Amey Joshi
Maryland
Summary
Seasoned Engineering PLM Specialist with 27 years in product lifecycle management. Expertise spans full-cycle greenfield implementations, legacy data migration, and process development. Led IT initiatives to restructure engineering PLM and enhance enterprise systems through strategic project management. Developed PLM practices and facilitated workshops on master data management to optimize data strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering PLM-Project Manager
HCL America Inc.
05.2017 - Current
- Engineering IT – Service Delivery Manager for Engineering Tower representing largest Industrial Engineering OEM across the globe.
- Managed team of 50+ engineers for OEM/engineering customer, overseeing IT application architecture and landscape development.
- Managing about 250+ Engineering Applications of Engineering & Manufacturing tower, primarily focusing CAD/PLM/CAE and Manufacturing tools. Managing the team and ensure that synergies across all the projects in the program are achieved and inter project dependencies are addressed effectively.
- Application Maintenance and Application Enhancements Activity.
- Application Management with the help of Service now (SNOW).
- Incidents/Service Request/Defects/Problem tickets.
- Executed planned enhancements to optimize application functionality.
- Planned and organized change ticket processes for effective implementation.
- Executed cutover activities to transition systems smoothly during deployment.
- Led operational task sessions to resolve high-priority issues.
- Managed hypercare phase to ensure system stability and user satisfaction.
- Coordinated go-live events to ensure smooth project launches.
- Clarified the requirement (BRD) through detailed analysis.
- Creating SOW for Project within Budget.
- Creating Project Plan aligning scope with SOW, deriving schedule and budget.
- Leading the procurement team for creating the SOW, customizing and updating.
- Managed, risk, scope, schedule, budget, procurement, communication, Millstones and planning.
- Gathered user requirements and directed developers for practical deliverables.
- Worked with the complete SDLC, elicit, analyze and define requirements.
- Executed Agile SDLC project using offshore and onshore managed service model.
- Conducted JAD sessions with the clients to identify the requirements.
- Used Rational Unified Process (RUP) for streamlining the team's development activities.
- Engaged in testing and evaluating projects at established integration points to monitor progress and pinpoint key functionality issues.
- Tested the changes for the front-end screens in Facets related to Membership, Benefit and Plan modules.
- Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) ensuring the forward and backward traceability of the Business Requirements to the test Case and vice versa.
- Reviewed and provided feedback on Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and conducted UAT to test the final application for usability, to verify all the user requirements were satisfied.
- Conducted daily scrum meetings to coach and mentor the self-organized, cross-functional Agile Project team on key principles of Scaled Agile (SAFe) competencies & practices including team ownership, commitment, effective user stories, agile estimation, and transparency.
- Tracked UAT issues/bugs and prepared reports.
- Performed job of contact point for all stakeholders (business, legal, compliance, development).
Project Manager (PLM)
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
02.2004 - 05.2017
- More than 16+ years of Customer Facing PDM/PLM/CAD projects Management experience (Installation, Configuration, Testing and training) within budgets.
- Successfully completed 10+ full scale PLM/CAD Fixed price and T&M projects on schedule.
- Preparing the Project Plan of PLM/CAD assignment.
- Created and monitored user, group, and role configurations in Teamcenter to ensure appropriate access levels.
- Deploy Major patch releases from SIEMENS PLM Software.
- Facilitated communication with GTAC for troubleshooting Teamcenter/NX challenges.
- Managing the issues arising due to multisite transfers.
- Delivered user support across multiple disciplines in a global setting.
- Supporting the CAD Applications NX, I-DEAS, AutoCAD.
- Well versed with CAD 3D modeling, Drafting and Assembly features of NX7.5 with Teamcenter as a PDM/PLM.
- Performing licensing and system Administration functions related to CAD Applications.
- Project for Navistar which has certain intermediate delivery cycles based on the Engineering Releases.
- Teamcenter multisite one-way communication instance is configured for Teamcenter & NX data transfer.
- Multisite batch transfer was configured to collect the failed data too.
Technical Head
Kalyani Net Ventures Ltd.
03.2001 - 02.2003
- Redesigned brake handle for two-wheeler to enhance user ergonomics and functionality.
- Analyzed input data and facilitated discussions through audio and video sessions to validate design components with customer feedback.
- Released the production drawing after updating the layout to meet client specifications.
- Developed the piston rod design.
- Performed an input study and developed the model utilizing solid and surfacing modeling techniques.
- Adjusted technical drawings to align with client specifications.
Education
Mechanical Engineering -
Sinhgad College of Engineering
01.1998
HSC -
New Delhi – Board (CBSE)
01.1995
SSC -
New Delhi – Board (CBSE)
01.1993
Skills
- PlM application management
- Project management
- Agile methodologies
- Requirements gathering
- Change control
- Customer relationship management
Certification
- WIN Award for Windchill Migration Packaging Project, 2023
- WIN Award for EU Compliance Project, 2023
- SAFE Certified, 2020
- PMP & PgMP Certified, 2023
- ITIL Certified, 2011
Skills
Product Design & Development, Product Configuration Management, New Product Initiation (NPI), Supplier Collaboration, Multi-CAD Integration with PLM (DS, SIEMENS & PTC), Multi-CAD Data management & collaboration, MCAD-ECAD Collaboration, CAD Data Management, Part & BOM Management, Platform Architecture & Variant Management, Supplier Management and Collaboration, Defining NPD Process, Build Value Roadmaps, Platform/Tool benchmarking, Domain Expertise Consulting, Employ Industry Best Practices and Standards, Infrastructure Recommendations of On-Prem vs Cloud, Rationalization Initiatives of enterprise Architecture, Roadmap for M&A – Consolidation Initiatives, Product Engineering Process Consulting, PLM Consulting, PLM Process Maturity Analysis, Proof of Concepts to prove PLM Capabilities, Systems Architecture Analysis and Recommendations, PLM Evaluation & Transformation Initiatives, PLM Implementations, Platform Upgrades aligning with Product Evolution
Personal Information
- Passport Number: T6189581
- Date of Birth: 11/03/78
Timeline
Engineering PLM-Project Manager
HCL America Inc.
05.2017 - Current
Project Manager (PLM)
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
02.2004 - 05.2017
Technical Head
Kalyani Net Ventures Ltd.
03.2001 - 02.2003
Mechanical Engineering -
Sinhgad College of Engineering
HSC -
New Delhi – Board (CBSE)
SSC -
New Delhi – Board (CBSE)