PRODUCT LEADERSHIPACROSS IoT, AI &ENTERPRISE PLATFORMS
Industrial IoT
7+ years building and commercializing enterprise, Industrial IoT, RAG, digital-twin, and asset-management products across global operations. I turn physical operations data into intelligent, automated software — uncovering $7.2M in unmanaged spend and eliminating $4M in unnecessary purchases along the way.
- Product Strategy
- Product Discovery
- Roadmaps & Prioritization
- Industrial IoT
- Connected Products
- Enterprise Platforms
- RAG
- AI Assistants
- OCR
- Digital Twins
- Workflow Automation
- Supply Chain
- Inventory & Asset Management
- API Integrations
- Product Analytics
- SQL
- Python
- Power BI
- Figma
- Azure DevOps
- Agile/Scrum
- AI Product Management
- LLM Evals
- AI Guardrails
- Prompt Engineering
- Claude API
- Next.js
Hardware instincts. Enterprise software execution.
Product leader with 7+ years spanning Buckman Laboratories and Tata Consultancy Services, connecting physical operations, enterprise software, and intelligent automation. I have commercialized SaaS and Industrial IoT products across six global regions, 3,000 customers, and 10,000 sites — taking products from Figma prototype to 100% adoption in production.
My work sits at the intersection of hardware and software: from RAG-powered order-intake bots with 95% accuracy, to connected-loom digital twins that increased manufacturing utilization by 55%. I lead cross-functional teams across Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, SAP, and Legal, and I prioritize ruthlessly with MoSCoW and RICE to protect the highest-ROI work.
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Minnesota), BS in Mechatronics Engineering. CSPO certified and a Certified AI Product Manager (Codebasics AI PM Cohort, 2026), where my capstone, AtliQ PromiseKeeper, took an LLM sales assistant from user research to a deployed, evaluated prototype.
- BASED IN
- Memphis, TN
- CURRENT ROLE
- Digital Product Specialist (PM), Buckman Laboratories
- PRIOR ROLE
- Digital Innovation Product Lead, TCS
- EDUCATION
- MS, Industrial & Systems Engineering — U Minnesota
- CERTIFICATION
- CSPO · Certified AI Product Manager
- FOCUS
- Industrial IoT × Enterprise Product Management
Three clusters I build products in.
Product Strategy & Execution
Industrial IoT & Connected Systems
AI & Intelligent Automation
Products taken from discovery to production, and my latest AI build.
Global Equipment Ordering & Asset Management Platform
Commercialized an equipment-ordering and asset-management SaaS product across six regions, 3,000 customers, 10,000 sites, 400 sales reps, and ~2,000 internal users — reaching 100% adoption. Centralized global equipment governance after exposing $7.2M in unmanaged annual spend.
AI-Q Bot — RAG-Powered Order Intake Assistant
Owned AI-Q Bot from product design through production: combining RAG, RBAC, a 2,000+ SKU knowledge base, and OCR-to-SAP order intake to automate order placement with 95% accuracy.
Smart Inventory — Industrial IoT Deployment
Deployed Smart Inventory across 20 customer sites and 250 sensored tanks using Industrial IoT and logistics APIs, cutting rush orders 70%, expired-product returns 80%, and plant overtime by ~$0.5M annually.
Digital Handloom 4.0 / Bridgital Loom
Productized a connected hardware, e-commerce, and digital-twin platform, leading a 14-person cross-functional team on a $1.2M, 36-month initiative. Field discovery with 60+ weavers across 15+ clusters. Co-invented three patented digital-textile solutions — two granted, one filed; showcased at Adobe Summit and AI Impact Summit 2026.
AtliQ PromiseKeeper — AI Sales & CRM Assistant
Took an AI product from discovery to a deployed prototype for a founder-led consulting firm losing deals it had already earned: only 12 of 37 client commitments were kept and $423k of pipeline was waiting on a reply. Found the root cause (a memory problem, not a lead problem), mapped and scored AI opportunities, wrote the AI PRD and cost model, then vibe-coded the product. Claude reads emails and meeting notes and extracts every promise, deadline and buying signal with a verbatim quote; plain rules rank a daily brief and propose CRM fixes for one-click approval. It never emails a client or changes the CRM on its own.
Where I've done the work.
