Shivani Palekar

Managing Consultant, State and Local Government at Guidehouse Inc. (Formerly PwC Public Sector)

Shivani M. Palekar, PMP, is a Manager in Guidehouse's State and Local Government Practice with over three years of consulting experience, specializing in the convergence of business and technology for public and private sector clients.

She holds a Master's Degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, where she obtained an impressive GPA of 3.988 out of 4.0, and a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from BITS Pilani.

Shivani's expertise spans program and project management, operations and shared services, change management, QAQC, information management, and business process redesign, making her an analytics and technology-focused consultant.

Her professional journey includes roles such as Managing Consultant at Guidehouse, Consultant (Pro Bono) at Bpeace (Business Council for Peace), Experienced Associate (Management Consulting) at PwC, Management Consulting Intern at PwC, Student Lean Consultant at Zingerman's, Grader at the University of Michigan, Trainee Analyst at EY, Intern - Projects Execution at Siemens LLC, Intern - Plant Operations at Siemens, and Intern - Logistics and Inventory at Emerson Process Management.