managed backlog effectively. Implemented standardized user interface to enhance consistency across applications. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, ensuring timely quarterly deliveries.

Key Achievements:

• Initiated, oversaw, and steered transformation of machine control application (WCS) to cutting-edge standardized UI framework, leading to impressive $100 million boost in sales and notable 30% enhancement in warehouse maintenance and operational efficiency.
• Executed UI upgrade for business logic-based products, generating $10 million in sales and establishing substantial $50 million pipeline.
• Led creation of configuration tool for visualization software, significantly cutting resolution time for client rendering issues, averting potential $3 million losses per project.
• Collaborated with UX team on VOC research, testing, and improving usability standards for new product features.
• Key role in training implementation engineers, facilitating swift adoption of new UI framework, resulting in 30% cost reduction at client sites.
• Responsible for Agile/Scrum adoption in front-end teams, achieving 80%+ increase in quarterly delivery rates."

Served as a Product Owner utilizing the Agile Scrum methodology to develop a novel cloud-based Higher Education ERP system.

Key Achievements:

• Prioritized vital app features based on customer and sales feedback for product roadmap and backlog.
• Collaborated with UX/UI team to identify key areas for streamlined UI wireframes, enhancing product development efficiency.
• Facilitated communication between delivery teams and stakeholders to gather requirements for cloud-based Higher Education ERP system, resulting in its successful delivery to ten colleges in first year.

As a business analyst/consultant, simplified complex transitions from old to modern systems.

Key Achievements:

• At IVANS/Applied Systems, partnered with development and infrastructure teams to collect requirements for migrating system infrastructure to cloud-based architecture, covering components like web servers, services, databases, and insurance provisioning tasks

Business Analyst/Level 2 Support Manager/Consultant for multiple projects.

Key Achievements:
General Electric (GE):

• Managed offshore Level 2 support team in Mumbai, India, for GE Infrastructure's Identity Management (IDM) system, handling user access to network resources, email, web services, and application-based roles
• Visited India for four months to train and lead offshore team, acknowledged by company for improving team's performance metrics
• Managed, guided, and trained offshore Level 2 support team, resulting in remarkable 100% improvement in their overall performance metrics.

Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson):

• Collaborated with team of system architects in role of business analyst to define new electronic labeling process for Ethicon's medical product packaging division.

PNC Mortgage:

• Engaged with business users to refine and update requirements for implementing vendor-based solution in Repurchase department.