Ashok S.

Ashok S.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Principal Product Manager at Boeing

  • Education

    • Southern California University for Professional Studies

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      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General
    • University of Mumbai

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      Bachelors Electronics Engineering
  • Experience

    • RP Accord Systems

      Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
      Consultant

      Oracle Apps 10.7 implementation/upgrade, federal financials experience.

    • Intelligroup

      Dec 1997 - Jan 2002
      Sr Consultant

      Oracle Applications 11.0.3 multi-year end to end implementation at a mid-tier fertilizer producer, data conversions, interfaces, reporting, map gap, training...

    • Johnson Controls, Inc.

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2006
      Technical Project Manager

      Oracle Apps Systems Implementations for European locations, localizations, multi-currency reporting, Impact of VAT and triangular trade analysis/Solution design/deployments, process and reporting efficiency via the use of Integrated Supplier program and EDI, Six Sigma application to process to improve data quality and reliability, actively contributed to the Million Dollar Minority Supplier Program, Oracle Procurement Support.

    • Extendicare Health Services Inc

      Apr 2007 - Jun 2013

      In my capacity as an IT Information Architect, I worked on a strategy and direction on technology investments via Enterprise Architecture and documenting the current technology (data flow, process diagrams and system architecture) landscape. I also worked directly with senior management on strategic goals and helping them translate the long term strategic vision into business goals and produce actionable technology projects. Created and delivered to the CEO an Enterprise architecture initiative document that highlighted the need, purpose, 12 step process, resources required and artifacts to be developed for a successful EA implementation. Show less

      • Lead Enterprise Architect

        Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
      • Manager, Programs

        Apr 2007 - Dec 2012
    • Amazon

      Jul 2013 - Oct 2018
      Sr. TPM

      I have ownership for executing and supporting expansions in different geographies for Retail, Digital and other categories. Additionally, I manage mission critical programs that directly impact the company’s bottom-line. Several of these programs involved reporting and interaction with senior executives. I received several commendations for my customer obsession and on-time delivery, I manage several business teams, in-house tech teams and vendor contractors.

    • Boeing

      Jan 2019 - now
      Principal Product Manager

      As a Product Leader in the Training Solutions organization, I spearhead the overall strategy and delivery of cutting-edge products in emulation, simulation, AI, and augmented/virtual reality. My portfolio enables immersive learning experiences that facilitate rapid and sustained knowledge acquisition in aircraft flight and maintenance. By aligning product strategy with senior management and collaborating closely with partner teams, I ensure that our solutions leverage the latest technologies and methodologies.I take pride in problem-solving with my product team and working hand-in-hand with customers to ensure product-market fit. My suite of innovative solutions helps our customers achieve tangible learning efficiencies, resulting in highly trained pilots, mechanics, and cabin crew, contributing to Boeing’s mission of addressing today’s aviation education challenges with tomorrow’s technologies.Key Achievements:Leadership & Team Growth: Scaled and coached a high-performing team, fostering the next generation of product leaders.Strategic Roadmaps: Drove product planning and developed business-outcome-focused roadmaps in collaboration with cross-functional teams.Product Development: Led the ideation, design, and launch of Flight and Maintenance products, iterating on MVPs to enhance customer experience.Customer Focus: Established customer onboarding and 24/7 support teams while engaging customers to inform product priorities.Data-Driven Success: Defined key metrics to monitor adoption and optimize product strategies.Through these initiatives, I consistently deliver high-impact products that meet the evolving needs of the aviation training industry while driving business success and customer satisfaction. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Enterprise Architecture

      Carnegie Mellon ISR
    • Oracle Financials

      Oracle Corporation
    • Six Sigma Green Belt

      Johnson Controls
    • AI Strategy and Leadership

      Emeritus
      May 2025
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    • AI Strategy and Leadership - MIT

      Emeritus
      May 2025
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    • TOGAF

      The Open Group
      Jul 2013
    • Project Management Professional

      PMI
      Dec 2007
    • Certified SAFe® 4 Product Owner/Product Manager

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Nov 2019
    • Product Management Certification Level 6

      Pragmatic Institute (Pragmatic Marketing + TDI)
      Apr 2019
    • Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals

      Databricks
      Oct 2024
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ashok S.
      High Five Extendicare Jan 2010 Helping new hires with the onboarding process, mentoring them and helping them settle quickly in their new position.
    • Awarded to Ashok S.
      Continuous Improvement Johnson Controls May 2005 Implemented Six Sigma process in the IT space by improving the quality on an important inbound interface from 2 Sigma (308K defects per million) to 3.4 Sigma ((36K defects per million)
    • Awarded to Ashok S.
      Billion Dollar Diversity Program Johnson Controls Mar 2004 Helped create the IT environment and processing for enabling the billion dollar purchasing program with minority, small business and women owned businesses.