Record-maker becoming the First Indian Civilian to fly Highest & Fastest to the Edge of Space in a MiG-29UB fighter jet whilst enduring the most G-forces and recognized by The Limca Book Of Records and India Book Of Records. Is also the only Indian civilian to have earned the option for a Vertical Take-off and Spiral Descent simulating a rocket launch & recovery when setting this record.

Record Achievement recognized in leading newspapers and online publications such as Bombay Times, Mid-Day, BusinessWorld.in and Mumbai Samachar.

Invited by Sony BBC Earth as an Influencer to promote the launch of their ‘City In The Sky’ show in India. Interviews featured in The Bridge Chronicle, Scroll.in and Sakal Times Pune publications.

Headed the Project Synchronization Office of the USD 100M Polyester Yarn brown-field expansion infrastructure project reporting to the Chairman & Board of Directors to accelerate the project which was on the verge of being declared a Non-Performing Asset by lenders to execute 25% faster completing the project in 11 months instead of the projected 18+ months even after a 3 month delay in project start resulting in an early revenue realization of USD 13M.

Accelerated short-visit maintenance time of aircraft at Delta Air Lines TechOps’ Base Maintenance Division increasing throughput by 24% even with 8% fewer resources catapulting on-time delivery from a meagre 14.3% to 66.7% resulting in a significant increase in aircraft availability and revenue potential for TechOps.

US Air Force Materiel Command : Designed the execution strategy and built high-performance team of SMEs to improve the throughput of maintenance squadrons of various weapons platforms such as the B-1B & B-52 Bombers, F-15 Fighters, C-130 & C-17 Transporters, KC-130 Tankers, E-3 AWACS and NASA’s Super Guppy. Improved the on-time delivery of C-130 aircraft from 45% to 85% by increasing throughput by 33% and slashed the turn-times of B1B Lancers by 29% boosting throughput by 47% & generating USD 35M in additional revenues for the squadron by freeing up capacity.

US Army Aviation Maintenance Squadron at CCAD : Spearheaded a Synchronized Program Management solution increasing overall throughout across 6 maintenance lines of Blackhawks, Pavehawks, Chinooks, Apaches, Hueys and Kiowas increasing overall throughput by 16% including 40% increase in the throughput of the high-volume Blackhawks line, 50% decrease in turn time of the Apaches line and 50% improvement in the overall parts availability through work-in-process reductions, resource concentration, superior prioritization mechanism of job cards allocation, shared resources and rapid issue resolution processes.

L&T Shipbuilding Hazira, India : Reduced overall build time of Custom Heavy Lift Ships through Discontinuous Improvement methods reducing build time by 30%, improving plate-cutting output by 60% and boosting block-fabrication output by 75%.

As a Process Reengineer at Delta Air Lines TechOps’ Engine Maintenance & Overhaul Division : became one of the youngest & fastest Continuous Improvement Black Belt; led the GM’s Strategic Initiatives Group team of 15 Managers, SMEs & Black Belts to identify and recover USD 6M from a better shop stock capture and scrap reduction processes.