Shirish Chobhe

About Shirish Chobhe

With over 24 years of progressive leadership in the engineering landscape, I have built my career on driving innovation, leading global teams, and delivering substantial business impact across the off-highway, commercial, and aerospace industries.As a General Manager, I have had the privilege of directing large-scale engineering operations, managing teams of over 170 professionals and steering an $18M annual budget to successfully launch high-risk, high-impact new product programs for key global markets including the USA, Brazil, and China. My approach is rooted in a commitment to excellence, which has enabled me to achieve exceptional talent retention (under 2% attrition) and consistently high employee engagement (94%).I am a strategic and optimistic thinker with a passion for solving complex problems. This has led me to become a multi-patent U.S. inventor and a prolific innovator, most recently applying AI technologies to streamline IT infrastructure and deliver a cumulative business impact of $1.8M. Whether it\'s turning around a tech center to achieve 300% growth or delivering a 160% ROI on a new project, my focus is always on achieving aggressive organizational goals and creating lasting value.My professional drive is fueled by a passion for solving complex challenges, creating solutions that delight customers profitably to create lasting business impact.Core Competencies: Global Product Development & Program Management P&L Management & Budget Execution Large-Scale Team Leadership & Talent Development R&D & Innovation - U.S. Patent Holder Strategic Planning & Change Management Frugal Engineering & Cost Optimization Operations & Risk Management

Experience

1. Global Process and Change Manager-it Infrastructure & Ops

   John Deere

   Dec 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

   Leading the efforts to develop & implement policy, process, and governance structure for Digital Workspace Experience Product family for Infrastructure and Operation under Global IT to drive excellence in operations for existing products and/or new products globally.

Education

• Caltech

  Systems Engineering Fundamentals, Systems Engineering

  2012

• Government Polytechnic Aurangabad

  Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

  1994 — 1997

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  PGDBM, Business Administration and Management, General

  2014 — 2015

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

  1997 — 2000