Aadil Ali

About

I’m a product-driven strategist working at the intersection of data, supply chain, and AI, transforming complex operations into scalable, measurable systems. My experience spans SAP/Workday implementations, API reliability, and cloud analytics, with a track record of delivering outcomes like cost savings, stronger forecast accuracy, and faster cycle times. I specialize in aligning business strategy with technical execution, building solutions that drive efficiency and long-term impact.

Experience

Caterpillar Inc. — Technical Business Systems Analyst II (Contractor via TekSystems)

Oct 2025 – Present · Peoria, IL

ITSM Leadership: Functioned as an information technology service management (ITSM) professional for the FMEA (e1ns) tool by gathering requirements, mapping workflows, and leading stakeholder discussions with senior leadership across FMEA, APQP, NPI & multidisciplinary CAT Technology teams while performing UAT for system updates to ensure stable performance, consistent documentation standards, and alignment with manufacturing business processes.
Service Reliability: Coordinated with senior leadership to triage and resolve ServiceNow tickets for FMEA (e1ns) tool while analyzing e1ns dashboard metrics in ServiceNow to seek quality improvement opportunities that strengthened system reliability, minimized outages & application downturn, and risks to application performance.
Data & Access Governance: Leveraged Snowflake to query license usage, perform IAM duties, and manage access provisioning for a 6,000+ user community; conducted Power BI dashboard reviews and maintained the FMEA reporting dashboard to ensure alignment with user needs and improved visibility into submitted requests and feedback.
Product & Process Optimization: Coordinated FMEA enhancement initiatives through Azure DevOps by leading backlog refinement, creating user stories, coordinating QA assessments for e1ns tool, and collaborating with product owners and data scientists enhance documentation standards and improve data governance and audit readiness; relayed enhancement requests to external vendors to improve operational efficiency for FMEA e1ns tool users.

Caterpillar Inc. — Digital Product Management Intern (Procurement)

May 2025 – Aug 2025 · Peoria, IL

Full-Truckload Optimization: Directed the end-to-end product lifecycle for the Order Navigation Experience Team (Strategic Procurement & Planning Division); authored the Project Charter for a high-priority pilot study focused on outbound logistics optimization, automating Snowflake-to-Power BI ETL processes to maximize truckload utilization and minimize shipping costs.
Data Pipeline Quality: Facilitated Agile ceremonies and modified the Definition of Done (DoD) to standardize governance; increased team velocity by refining the product backlog, providing extended support to the HVLV dealer project, and developing technical documentation for incoming interns.
Forecasting Accuracy: Utilized Agentic AI (Microsoft Copilot 365) and VBA macros to engineer automated forecasting simulations for the Building Construction Products (BCP) team; optimized the future orders process for 256+ machines, significantly improving planning accuracy and mitigating lead-time risks for high-volume, low-variation (HVLV) models.
Strategic Impact: Recognized as finalist among teams in the Caterpillar Procurement Case Competition by leading savings opportunities on $1.25M+ in spend.

84.51° (Kroger) — Product Owner Co-op

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 · Chicago, IL

Agile Delivery Leadership: Owned roadmap planning, backlog refinement, and sprint ceremonies, improving delivery cadence and alignment with quarterly OKRs.
API Transformation: Directed enterprise API Gateway migration to Kong, defining authentication protocols and coordinating phased rollout with engineering SMEs.
Performance Monitoring: Built Datadog + SonarQube API scorecards that increased visibility into code health and reduced service latency by 15%.
Documentation Standardization: Enhanced internal engineering documentation and API reporting structures, increasing consistency and reducing review cycle time.

Gilead Sciences — IT Digital Transformation & Supply Chain Planning Intern

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · Foster City, CA

Workflow Automation: Automated SAP S/4HANA + IBP demand/replenishment processes to improve inventory visibility and prevent clinical trial delays.
Operational Transparency: Integrated AWS CloudWatch and Microsoft Project for real-time synchronization across supply chain, R&D, and IT groups.
Global Enablement: Authored Phase 2 Project BlueStream training materials and implementation guides, supporting a successful global rollout.
Forecasting Impact: Developed advanced SAP IBP forecasting models that boosted clinical trial demand accuracy by 12% and optimized downstream MRP scheduling.

Oak Street Health (CVS Health) — Epic Analyst & Business Intelligence Developer (Contractor)

Nov 2021 – Apr 2022 · Akron, OH

EHR Migration: Led the Greenway-to-Epic transition, improving workflow efficiency, data reliability, and increasing patient visits by 15%.
Reporting Automation: Integrated Epic Beaker and Clarity modules, optimizing SQL and Power BI reports to eliminate 6+ weekly hours of manual work.
Training & Adoption: Authored technical documentation and delivered clinician training to improve ERP adoption and data literacy.
Data Governance: Strengthened reporting accuracy and identity access governance supporting Epic rollout and operational readiness.

Youngstown State University — Business Intelligence Developer

Aug 2020 – Aug 2021 · Youngstown, OH

Analytics Development: Built interactive dashboards using BRFSS 'Student Success Outcomes' survey data to provide insights into student behavior and academic performance.
Stakeholder Enablement: Partnered with academic leadership and cross-functional teams to integrate survey data into visual tools guiding student services decisions.
Engagement Outcomes: Drove marketing initiatives and cultural programs that enhanced campus engagement, supported enrollment growth, and contributed to improved graduation rates.
Predictive Modeling: Conducted trend analysis to identify retention drivers and supported foreign graduate student engagement through coordinated program events.

Additional Experience

All-American Freight Logistics & Akron Crossdock — Web Developer Consultant & Strategist — Digital Transformation

Jan 2024 – Present · Akron, OH

Full-stack Delivery: Built production websites for trucking and freight firms (HTML/CSS, GitHub/Cloudflare, Resend APIs) and Salesforce dashboards—driving ~35% vendor engagement, fleet growth, and sharper KPI decisions.

Marion Public Health — Health Data Strategist & BI Analyst — Public Health Data Visualization

Jul 2023 – Jan 2024 · Marion, OH

Epidemiology Dashboards: Developed live Power BI + ArcGIS dashboards for infectious-disease tracking, accelerating containment responses, improving cross-agency coordination, and strengthening state reporting.

Summit County Executive — Business Analyst Intern — Workday HCM & Financial Forecasting

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023 · Akron, OH

Workday Migration & Analytics: Migrated 500+ employee records with QA/testing and built dynamic Power BI dashboards integrated with Workday HCM, significantly improving workforce planning, forecasting accuracy, and executive-level decision support.

💡 AI Spotlight & Projects

🚀 Launch Live App 🤖 GitHub Repo

Why it matters

Purpose: Fast, self-serve analytics for supplier health, demand baselines, and inventory what-ifs.
Passion: Turning messy ops data into clear, actionable decisions.
Business Need: Score OTD/PPM/cost/risk, build an explainable baseline, and quantify lead-time/service/MOQ trade-offs.

What’s inside

Supplier Scorecard: KPI-weighted ranking with Bubble & Pareto visuals.
Demand Forecast: Moving-average baseline + weekday/weekly profiles, CSV export.
What-If Inventory: Dual-axis chart, inventory position, backlog distribution, fill-rate KPI.

Tech: Streamlit · Python · Pandas · NumPy · Matplotlib · Plotly

Nurse Next AI

🚀 Launch Live App 🤖 GitHub Repo

Why it matters

Purpose: AI assistant for triage, lookups, and routine workflows.
Passion: Deliver actionable guidance for complex health inquiries.
Business Need: Reduce context-switching; scale for internal ops and education.