Kaushal Shah

Senior Project Manager aligned to Product Lifecycle Management systems at Baker Hughes currently driving and owning project portfolio worth $4.5M

Primary responsibilities - Project management, Release planning & tracking, Executive communications, Escalation management, KPIs/metrics tracking

Drive the modernization and de-customization initiatives at Baker Hughes

Drive the Digital Product Definition program to introduce the next generation PLM & AI capabilities

Led the consolidation of 3 global PLM systems to achieve

• 75% reduction in operational and support costs
• Enabled concurrent engineering to drive productivity gains to the tune of $1.5M

Assessed and analyzed vendors based on customer requirements to deliver optimum outcomes

Co-Founder and Product Head at Kachow! - FinTech Social Trading Platform

Navigated the "0 to 1" journey - Scaled up the organization from 3 to 35 across technology and marketing domains

Owned the product at Kachow! - Strategized, designed and delivered the Kachow! app

• Create and drive Product Vision and Roadmap
• Track KPIs and success metrics
• Drive feature development to address end - user pain point and drive engagement.
• Conduct user feedback research & analysis - including A/B testing
• Launched the app in July 2022 and grew user base from 0 – 12,000 organically
• Devised GTM strategy to roll out the product to target audience

Acted as Scrum Master for the engineering team of 17

Conducted comprehensive market research to inform product development and competitive positioning strategies.

Collaborated with the marketing team to devise the messaging and communication strategy.

Navigated complex legal requirements to ensure compliance with industry regulations while minimizing risk exposure for the business.

Established foundational processes for IT operations.

Drove the separation initiatives at Baker Hughes - divestiture from GE

Delivered on the setup of High-Performance Computing environment (HPC) for Baker Hughes to support 1500 global engineers

• Outperformed on the delivery resulting into savings of $500K
• Operationalized the support model for HPC

Drove the Application Rationalization effort across digital portfolio -leading to costs savings of ~1.2M/year

Managed a global, cross-functional team of 40+ to successfully deliver on PLM platform separation

Successfully delivered multiple high-profile projects on time, ensuring client satisfaction and fostering long-term relationships.

Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.

As Senior Product Manager, delivered on 2 products from Ideation-to-Production phase

Awarded by GE Digital CIO in 2017 for productivity gains to overall GE Business

Digitized and automated the end-to-end invoicing process for business leading to -

• 75% reduction in invoice generation time
• 85% reduction in missed invoices
• Product used to house and model long term maintenance contracts worth $4 Billion
• Invoices worth $250MM generated in FY2018 using the tool

Owned the product strategy and product roadmap

Led the horizontalization of the product to onboard other GE business units.

Mentored Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog.

Built strong relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating communication between development teams and senior leadership.

Strategic consulting and gap analysis, including design and implementation of Identity and Access Management Systems for enhancing security.

Client Projects:

• Target Co. (Fortune 50) – Consultant
• AbbVie Inc. (Fortune 100) – Solution Developer
• Intel (Fortune 50) – Consultant
• General Electric HQ. (Fortune 10) – Consultant
• Comcast Inc. (Fortune 50) – E2E Site Readiness

Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects.

Delivered high-quality solutions for clients through comprehensive research and analysis of industry trends.