About Gopal

Gopal Kamath

Business Management Consultant · Founder, River Learning

For over 30 years, Gopal has helped organisations — from heavy engineering shops to food, FMCG and furniture manufacturers — turn chaotic, legacy operations into disciplined, measurable, growth-ready businesses.

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30+ yearsshop floor · IT · boardroom
The journey

From the shop floor to the boardroom.

Engineer, delivery lead and dealmaker in one career — a rare fluency across operations, the IT stack and the boardroom.

Lincoln Industrial

Sales & Service Engineer

Designed, supplied, installed and commissioned automatic lubrication systems for integrated steel plants across India — a ground-level view of heavy industry.

Tech Mahindra · 10 years

Engineer → Delivery lead → Dealmaker

COBOL billing development in the UK, mission-critical support for British Telecom, global pre-sales and bid leadership, and new-market accounts in Germany.

Amdocs

Director, Business Operations

Led a 200+ person team delivering managed billing services for Tier-1 mobile operators worldwide, and a LEAN transformation with McKinsey for 20%+ cost optimisation.

River Learning · 2011 – today

Founder & Consultant

Hands-on consulting with owners, boards and C-suite leaders — ERP and SAP rollouts, shop-floor digitisation, Lean and 5S, KPI-driven performance management.

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30+years of industry and consulting experience
200+person team led at Amdocs
20%+cost optimisation through LEAN with McKinsey
48+business transformation case studies
Gopal's approach
Understand the business as deeply as its owner does, design a solution that's practical — not theoretical — and stay in the trenches until it's truly working.

Results that speak for themselves

  • A tobacco manufacturer cut machine breakdowns from 11% to 4%
  • A furniture company freed up shop-floor space while cutting order execution time
  • A 45-year-old manufacturer grew revenue 60% in two years
  • Dozens of businesses replaced spreadsheets, guesswork and gut instinct with systems, data and clarity

Core strengths

Business TransformationProcess Improvement (Lean, 5S)Project & Change ManagementPerformance Management (KPI Design, Dashboards)Software Project ManagementCross-Functional LeadershipFamily Business Advisory

Industries

Heavy EngineeringFurnitureFoodFMCGIT ServicesAmusement ParksEducationHealthcare
Ready to talk?

Every transformation starts with one honest conversation.

Tell Gopal where your business stands today — and where you want it to go.