Visionary product leader with 17+ years of experience in the Product Tech Industry, with deep expertise in driving digital transformation across industrial automation, SaaS platforms, and edge/cloud ecosystems.
Adept at navigating ambiguity and leading high-impact teams to transform ideas into scalable, business-aligned products.
Proven track record of developing product strategies that align with business goals, influencing executive decision-making, and delivering innovations that yield significant ROI.
Recognized globally for innovation leadership, strategic influence, and collaborative thought partnership with proven track record of winning accolades and multiple patent submissions.
Actively seeking senior product leadership roles where technology foresight, executive presence, and organizational impact converge.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Product Owner
Siemens Foundational Technologies
10.2024 - Current
Assetfox is a SaaS platform provisioning information for managing equipment lifecycle based on Digital Product Passport (DPP) and Digital Data Consortium (DDC) regulations to support multi-stakeholder collaboration in Manufacturing-X and Factory-X ecosystems.
Defined product strategy and roadmap, aligning with EU Digital Product Passport regulations and industry consortia standards based on Asset Administration shell.
Translated strategic ambiguity into product clarity, bringing structure to diverse stakeholder demands.
Launched MVP within 6 months through lean experimentation, resulting in early-stage market validation.
Drove investor engagement and pilot customer onboarding by crafting compelling product narratives.
Integrated compliance, security, and usability into core product architecture for long-term scalability.
Key Contributions:
Reduced OEM onboarding time by 40% through modular data provisioning framework.
Achieved 35% decrease in decision churn via agile prioritization and alignment of cross-functional processes.
Accelerated readiness for conformance to IDTA standard to position for Digital Twin solution
Product Portfolio Manager
Siemens Advanta
06.2022 - 09.2024
Owned the strategy and execution for digital industrial analytics and process optimization portfolio on Edge computing platform.
Designed scalable roadmaps for cognitive apps, APIs, and platform services with API-first approach based on SAFe framework - Lean Portfolio Management.
Delivered high-impact demos to C-level audiences and international industrial fairs (SPS Nuremberg).
Key Contributions:
Developed award-nominated SieMirror App, enabling AI-based workforce attention analytics.
Reduced factory-level decision time by 20% through real-time visualization apps.
Led cross-regional teams across India, US, China, and Europe to ship five industrial-grade solutions.
Drove 50% product line growth through strategic innovation pipeline and team seeding.
Product Owner
Siemens Advanta
11.2018 - 05.2022
Delivered AI/ML-powered Edge analytical applications, improving customer satisfaction by 25%.
Owned 12 Program Increments and over 120+ Agile sprints.
Managed full product lifecycle, from backlog grooming to deployment and feedback integration.
Key Contributions:
Launched Machine Insight App, top-rated in German Digital Magazine.
Filed two European patents in predictive analytics for industrial equipment.
Reduced time-to-market by 30% through agile optimization and improved developer engagement.
Led Microsoft Stack Management packs that monitors MS Servers from backlog management, planning and release management.
Demonstrated ownership in the development of management packs for monitoring various services on Microsoft Azure including observability use-cases for telemetry data analysis.
Proposed generic framework to execute REST APIs to collect metric values of Azure RM Services using Azure Monitor REST API and achieved to save 50% development efforts and unit testing efforts.
Conducted research on various observability tools in market, understood customer needs, gathered product requirements and defined product roadmaps.
Coordinated with Senior Product Managers and architects in assisting and executing product requirements.
Managed Critical Customer escalations with a focus on customer satisfaction and quality, received CSAT rating of 4.8.
Supervised the on-time development & delivery of products while working with Development & Operations teams.
Collaborated with the pre-sales teams to ensure that products & services meet customers' current or future needs.
Consultant
Siemens Technology India
05.2014 - 05.2016
Researched, designed, implemented, and tested enterprise large scale products.
Acted as a key role in troubleshooting, debugging and upgrading existing 25+ applications.
Senior Developer
Wipro Technologies
08.2007 - 05.2014
Played a key role in coding & testing applications and fixed bugs in existing code across various product suites like Norton Security, HPE OpsBridge, Intuit CRM application and Collaborated with the Product & Design teams to develop 10+ new applications.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Anna University
06.2007
Skills
Domains: Manufacturing-X, Industrial Automation, Digital Twins, Cloud Services, ITSM
Tech Stack: Cloud and Edge Computing
Product Leadership: Product Strategy, Roadmap, Agile Product & Portfolio Management, Executive Storytelling, Business Case Design, Go-to-Market Strategy
Winner, Innoshark campaign - Commissioning Agent: An AI agent for all commissioning needs
Finalist Recognition for the SieMirror App, Innovation for Social Good category, Aegis Graham Bell Award, 02/24, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
IP Samman - ID Champion, Siemens, 06/21, Recognition for submitting the highest number of Invention Disclosures.
Patents
GenAI Commissioning Expert: an AI agent Multitool Researcher and Designer for all commissioning needs
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING DAMAGE TO PHYSICAL COMPONENTS IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT, 20178448.5, European Patent Office
SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONDITION OF AN ASSET IN TECHNICAL INSTALLATION, 20178448.5, European Patent Office
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