Pankaj's CV
Profile summary
Project Leader with 20 years of experience shaping operational and digital strategy. Adaptable professional transitioning from process engineering to project leadership, bringing GCC experience and expertise in asset management. Architected digital applications to optimize maintenance and executed capital reduction projects across manufacturing sites. Influenced enterprise wide cloud implementations and steered cross functional teams to deliver technical solutions. Committed to rigorous project standards and the application of agile methodologies to complex engineering environments.
Career highlights
Project Leadership: Managed the development of a bespoke digital application to optimize annual maintenance duration across 4 business units for a UAE based oil and gas company.
Operational Strategy: Executed a capex reduction project to use redundant capital assets across manufacturing sites by leading a team of 8 professionals and realized savings of 2.8Mn.
Technical Implementation: Implemented an enterprise wide asset management solution using Maximo 8.4 on cloud native Red Hat OpenShift across 4 sites for a US based oil and gas company.
Professional Certification: Maintained professional standards through the Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification to support project delivery and team coordination across complex engineering environments.
Professional experience
Shapes procurement strategy for Oil and Gas clients by integrating demand forecasting with ASPEN-PIMS simulation logic. Steers the development of GenAI accelerators to modernize plant maintenance workflows through the synthesis of ERP and CMMS data sets.
- Optimizes sourcing decisions and refinery output by applying LLM multimodal capabilities to complex procurement data.
- Delivered a plant maintenance proof of concept for a chemical manufacturer using 4 GenAI agents.
- Architects reusable GenAI and LLM-based accelerators to streamline maintenance operations.
- Manages the RFP process for GenAI-based maintenance solutions.
Architected digital transformation roadmaps for refining and energy clients, steering cross-functional teams to align operational objectives with enterprise data strategies. Defined the scope for asset optimization and procurement rationalization initiatives while overseeing the transition of raw business data into structured marts for executive decision-making.
- Delivered a digital transformation roadmap for a refining company, identifying 4 specific use cases across asset optimization, procurement rationalization, and inventory management.
- Executed an enterprise data strategy for a Middle East-based oil and gas firm, converting raw business function data into data marts to enable cross-functional KPI monitoring.
- Led the development of a go-to-market strategy for a new product line within a large lubricants company operating in the Southeast Asian market.
Steered digital transformation initiatives for global energy and industrial clients, managing cross-functional teams of architects, engineers, and designers. Defined project delivery frameworks to align technical execution with operational objectives across international sites.
- Managed the development of a bespoke digital application to optimize annual maintenance duration across 4 business units for a UAE-based oil and gas company.
- Collaborated with technical architects and data engineers to deliver AI and ML-based operational expenditure reduction use cases on the Azure platform for an Indian fertilizer company.
- Implemented an enterprise-wide asset management solution using Maximo 8.4 on cloud-native Red Hat OpenShift across 4 sites for a US-based oil and gas company.
Influenced the expansion of digital service offerings by establishing a specialized AI and ML practice. Managed a cross-functional team of 20 professionals to deliver technical consulting solutions across the US market.
- OperaƟonalized in accelerated mode CEO’s mandate to establish a new pracƟce offering AI/ML soluƟons with 20+ professionals and beat compeƟƟon to win 2 new accounts in US market with topline of $6Mn in FY19
- IdenƟfied market trends & reposiƟoned company’s technology consulƟng services from pure OT to full stack OT-IT player leading to and develop hybrid modelling capabiliƟes for process industry player
- Led strategic integraƟon program to reduce overall energy footprint of a large Oil & Gas client in Bahrain by value stream analysis, based on Hysis simulaƟon tool, of co-located manufacturing units
- Executed capex reducƟon project to uƟlize redundant capital asset across manufacturing sites for Reliance Industries by leading a team of 8 mulƟ-disciplinary professional and realized savings of $2.8Mn in 2yrs
- Strategized to eliminate the need of a long lead asset by detailed process study of petrochemical technology, leading to on Ɵme compleƟon of a large capital project and avoided financial penalty of $12Mn for JGC Gulf KSA
Managed cross-functional project lifecycles across international sites in UAE, KSA, and India. Coordinated technical workflows and resource allocation to ensure adherence to project specifications and safety standards.
- Implemented standardized project tracking protocols across regional sites to align operational reporting between 2012 and 2018.
- Coordinated multi-disciplinary teams to execute site-specific engineering requirements and facility maintenance schedules.
- Facilitated communication between engineering departments and site contractors to resolve technical bottlenecks during construction phases.
Coordinated technical operations and project execution across multiple industrial sites. Managed cross-functional engineering workflows to align manufacturing standards with national regulatory requirements and long-term asset management goals.
- Identified manufacturing operations technologies for 6 companies in APAC based on lifecycle cost analysis.
- Led a technology transition program valued at 200Mn for 3 companies in partnership with the India Fertilizer Ministry.
Education
MBA-PGPX | Ranked Top 20%
B.E | Ranked Top 15%