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Abhishek Gowrishankar

CEO

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States12 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led establishment of Amazon Robotics facility.
  • Achieved $110MM+ savings through process improvements.
  • Directed Covid-19 testing implementation for front line workers.
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About

A triathlete who is motivated by challenges and enjoys pushing limits. Worked in technical consulting extensively using mathematical modeling techniques to solve advanced engineering problems. Certified project management and system engineering professional currently leading teams to build high quality solutions to design, implement and scale operations.

Experience

Amazon

9 roles

Director

Promoted

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos

General Manager

Apr 2024Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

General Manager

Promoted

Aug 2023Mar 2024 · 7 mos

  • Established latest generation Amazon Robotics facility. Directed production and management for the facility (300+ operations and support team managers, and 2K+ hourly associates).
  • Set the benchmark in 2023 for launch buildings in US across metrics such as Cost, People and Quality. Every single day during Peak 2023 achieved #1 spot on the daily launch network performance scorecard.

Assistant General Manager

Aug 2022Jul 2023 · 11 mos

  • • Lead a team over 130 salaried leaders and 4,500 hourly associates to manage a 1MM sq. feet fulfilment center capable of weekly 9MM units throughput.

Senior Regional Process Engineer, Pathways

Oct 2021Jul 2022 · 9 mos

  • Lead a team of experts to drive continuous process improvements using statistical analysis and realized $110MM+ YTD savings.
  • Single threaded process leader for the US Robotics Fulfilment Centers impacting weekly 90MM+ multiple-order customer shipments.
  • Lead multiple Pack focused Kaizen events across the network training over 50 leaders YTD on structured problem solving methodology. Solutions addressed Pack station design, Safety and Ergonomics, and Productivity.

Senior Manager, Network Planning

Feb 2021Sep 2021 · 7 mos

  • Recruited and built a team of 10 Senior Program Managers to scale middle mile processing capacity by 60% YoY through multiple workstreams such as trailer volume availability, transportation modelling, launch planning, change management, holiday season execution planning etc.
  • Influenced senior executive stakeholders on strategic CAPEX expenditure and planning timelines and achieved savings of $60MM+ through deferred CAPEX savings by eliminating first party and third party assets from plan of record ($1B+) through metro level capacity/demand analysis.
  • Lead the team to build capacity management products and transportation optimization modelling for 1K+ middle mile to last mile connections and 10K+ middle mile to post office connections minimizing transit and operating costs saving $62MM+ annually.

Senior Operations Manager

Feb 2020Feb 2021 · 1 yr

  • Collaborated with dozen business organizations and owned pilot to launch first ever on-the-production-floor Covid-19 testing in Amazon, providing critical testing ability for front line workers. Influenced and involved in core deployment group that scaled testing ability to safely conduct several thousand tests daily across fulfilment centers in the country, while adhering to legal compliances.
  • Led change management team of subject matter experts on continuous process improvements and realized annual savings of $9MM. Successfully influenced design, strategy, and implementation of multiple retrofit projects worth $25MM, which were pivotal in enabling the site to achieve multiple all-time Amazon records in the network.
  • Directed the Learning department that on-boarded 100+ salaried leaders and 9K+ Associates. Owned recruiting process, onboarding experience and managed site head count that recorded a diverse population and facilitated a YoY reduction in manager attrition.
  • Spearheaded the Count-Amnesty-Pick department of 28 leaders and 1.2K+ Associates and took the team from 24th spot to 1st in the network for Pick performance and Inventory Quality across 59 Amazon Robotics building, all while reducing injury rates by 45% YoY. Department recognized with the “Bread trophy” in the building for showing resilience and achieving high performance. Team won the Semper Gumpy network award for maintaining the integrity of robotics floor involving 5K kiva robots across 4 floors processing nearly 850K daily transactions.
  • Managed the Quality department and won Injection Perfection network award for the very first time in 3 years. Recognized for the least amount of defects per million opportunities injected and maintaining high standards of fulfilment processes that handle 9MM weekly transactions with an inventory of 30MM+.

