Rishi Thaker

Experience

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  Nobilesoft Solutions, Inc

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2009

  Application Engineer

  Involved in requirements gathering, performance verification of design specification and documentation for embedded based system designs

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  University of Houston

  Aug 2009 - Apr 2010

  IT Analyst

  Involved in planning, designing and automation of Office of Admission business process that resulted in 20% cycle-time reduction

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  Baker Hughes

  May 2010 - now

  Program Manager – Lucida Jan 2018 – Present Successfully launched next generation platform service with portfolio of over $150M consisting of 15 major projects with more than 120 internal engineers. Monitor and control schedule, budget, risks, FT readiness, PDM activities, etc. for Lucida HT programProgram Manager – Directional Drilling Nov 2017 – Dec 2018 Successfully managed portfolio of over $28M consisting of 15 major projects with more than 75 internal engineers, at least 20 on and off-shore consultants across various consulting companies and with overall project budget performance of deviation less than 2.5%. Successfully managed to streamline the MCM development process leading to at least 20% reduction in average development lifecycle days, better prioritization of MCM’s across different projects, monitoring & tracking and implementation of new solutions in different function groups Assisted in implementing and training different function groups in Drilling Services about the new Product Development process including stage gate checklist to comply with new PD process Supported team members with integrating and assisting on different activities throughout the year Show less Conceived and proved proof-of-concept for SAP/Teamcenter engineering part standardization, which demonstrated $30M cost savings, 30% duplication reduction and design reuse opportunityLed cross-function teams (EE/ME/Mfg./IT/Supply Chain/Contractors/Vendors/Data Management) of 5-20 employees to implement engineering product part standardization and classification in SAPo Standardization of 20k part numbers and reduction of 40% material using Big Data(Saffron), MS Excel, MS Project, SAP, InfoPath and SharePointGuided Supply Chain in realizing $1.5M savings by rationalizing 3rd party O-ring vendors to drive down pricing by 20-35% across all plants Led team of 12 engineers (EE/ME/Mfg./Operations/Contractors) to streamline and outsource Product Sustaining Engineering group work packets, resulting in $450,000 year on year savings, 7% increase in productivity and 30% increase in outsource resource utilizationDesigned and implemented engineering governance process that led to 45% reduction in part numbers creation and enabling reduction in inventory holding cost using Visio, InfoPath, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer and SAP Show less Built BHI proprietary design standards web database using Access 2010, SQL and SharePoint 2010o 1000 classified standards used by 1500 technology userso 40 new enterprise standards created since 2012 through consolidation of redundant standardsManaged 6 employees to implement design standard engineering process in Siemens PLM system: TeamcenterAutomated Global Engineering business process in SharePoint 2010 to integrate vendors and contractor’s activities, resulting in 35% cycle-time reduction Show less

  • Program Manager Program Management Office

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Project Lead - PLM & Part Standardization

    Feb 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Design Standards Engineer

    Oct 2011 - Feb 2015

  • RDD Engineer Intern

    May 2010 - Nov 2011