Amit Cholkar was named vice president, Engineering Systems, in August 2025, a role he had acted in since June 2025. He reports to the chief processing and distribution officer and executive vice president.

Cholkar is responsible for driving the strategic planning of technology initiatives to support mail, package processing and material handlings systems, including the acquisition, development, deployment, testing and integration of new technology and software. He directs the evaluation and quality assurance of new technology systems to increase operational efficiency and meet organizational goals. He also oversees the Headquarters Maintenance Operations organization that provides maintenance support for all equipment sets, and the strategy, design, implementation and activation efforts to transform mail processing facilities to next generation regional and local processing centers.

Before, Cholkar served as the senior director of Technology Development and Applications within the Engineering Systems organization, where his team was responsible for design and development of next generation package, mail, material handling and scanning solutions for processing and delivery operations, developing advanced recognition systems for processing equipment and providing lifecycle support for the $18 billion processing and delivery infrastructure.

Cholkar began his Postal Service career in 2010 as an Operations Industrial engineer at the Harrisburg Processing and Distribution Center. He has served in numerous leadership positions including manager, Technology Planning and Analysis at Engineering Systems; manager, Facilities and Planning at Headquarters; senior plant manager, Greater South Carolina District; and plant manager, Dulles and Atlanta Processing and Distribution Centers.

He received a mechanical engineering degree from M.S. University in Baroda in India. He also earned a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and a master’s degree in business from The Ohio State University. He is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program, the Senior Executive Assessment Development Center, and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified.

Latest update: October 2026