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Shashi Deshpande

Shashi Deshpande

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Global IT Manager at Ford Motor Company

  • Education

    • University of Mumbai

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      Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering

    • University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

      Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

    • Villanova University

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      Master’s Degree Mechanical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi

  • Experience

    • ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC

      Jul 1994 - May 1999
      Consultant

      Led several engineering consulting projects, featuring development, analysis & optimization of automotive products

    • Ford Motor Company

      May 1999 - now

      Leading IT Solution delivery to significantly enhance Supply Chain Resilience portfolio globally. Led IT solution delivery to significantly enhance Material & Vehicle Logistics portfolio globally. Led IT solution delivery with product-driven IT teams globally to transform product validation/testing in test labs and proving grounds. Led business relationship, strategy development and IT portfolio management at Ford Product Development IT, focusing on solutions in product validation/testing, cycle planning and resource management Led IT solution delivery using Scaled Agile methodology to enable major improvements in Global Capacity & Sales Operations Planning domain Led a change program managing key process, methods, tools & organizational enablers to drive enterprise level Agile adoption globally within Ford IT Spearheaded portfolio & business relationship management to develop/implement IT strategy supporting major business process improvement initiatives in Physical Prototype Engineering & CAE/Test Data Management Led strategic portfolio management & global IT solution delivery in Engineering Data & Process Management domain supporting Ford's Product Development organization Led IT solutions & technology futuring to enable Ford's global CAE transformation Transformed CAE & Product Verification Information Management with strategic process improvement efforts

      • Global IT Product Group Leader - Supply Chain Resilience

        Mar 2023 - now

      • Global IT Manager - Material & Vehicle Logistics

        Jan 2020 - Mar 2023

      • Global IT Manager - Product Verification

        Sept 2018 - Dec 2019

      • Global IT Portfolio Manager - Product Development

        Sept 2015 - Aug 2018

      • IT Delivery Manager

        Apr 2014 - Aug 2015

      • Program Manager, Global Agile Transformation

        Jul 2011 - Apr 2014

      • IT Strategic Portfolio Specialist, Physical Prototypes & Engg Data Management

        Jun 2008 - Jun 2011

      • IT Portfolio & Delivery Leader

        Jun 2005 - Jun 2008

      • Program Manager, Virtual Prototyping Process

        Jun 2002 - Jun 2005

      • Product Development Engineer

        May 1999 - Jun 2002

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SAFe Agilist

      Scaled Agile, Inc.