Achiever's Success Story
“Ms. Swati Gaonkar, Founder and Director, STEP One Step Ahead”
“Success is not a destination one sets out to, it is an outcome of the journey towards excellence”, believes Swati Gaonkar, Founder and Director of STEP One Step Ahead. The organisation excels in providing blending robotics solutions to get adequate ROI. “Operating in a super dynamic and innovative field like “Robotics Automation” where things are changing on an everyday basis and experts getting churned out with each passing day, staying relevant solely depends on the impact we are able to create to the businesses working with us.”
Swati preaches “Believe in your team. Make pyramid of core team. Always think long term perspective. Follow your dreams with actions. Failure is first step of success so learn from failures and never repeat. Make your 9 ratna’s in team always. Surround yourself with people who believe in you and your dreams”
She is on board of trustees on own family NGO “SG Foundation” where they help the underprivileged. Social work is in her blood. She believes in helping others in all ways possible.
She has more than 17 years of experience in leading & managing application development, support & maintenance projects. She has delivered around 100+ software projects in multiple domains internationally. She has been instrumental in expanding the STEP’s footprint in various industry verticals and geographies. She brings value in projects with her agility.
Swati has led many innovative ‘firsts’ in various domains, especially bringing technological evolution in Robotics Service Spectrum, along with product development and consulting.
She has held leadership positions at Capgemini, Quality Kiosk technologies Pvt. Ltd., TATA Interactive, EnerNOC. She has expertise in global delivery operations, Agile, Software engineering, Robotics Process Automation, DevOps, digital transformation, testing, delivery management, leadership development etc.
Some of her accomplishments include:
- Great Companies “Women Entrepreneur Award Winner 2020”
- CIO Review 2020 – 10 Most Providing RPA service providers
- Great Companies “Best Women Founder Award Winner 2021”