Shubham Dhoke
Business Analyst | Ignition Developer | Digital Manufacturing | MES / SCADA | Industry 4.0
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Industrial Digital Transformation professional with 7+ years of manufacturing experience across manufacturing operations, Industry 4.0, Business Analysis, Ignition application development, industrial data systems, MES-oriented solutions, and manufacturing digitization. Experienced in translating shop-floor requirements into BRDs, FRDs, process maps, AS-IS / TO-BE workflows, solution blueprints, technical proposals and digital manufacturing solutions. Hands-on experience with Ignition 8.3, Perspective, Vision, Gateway, SQL integration, OPC UA, Kepware, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Python/Jython, industrial dashboards, PLC-integrated applications and manufacturing analytics.
Completed the Inductive University Ignition 8.3 Credential in May 2026. Currently working as a Business Analyst at Algo8 AI, supporting manufacturing clients through plant studies, stakeholder workshops, requirements engineering, process mapping, feasibility studies, solution blueprinting, pre-sales and Industry 4.0 transformation initiatives.
Experience
Business Analyst at ALGO8 AI PRIVATE LIMITED (2025-06 – Present)
- Lead business analysis and digital transformation initiatives across Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, AI, SCADA and MES-oriented projects.
- Conduct plant visits, stakeholder workshops, shop-floor studies and process assessments to identify digitalization and automation opportunities.
- Gather, analyse and translate business requirements into BRDs, process maps, solution blueprints, functional requirements and technical documentation.
- Develop AS-IS / TO-BE process flows and future-state manufacturing workflows.
- Support feasibility studies, solution architecture discussions, estimation, budgeting, project planning and implementation roadmaps.
- Work with Production, PPIC, Quality, Engineering, IT, Supply Chain and plant leadership teams.
- Support Industrial AI, Computer Vision, SCADA, MES, production analytics and Smart Factory initiatives.
- Participate in pre-sales activities including requirement discovery, solution discussions, technical proposals and client presentations.
Business Translator at CEAT LIMITED (2022-12 – 2025-06)
- Delivered Industry 4.0 and manufacturing digitization initiatives across production, quality, maintenance and support functions.
- Designed and developed Ignition-based Entry UIs and digital manufacturing workflows.
- Integrated applications with MSSQL databases, OPC UA-connected systems and production data sources.
- Developed production dashboards and reporting solutions using Ignition and AWS QuickSight.
- Collaborated with controls and engineering teams on PLC-integrated manufacturing solutions.
- Worked with Production, QA, PPC, Maintenance, Finance and Technology teams to convert operational problems into digital solutions.
- Supported application testing, deployment, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and production support.
- Reduced manufacturing downtime by 100+ hours/month through digital workflow and ticketing automation.
- Improved bladder life from 430 to 450 cycles — 4.6% improvement.
- Eliminated 16+ manual logbooks/month.
- Reduced NOE rejection by 0.04% through AI-based vision/Poka-Yoke.
- Reduced tread rework by approximately 75 kg/day.
- Automated approximately 50% of rework-reason linking using PLC-integrated data.
- Reduced selected data-processing effort by approximately 4 hours/day.
- Improved production visibility through automated data collection and dashboards.
Management Executive at CEAT LIMITED (2019-04 – 2022-12)
- Managed manufacturing operations, machine monitoring, production reporting and quality activities in a high-volume tyre manufacturing environment.
- Supported production planning, manufacturing execution and process improvement.
- Worked closely with Production, Maintenance, Quality and Engineering teams.
- Applied continuous-improvement and problem-solving methodologies.
- Received the Highest Kaizen Award twice and a Best Kaizen nomination.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Artificial Intelligence – Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (2023)
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – Wainganga College of Engineering and Management (2015 – 2017)

