Shashank Pande
Hamel,MN
Summary
Versatile Leader adept at working with stakeholders to deliver technical solutions and accomplish business goals. Well-organized project and team manager with a people-oriented approach. Ready to bring 27+ years in Electric Utility Software deployment experience and pursue a new professional challenge in expanded leadership role.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Customer Success Manager
Siemens Grid Software
11.2022 - Current
- As a customer success manager, assist Siemens key account to implement Control Center Modernization program
- Identify the issues that are impediments to achieving the strategic goals of the customer and provide pathways to address them
- Work with IT and Operations to bring in alignment and improve culture of cooperation and trust
- Bring discipline to software delivery for the project
- Define and implement roadmap to improve processes and quality of delivery
- Provide visibility to the executive management via periodic reporting
- Bring about an overall culture change and positive energy to the project
Solutions Architect
Siemens Industry Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2023
- Created global software solution for microgrid management creating new business and revenue streams
- Successfully lobbied for new investment in the microgrid software solution
- Took total ownership of the microgrid solution in terms of development, technical sales, and project delivery
- Managed SOW contract development, pricing and proposals
- Met with non-technical stakeholders regularly and broke concepts down into relatable terms.
- Developed a team of engineers who can develop and deliver the microgrid solutions
- Participated in conferences, webinars, IEEE panel discussions and promoted microgrid management solutions
- Contributed to the Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS) roadmap
- Successfully led and guided a number of microgrid projects
Senior Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
12.2012 - 01.2014
- Led project delivery for Electrical Transmission Network Analysis Applications
- Customer support and training in the area of Operator Training Simulator (OTS)
- Mentor new engineers and provide on-job-training
- Collaborate with customers on active projects
Principal Application Engineer
Oracle Utilities
02.2011 - 12.2012
- Build a team of software developers to create a new software product
- Establish an agile software process that will work effectively for the geographically dispersed team
- Mentor team members to produce a quality software
- Certified Scrum Master
- Software architect for the product
- Lead developer to develop challenging applications such as optimal resource scheduling
- Provide clear picture of the progress or issues to the management
- Collaborate with product management to follow proper product direction
- Manage and meet the scheduled release dates
- Research advanced topics in smart grid area/algorithms for future development
- Keep informed about new technologies so that the product development can appropriate take advantage of them to keep competitive edge
Senior Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
01.2004 - 02.2011
- Lead Developer for Real Time Dispatch application for Energy Market Management System (EMMS)
- Lead smaller sub-projects in the area of EMMS and Energy market Management System (EMS)
Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
02.1996 - 01.2004
- Led EMS project delivery for Automatic Generation Control (AGC) and Operator Training Simulator (OTS)
- Software developer for EMS Applications
Education
Master of Science - Software Engineering
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, MN05.2004
Master of Science - Electrical Power Systems
VNIT/University of Nagpur
Nagpur, India03.1996
Skills
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Technical Writing
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Programming (C, C, Java, Perl, Python, FORTRAN, Structured Text)
- Troubleshooting
- Deployment support
- Customer satisfaction
- Coaching and training
- Microsoft Office, Visio, MS Teams
Accomplishments
- Identified cost drivers for project deliveries and implemented strategies to drive up the profit margins or give competitive advantage
- Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings
- Received Werner Von Siemens U.S. Excellence Award for innovative project
- Successfully established a new global product and created a globally recognized internal "brand"
Certification
- Certified Siemens Software Architect
Expertise
- Energy Management Systems (EMS)
- Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Integration
- Microgrids
- Energy Market Management Systems (EMMS)
- Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS)
- Power System Simulation
- Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
- RTU/PLC Programming
Languages
English
Full Professional
Marathi
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Professional Working
Timeline
Customer Success Manager
Siemens Grid Software
11.2022 - Current
Solutions Architect
Siemens Industry Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2023
Senior Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
12.2012 - 01.2014
Principal Application Engineer
Oracle Utilities
02.2011 - 12.2012
Senior Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
01.2004 - 02.2011
Power Systems Engineer
Siemens Industry Inc.
02.1996 - 01.2004
Master of Science - Software Engineering
University of St. Thomas
Master of Science - Electrical Power Systems
VNIT/University of Nagpur
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