Agile Experiences at Baker Hughes

“Commitment and Collaboration” cannot be achieved without setting the foundation in the early stages of the project. Join Rahul Sawhney and Prashant Patel as they share their experiences at Baker Hughes, Inc. and learn how their processes facilitate the initial conversation between multiple stakeholders to make projects successful.

Rahul Sawhney (CSM, CSP) earned a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, India and then a master’s degree in Software Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. He completed management studies from IIM, Kozhikode, India. Rahul has over twelve years of experience including development, testing, project management, release management, consulting, coaching and product & services delivery. In the past he has worked with Tata Consultancy Services and Philips Healthcare. Currently, Rahul works as lead consultant and agile coach at Infosys Technologies. Rahul pioneered the use of agile at Philips Healthcare, Bangalore and has played an active role in definition of Infosys’ agile methodology known as InfySwift. He has been associated with the agile journey at Baker Hughes since July 2009.

Prashant Patel (CISSP, PMP, CSM) earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Houston and then an MBA at the University of Houston, specializing in Management Information Systems. He has had multiple careers as a pipeline engineer, design engineer and security team lead. For the past 12 years, Prashant has been a member of the enterprise applications team helping Baker Hughes develop, rollout and support various ERP systems. Currently, he is a process manager in the enterprise applications group helping define execution and delivery processes such as release management, change management and project management and the Enterprise IT – Product Development Lifecycle methodology.

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