Manoj S. Shouche

• Successfully led the global product strategy for DMC3 (APC) and GDOT (Real-Time Optimization), aligning roadmaps with the self-optimization and boundless automation vision of Emerson-Aspentech.
• Delivered tangible growth in ACV for both APC & GDOT outperforming annual targets.
• Mentored and scaled a cross-regional product team, fostering innovation and execution discipline while meeting aggressive delivery timelines.
• Integrated APC & GDOT across Aspentech product portfolio (APM and ENG) driving business growth and customer value.
• Partnered with R&D, Sales, and Marketing to prioritize features informed by customer feedback and competitive analysis, accelerating adoption across the industry
• Spearheaded customer advisory boards and engagement programs to refine use cases and improve adoption—resulting in significant expansions at multiple enterprise accounts.

• Directed APC deployments and non-linear APC commissioning for polymer units, including DMC3 calibration revamps that improved control utilization and value generation.
• Oversaw alarm management KPIs and cybersecurity compliance across multiple sites, ensuring adherence to corporate and industry standards.
• Led capital planning and process improvement initiatives, incorporating RTO and simulation tools to achieve sustainability, production, and quality goals.
• Drove $8M+ in incremental profit through APC enhancements and RTO-based optimization strategies.
• Developed dashboarding solutions (Power BI, Aspen Watch) for APC, alarm, and control KPIs, improving operational visibility and decision-making.
• Partnered with data analytics teams to deploy predictive tools that reduced process deviations and downtime.
• Coached and managed teams of engineers, setting performance goals, monitoring KPIs, and fostering a culture of safety and operational excellence.

• Led a team of Chemical Engineers to drive excellence in the areas of Process Safety, Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Incident Investigation, and Operational Excellence (OE)
• Developed and maintained Long-Range Capital plan and functioned as a key sponsor for all plant capital projects.
• Managed resources to develop and implement process improvements to meet production goals, sustainability goals, and to enhance or maintain product quality.
• Partnered with data analytics team during use case scoping to trail data analytics tools (TrendMiner, North West Analytics) to predict process deviations.
• Ensured compliance with process safety standards including OSHA 1910, 119 and other corporate process safety standards.
• Set clear goals for the team members and monitor team performance and workload to ensure performance metrics were met.
• Partnered with manufacturing and reliability teams to develop and implement plans to maximize revenues and adjust plans as conditions warranted
• Ensured team was actively involved in site safety and environmental performance improvement initiatives and adhered to the site safety policies.

• Successfully managed a team of highly skilled engineers and specialist to achieve site advancing and continuous improvement goals by working closely with operations, technical, reliability, and capital projects to ensure all process control and optimization activities were implemented in a timely, efficient, and cost effective manner.
• Managed APC and Alarm KPI metrics to make sure they met the corporate goal and identified opportunities for improvement to sustain the benefits of the APC applications.
• Provided strategic guidance during development and implementation of new APC applications and revamping existing APC applications to deliver and sustain benefits.
• Delivered a total of $8.0 MM in gained profits through the APC applications.
• Developed a control systems engineering dashboard to monitor Alarm, APC, and Control loop KPIs and detailed analytics to provide actionable insights to the team.

• Provided leadership for shaping and implementing advanced process technology solutions, including APC and RTO solutions within INEOS.
• Managed strategic projects that increase plant capacity, meet business KPI’s, reduce energy usage, and improve raw material utilization using third party tools (DMCplus, Emerson Predict Pro, and Aspen RTO).
• Led benefit studies for all manufacturing sites as operating philosophies and economic incentives changed to identify and evaluate technology projects (meeting internal ROI criteria).

• Excecuted projects ($500 K – $2MM range) - in the Asia Pacific (APAC) Region – on budget and on schedule, while achieving high levels of satisfaction for both external and internal stakeholders by executing best practices in project management.
• Managed project financials including project booking, revenue recognition, project cost and margin, and payment milestones.
• Planned, monitored, and maintained appropriate resource utilization rates of services staff in the the South Asia office.
• Supported marketing and sales activities in APAC region.
• Successfully managed projects, spanning several technologies (APC, RTO, Planning and Scheduling, MES) and industry verticals, in the APAC region.

Successfully implemented Advanced process control (DMCplus) on the following:

· Crude units

· FCC units,

· Ethylene, and

· Sulphur units.