Saurabh Chaugule

About Saurabh Chaugule

My expressed views on LinkedIn are personal and are not the opinions of my employer, AWS.*Agile Senior Program Manager, result oriented, strategic leader of global cross-functional teams with 14+ years of techno-economic experience in energy & chemical manufacturing industry, in pursuit of positive social impact by solving complex global challenges. I thrive on building a shared vision across a wide range of stakeholders, from front line leaders to senior executives, and leading delivery through diverse global multi-disciplinary teams. Growth, collaboration, and a learner mindset being my core values, I enjoy maintaining a strong rapport with a growing network of expert resources in the industry and academia. I am passionate about accelerating energy transition and digitalization to ensure affordable sustainable supply of energy to a growing global populace. I am experienced in analyzing business intelligence and performance benchmarking to deliver long range strategic planning, budgeting, competitive target setting and developing gap closure plans for complex, highly integrated and world scale energy, and chemicals manufacturing assets. Consistently recognized for delivering positive impacts on Shell’s bottom-line, I have established a proven record of accomplishment in developing and implementing innovative technical solutions and lean business process improvements across the entire innovation value chain - from research & development to deployment and commissioning at integrated refinery and chemicals assets. I am an avid photographer, painter, hiker, marathoner, and a community builder. In my spare time, I serve as the President of the Purdue Alumni Club - Houston and on the Industrial Advisory Council for the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. Lead volunteering activities with Buffalo Bayou Partnership\'s (sustainability themed local non-profit) young professionals’ group – The Currents.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Global Strategic Partnerships - Energy & Utilities

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jul 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   I build AWSome strategic global partnerships for Amazon Web Services at the confluence of big data (enabler), energy (essential) and decarbonization (existential).Nothing is sustainable unless it is commercial. Demand drives commerciality of supply.

Education

• Institute Of Chemical Technology

  B. Chem. Eng., Chemical Engineering

  2002 — 2006

• Harvard Business School

  Other; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy

• Purdue University

  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Heterogeneous Catalysis

  2006 — 2010