Nishit Turakhia

Nishit Turakhia has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Nishit is currently employed as a Principal Engineer at Wabtec Corporation. Prior to this, they worked at Storable as an Engineering Manager, where they led and managed a team of 8 members for a SaaS platform product called storEDGE. Nishit was responsible for participating in technical roadmap creation, managing risks, and delivering planned features.

Before Storable, Nishit served as the Director of Software Engineering at GE Digital, where they oversaw engineering and program management for Advanced Energy Management System product lines. Nishit participated in strategic planning and design sessions, directed and prioritized product development, and executed multiple projects concurrently with multi-million dollar budgets.

At GE Digital, Nishit also worked as a Technical Product Manager and Senior Software Engineer, showcasing their expertise in collaborating with product managers, leading agile teams, providing transparent liaison between stakeholders, and managing feature definition and scope.

Prior to their time at GE Digital, Nishit worked at Kyra Solutions as a Senior Software Consultant, where they gained experience in the public and private sectors, working with clients such as the Department of Revenue, South Florida Water Management District, Motorola, and Chase Paymentech Merchant Services.

Nishit also has experience as a Lead Software Engineer at Contech Software Pvt. Ltd, where they were involved in the full software development life cycle for the Marketing Service Management System.

Earlier in their career, they worked as a Software Engineer at Vadilal Industries Limited and Tata Chemicals, where they designed and developed applications using Oracle forms, reports, PL/SQL, and SQL.

Overall, Nishit Turakhia has a strong background in engineering management, software development, team leadership, strategic planning, and agile project management.

Nishit Turakhia completed their Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from L.D. College of Engineering from 1991 to 1995. In addition, they obtained an Honors Diploma in System Management with a focus on Computer Systems Analysis from the National Institute of Information Technology from 1994 to 1995. Nishit also holds several certifications in various fields, including Product Management, Certified SAFe 4 Agilist, Project Management Professional (PMP), Oracle 8i Certified Database Administrator, Oracle 9i Certified Database Administrator, SUN Certified Programmer for the JAVA2 Platform, and Six Sigma Green Belt. The specific date for the completion of the Oracle certifications and the Six Sigma Green Belt certification is not provided.