The Postal Service has named Amit Cholkar as engineering systems vice president, a position he has filled on an acting basis since June.
He succeeds Linda Malone, who has been named applied engineering vice president.
In this role, Cholkar oversees the strategic planning of technology initiatives to support mail, package processing and material handling systems, including the acquisition, development, deployment, testing and integration of new technology and software.
He also oversees the evaluation and quality assurance of new technology systems to increase operational efficiency and meet organizational goals.
Most recently, Cholkar served as technology development and applications senior director.
He also previously served as engineering systems technology planning and analysis manager, facilities planning manager, senior plant manager at the Columbia, SC, Processing and Distribution Center, and plant manager at the Dulles, VA, and Atlanta processing and distribution centers.
Cholkar joined the Postal Service in 2010 as an operations industrial engineer at the Harrisburg, PA, Processing and Distribution Center.
