Gunjesh Shah

Experienced project management professional with over 8 years of international engineering and project leadership expertise. Skilled in managing complex capital projects, enhancing operational efficiency, and leading multicultural teams to deliver high-impact results. Strong background in stakeholder engagement, process improvement, compliance, and financial management. Currently based in Trevallyn, Tasmania, eager to contribute to community-focused project initiatives at West Tamar Council.

• Project Management, Technical Institute of America
• Business Analytics, Simplilearn
• Maritime Resources, Interpersonal skills, and Conflict management, Det Norske Veritas DNV GL
• Advanced Fire Fighter, Government of India
• Engineering Technologist, Engineers Australia
• Electro Technical Officer (ETO) (STCW III/6 Certificate of Competency), Government of India

• Stakeholder Engagement- Board Member, Northern Young Professional Network (NYPN)- Help create networking opportunities for young professionals in Tasmania, assisting with developing business relations and career advancement opportunities.
• Community Engagement Leader, University of Tasmania- Delivered engaging presentations to diverse university audiences and successfully showcased Community Engagement opportunities during UTAS events resulting in heightened student interest and participation., Collaborated effectively with a diverse team, and actively participated in planning and executing community engagement events enhancing its visibility and impact within the university community.
• Team Member, Launceston Toastmaster Chapter-Participated in regular public speaking workshops/seminars to improve my strategic leadership skills.
• Volunteer Team Member, Harvest Market, Launceston- Promoted awareness about sustainable practices to reduce consumption waste and helped shape a greener supply chain environment.

Green Financing in Tanker Shipping- Undertaken as part of an Industry Research project unit towards completion of MBA degree which involved data analysis and reports generation to present findings and recommendations for various maritime stakeholders, specifically early-stage adopters of green financing instruments worldwide.

Process Mapping and Improvement Journey for a Maritime Startup- Leveraged the lean business canvas model and process mapping methodology to provide recommendations for process improvement throughout each stage for a maritime startup company, contributing towards achieving scalable outcomes.

Strategy Development Plan, Developed a strategic implementation roadmap for a transport/shipping company, looking forward to improving its operations through digital transformation by adopting a sustainable competitive advantage practice approach.

• Associate of Quarter, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India, 07/14, Awarded to trainees for showing enthusiasm and passion for work excellence upon joining the company and for putting their best foot forward.
• Advanced Firefighter, Directorate General of Shipping, India, 06/22

• English (Fluent)
• Hindi (Fluent)
• Bengali (Fluent)