Shamit Kikani

• Revamped SpaceX's Small Business program - created data pipelines to achieve supplier diversity goals on NASA contracts amounting to $14bn • Built a predictive model to assess financial and cybersecurity risks spanning 10,000+ suppliers, through API integration with 3rd party databases • Engineered the E2E process automation in the 'become-a-supplier' initiative and built the data architecture for information exchange with vendors • Responsible for assessing the flight risk to all rocket launches by automating the traceability of counterfeit or defective product, disbarred suppliers, industry recalls, and product failure across 1.2 million parts • Implemented a risk-based sampling plan for quality checks on all rocket parts; ran software simulations to optimize labor and minimize detection escapes • Onboarded 4,000+ vendors for Starship and Starlink procurement, enforcing best practices to maintain reliability

• Developed a web-scraping algorithm in Python leading to improved tracking of consumer product shipments by 80% on strategic routes • Created a globally automated process to evaluate bids from freight carriers, and minimized transportation costs by $18mn through network optimization • Generated inventory forecasts for medical devices across 3,000 warehouses by performing time-series analysis on demand and supply data • Implemented Python scripts to extract unstructured data from websites and mailboxes, maintaining data integrity across SQL and SAP databases • Maintained dashboards and KPIs providing insights into business operations • Social Media Chair for the ‘Intern and Co-op Association’ at J&J

• Built a simulation model to analyze factors impacting the flow of patients being admitted and discharged from a hospital • Used big-data and statistics to optimize capacity planning of ICU beds at University of Michigan’s hospital • Automated staffing and scheduling of doctors’ shifts at University of Michigan's hospital • The algorithm was used to assign emergency shifts to 130 healthcare providers during the Covid-19 outbreak in Ann Arbor, MI.

• Designed a wire-burn ejection mechanism and actuating trigger for multi-barrel rocket launchers • Simulated the extreme loads using FEA to certify the mechanism as fail-safe and ensure successful testing of prototypes • Used computational methods in physics to evaluate the impact of magnetic fields on the performance characteristics of railguns

• Created an automated system for reporting atypical damages and flight anomalies on the Boeing 737 fleet • Enhanced aircraft maintenance workflows to minimize delays to flight schedules • Devised new procedures for work-order execution with increased focus on inventory management

• Re-designed thermodynamic circuits in industrial refrigerators achieving 7% lower power consumption • Software testing, programming and calibration of electronic components to support product development

UMich Team Mach • Developed a CFD approach to achieve dynamic stability in Radio-Controlled (RC) aircraft for AIAA's Design-Build-Fly tournament • Aerodynamic simulation of airflow pattern during takeoff and landing maneuvers to identify weight-and-balance problems affecting aircraft stability Computational Finance Research Group • Implemented principles of physics to build a predictive model for stock market trends and financial crashes • Researched the mathematical interpretation of 'energy', 'density', and 'gravity' and established their correlation with fluctuating stock prices

Design Lead at Aero-VJTI • Led the team in building Radio-Controlled (RC) aircraft and drones for the Boeing National Aero-Modelling Competition • Hosted workshops on aero-modelling and flight mechanics for engineering students at University of Mumbai • Partnered with NGOs to conduct classroom sessions on physics and aerodynamics for underprivileged children aged 10-14 years • Teaching Volunteer at Dharavi Diary Slum & Rural Innovation Project