Pathways Operations Manager

Mar 2019Jan 2020 · 10 mos

  • Conceptualized and directed a $1.6MM plan to reallocate 5M inventory units in the network leading to a successful $9MM site retrofit; Arbitrated and aligned multiple support teams with operations to achieve the highest throughput in network.
  • Turned around 150+ member team by restructuring and streamlining processes to achieve 14% higher performance than second best shift; Performed pivotal role for Inbound in Peak-2019 by conducting process improvements contributing to a 17% throughput improvement while reducing safety incidents by 40%, saving $2.6+MM annually for the building.
  • Coordinated multiple recruiting events and partnered with 250+ students from B-Schools in Southern California area to actively help in YoY L6 application rate.

Pathways Operations Manager Intern

May 2018Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • Built and validated a model revealing $40MM in transportation and supply chain opportunities through strategic transportation routing and process integration to re-inject returns inventory into network closer to the customer
  • Devised and conducted statistically-driven pilot to identify labor savings through cycle time improvements in returns grading processes

University of michigan

Graduate Student Instructor

Jan 2018Apr 2018 · 3 mos · Ann Arbor

  • Student instructor for ISD-599B - Modeling Analysis of Vehicle Systems.
  • Conducted regular office hours to help students progress through their capstone coursework project and other technical issues.
  • Assisted professor in organizing homework, developing solutions sets, grading and quizzes.

Siemens plm software

2 roles

Application Engineer

Feb 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Chennai

  • Executed customization project from proposal to delivery for German customer coming in 45% under budget; Awarded “High Performance Achiever” at Siemens for exceeding customer satisfaction and successful management of projects worth $350K
  • Spearheaded offshoot proposals and led business development activities to promote local office execution in Indian & SE Asian markets by conducting meetings demonstrating expertise in automotive concept design strategy; secured projects amounting to new revenue.

Project Engineer

Jul 2012Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Chennai

  • Project Manager for technical projects catering top global engineering firms. Work closely with clients' research teams(onsite and offsite) developing solutions by conducting thorough analysis on relevant physics based mathematical models.
  • Specialties
  • Multi attribute balancing & Optimization techniques for Integrated Vehicle Development.
  • Python based Tool Development to aid R&D process - Customization Engineering
  • Controller strategy for Hybrid and Electric vehicles

Supra saeindia student formula

Co-Chair, Technical Committee

Aug 2013Jul 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Provided professional Formula experience as a member of the organizing committee comprising of college professors and established leaders in the Indian automotive industry.
  • Built and managed technical team of experienced industry professionals to ensure vehicle compliance with event regulations.

Formula 1

Technical Scrutineer

Oct 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr · Noida Area, India

  • One among the top 20 engineers/F1 enthusiasts selected from India, to manage & monitor full car setup, team garage and race proceeding.
  • Responsibilities included ensuring compliance of F1 cars with the technical and safety regulations.

Torq auto expo

Head

Sep 2011Feb 2012 · 5 mos · Coimbatore Area, India

  • Led the team that successfully devised an event attended by over 4000 students to witness 85+ exhibits.

Brakes india limited

Plant Trainee

Jun 2011Jun 2011 · 0 mo · Chennai Area, India

  • Learnt functioning of Brake & assisted in improvising assembly of drum brakes.

Renault nissan technology and business centre india

Engineering Intern

May 2010Jul 2010 · 2 mos

  • For the benchmark Study on Chevrolet Beat, I performed the tear down analysis and studied the smart techniques implemented.
  • Pitched an idea on Kinetic Energy Recovery System Implementation (KERS) and got approval for conducting an experiment. Acquired real-time data in a conventional gasoline vehicle over various drive cycles, and calculated the savings in energy and mileage through KERS implementation

Hyundai motor india ltd

Plant Trainee

Dec 2009Jan 2010 · 1 mo

  • Learnt Engine Assembly Process and Industry functioning

Education

University of Michigan

Master of Engineering - MEng

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan

High School — Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2008

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