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Program Manager, Digital Transformation  -  Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Lead the new product innovation and incubation team to ship from 0 - 1 market differentiating digital products.

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Vice President of Product Management

• Lead a cross-functional innovation squad (UX Designers, UX Researchers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Engineers) to bring new digital products to market from 0 - 1
• Craft the product strategy and own the roadmap for insights-driven products for CxOs
• Foster a culture of innovation and agile thinking to experiment, ship increments and iterate quickly
• Nurture and grow diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the business unit

Senior Product Director

Head a lean SaaS startup within ABS, scaling new product lines with unrivalled USPs. Develop and launch services and digital solutions worldwide, expanding market share and beating sales targets. Oversee product strategies, roadmaps, and development, applying an Agile approach, leading a team of DevOps, MLOps, Product Management, Sales and Customer Success Management colleagues. Devise digital enterprise strategy and accelerate the delivery of disruptive tools and services by building partnership program. A key member of the Executive Management team, collaborate with CEO and COO to agree corporate vision and lead global operations. Presented digital strategy and proposed technology to senior leadership, outlining how they resolve decarbonization and digitalization issues.

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Vice President, Digital Solutions

Oversaw the realization of digital enterprise strategy and an Innovation Program to pioneer new products with unique benefits. Produced rapid proof of concepts, prototypes, and pilots, building business cases, determining value propositions, and ensuring products and services delivered to schedule, specification and within budget, working in close partnership with cross-functional, multidisciplinary colleagues plus high-potential startups and leveraging Agile methodology. Tracked technology trends utilizing tech intelligence tools and connected with leading experts to offer groundbreaking solutions.
● Launched a corporate innovation accelerator approach inside three months and screened 350 startups with 28 selected for engagement.
● Generated $6 million in revenue and added more than 4800 users with the creation of a remote inspection mobile app, designed in 45 days with an augmented reality (AR) startup, that aided business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
● Developed and launched a web app, in less than a month, to track COVID-19 drivers worldwide and propagate informed client business continuity and incident management guidance for Operations.
● Scaled up pilot Operations Decision Support Center, to enable the utilization of data analytics to coordinate over 12,000 ships remotely. 
● Delivered rapid proof of concepts for ecommerce apps, AutoML, chatbot, Visual AI and digital twin solutions (employing 360° cameras).

Innovation Product Manager

Spearheaded the creation of digital enterprise strategy and related products. Led a team of consultants from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) plus envisaged and fine-tuned a digital strategy that encompassed customer segmentation, customer analysis, client discovery sessions, market sizing and research, right-to-win analysis, competitor benchmarking, financial modeling, and operating model evaluation. Formulated business cases, determining USPs and value propositions, and ensured delivery of product or service to agreed schedule, scope, and fiscal restraints by directing a cross-functional team leveraging Agile Scrum. Assessed new technology utilizing intelligence tools and connected with digital pioneers to address customer pain points.
● Successfully advocated for the adoption of Agile methodology and standards, leveraging user stories, product roadmaps and backlogs.
● Controlled a digital program portfolio worth $8 million per annum.
● Led the implementation of an Operations Decision Support Center pilot and Remote Monitoring for two clients, inside four months.
● Facilitated development and completion of an ecommerce platform and three related client projects, in three months, by collaborating with five strategic digital partners and building an adaptive digital partner environment.

Digital Transformation Product Manager

Supervised a multidisciplinary team focused on creating products and services that fell within emerging market trends. Drew up multi-year product roadmaps, oversaw R&D initiatives and business planning, assessed return on investment (ROI) and led training and mentoring of direct reports. Built and implemented go-to-market plans for service and product launches and headed development and commercialization planning for augmented reality, cybersecurity, data analytics, additive manufacturing, risk-based inspection, inspection drone solutions and services.
● Recognized as an SME within the Operations division.
● Boosted brand awareness with thought leadership, trade magazine articles, press releases, social media, email campaigns and conference papers, leveraging powerful marketing and communications planning.
● Published new technology qualification procedures and drafted business plans for associated services.

Manager, Advanced Technology & Research

Fostered a culture of innovation across the company by empowering creativity and spearheading the development of new business practices, products, and services. Led a global team pioneering technology in multiple specialties across the organization. Chaired brainstorming workshops to conceive new cybersecurity, Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, data analytics and operational risk management services and augmented corporate procedures and methodology. Collaborated with Marketing colleagues to devise marketing and communications plans that bolstered innovation and supported global Sales teams. Facilitated continuous improvement by enhancing the organization’s innovation efforts and presenting strategies to COO, SVP and CEO.

ABS Group

Manager, Innovation Research

Coordinated the review and development of new lines, enhancing the organization’s risk, reliability, and asset integrity management product portfolio. Created go-to-market and client engagement strategies to drive the sale of products and services. In collaboration with other consultant companies, discovered opportunities to improve services and service line products, providing suggestions to senior leadership. Expanded service offering by assessing prospective partnerships and acquisitions. Expedited product development by leading global sale strike teams that converted paid pilot initiatives. Designed and delivered bespoke training programs, covering Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), risk assessments and more. Chaired joint industry workshops tasked with the identification and mitigation of risks within industry operating business models and the determination of advantages gained through standardization.
● Won $10M in public and private sector projects by developing content and pricing plans for bids and proposals.
● Oversaw a budget of $1.5M and supervised a global team of 27 engineers tasked with the construction of risk-based framework for the US offshore industry regulator, enabling assessment of new technologies.
● Created Inspector Checklists and reviewed industry standards to pinpoint risk of non-compliance for a contract worth $500K.
● Evaluated the application of risk-related data within data collection practices and regulations across International Regulatory Forum (IRF) member countries, for a $700K contract.
● Determined the focus of US offshore industry regulator's data-driven inspection procedures for a $382K deal with advanced data analytics.
● Represented the organization at conferences, forums and within industry standards Development Committees.

ABS Consulting

Senior Engineer, Offshore/Subsea Risk & Reliability Applications

Led the evaluation of drilling systems, inclusive of subsea and topside equipment designs, to ensure adherence to ABS and industry standards plus regulatory compliance. Provided technical support to external stakeholders, field operatives and other technical functions. Resolved roadblocks efficiently and effectively, addressing risk assessment issues, inconsistencies with product specifications and ambiguous briefs. Identified an opportunity to improve technology qualification process, during new product development and implemented positive change. Boosted process efficiency by 30% by devising and implementing new, optimized delivery procedures. Slashed turnaround time for clients by 50% with problem resolution.

American Bureau of Shipping

Senior Engineer - Drilling Systems (Equipment & Risers), Offshore Engineering Department

Responsible for the implementation of risk assessment techniques for classification in the design, construction and maintenance of maritime and offshore assets. 

Additional responsibilities include 
•Initiating, executing and managing R&D projects focused on risk and reliability
•Developing and reviewing Class Society Guides and Guidance Notes
•Training of ABS personnel in the principles of risk assessment

Risk & Reliability Engineer

Technical assistance with risk and reliability applications for maritime and offshore assets, accident and system/component failure data analysis. Participated and obtained training in conducting qualitative and quantitative risk assessments.

Risk & Reliability Engineering Intern

Initiative to develop innovative ship designs in India. Focused on hull structure modeling, line fairing of bulk carriers and the application of ABS Common Structural Rules (CSR)

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