Avish Balwanth

Avish Balwanth

Consultant Engineer

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  • About me

    Product Manager with a passion for data driven decision making.

  • Education

    • Westville Boys' High School

      2000 - 2004
      Matric
    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

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      Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mechanical Engineering
    • University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

      2014 - 2014
      Certificate Financial Management
  • Experience

    • Casting Services

      Aug 2010 - Sept 2012
      Consultant Engineer
    • Frolos

      Sept 2012 - Apr 2013
      Plant Engineer

      Contract to commission plastic packaging equipment for company that manufactures frozen popsicles.

    • City Works

      Apr 2013 - Jul 2014
      Business Analyst

      Performed requirements analysis of key billing and transactional processes across the eThekwini Electricity Department, through in person meetings with stakeholders, business process mapping, data analysis, competitor analysis and best practice review. Managed new feature implementation as well as prepared change request documentation for the integration of 3rd party prepaid electricity users into ERP/billing system (over 100 000 users). Managed master data and data migration between 3rd party providers and client. Show less

    • Insight Consulting

      Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
      BI Consultant

      Created value by pitching new clients as well as developing new projects for existing clients at an IT/Data service startup. Delivered end to end data analytics solutions, including business analysis, technical data analysis, UI/UX design as well as impact/value added performance. Worked across a range of organisations including FMCG manufacturers, bulk terminal handler, a paper/pulp mill, logistics and warehousing companies, local government, and conference providers.

    • Smiths Manufacturing

      May 2015 - now
      Product Engineer

      Product Manager responsible for R 500 000 000 ($ 27 000 000) of turnover over 8 years, supplying various automotive cooling components to Mercedes, Ford, Isuzu, and Toyota. Successful launched 4 new products, from eliciting design requirements from international customers (Germany, USA, UK & Japan) to delivering quality products manufactured on state-of-the-art production lines. Designed industry 4.0 level automated production lines using robotics, data capture and analytics, and AI vision systems. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute
      May 2023
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