- FEB 2024 — PRESENT
Digital Product Specialist (Product Manager)
Buckman Laboratories International Inc. · Memphis, TN- Commercialized equipment-ordering and asset-management SaaS products across six regions, 3,000 customers, 10,000 sites, 400 sales reps, and ~2,000 internal users, reaching 100% adoption across initial deployments.
- Centralized global equipment governance after exposing $7.2M in annual unmanaged spend, consolidating SKUs, approval gates, vendor purchasing, and asset reuse, reducing equipment expenditure 50% over two years and avoiding $4M in new purchases within six months.
- Automated equipment selection with business rules, recommendation logic, compliance controls, and auto-approvals, cutting subject-matter-expert review time 50%.
- Deployed Smart Inventory across 20 customer sites and 250 sensored tanks using Industrial IoT and logistics APIs, reducing rush orders 70%, expired-product returns 80%, and plant overtime by ~$0.5M annually.
- Implemented predictive freight optimization using demand forecasting and inventory signals, saving ~$0.2M annually and improving logistics efficiency 15%.
- Owned AI-Q Bot from product design through production, combining RAG, RBAC, a 2,000+ SKU knowledge base, and OCR-to-SAP order intake, achieving 95% accuracy in automated order placement.
- Prioritized the multi-product roadmap with MoSCoW and RICE, deferring a global safety-audit integration by ~12 months to protect higher-ROI operational releases while maintaining existing compliance coverage.
- Directed ~28 production releases through biweekly Agile sprints, aligning the CDO/CFO, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, SAP, Legal, Sales, and vendor teams while mentoring junior PM/POs and interns.
- MAY 2023 — DEC 2023
Digital Innovation Intern
Buckman Laboratories · Memphis, TN- Secured $300K executive approval for the Global Equipment Ordering and Asset Management MVPs through Figma prototypes, workflow automation, and stakeholder demos while reducing process turnaround 5% and earning a GEM Award.
- JUN 2018 — JUL 2022
Digital Innovation Product Lead
Tata Consultancy Services · Chennai, India- Productized Digital Handloom 4.0, later branded Bridgital Loom, into a connected hardware, e-commerce, and digital-twin platform while functionally leading a 14-person Mechanical, Electronics, Software, and QA/BA team on a $1.2M, 36-month initiative.
- Conducted field discovery with 60+ end users across 15+ weaving clusters and two manufacturing sites, translating loom setup, maintenance, pattern, usability, and commercialization needs into the product roadmap.
- Improved manufacturing performance through connected-device workflows and digital-twin diagnostics, increasing loom utilization 55%, reducing downtime 62%, and lifting productivity 20%+.
- Analyzed 3,000+ operational data points with Python and Power BI, diagnosing ~35% of cycle-time and OEE variation and using the findings to guide process and product changes.
- Validated three digital looms with six trained weavers across Chennai and Kanchipuram, achieving independent fabric production across the pilot and generating follow-on requests for additional machines.
- Shipped nearly 20 e-commerce and digital-twin releases with 80% on-time delivery, strengthening testing and release-readiness practices after early issues and delivering 17 consecutive releases without blocker defects.
- Co-invented three patented digital-textile solutions behind Bridgital Loom — two granted, one filed; the product was later showcased at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas and AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
- JUN 2016 — JUN 2018
Digital Innovation Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services · Chennai, India- Engineered and simulated connected loom hardware and reconfigurable Jacquard systems using SolidWorks/CAD, manufacturing validation, and rapid prototyping, reducing hardware costs 30%.
- JAN 2016 — APR 2016
Digital Innovation Intern
Tata Consultancy Services · Chennai, India- Prototyped a mobile-controlled Jacquard card-punching machine and produced a woven fabric proof of concept within four months, earning a GEM Award and a full-time offer to join TCS R&D.
- EARLIER
Manufacturing Engineer
Shanmugha Precision Forging · India
Patents, awards, and credentials.
Patents
Method and System for Generating and Weaving a Personalized Pattern on a Fabric
Reconfigurable Jacquard Card Assembly
Method and System to Verify and Reconfigure Design Values of Reconfigurable Jacquard Cards
In the press
Awards
Buckman Laboratories
- 1Best of Buckman Award
- 4×GEM Award
Tata Consultancy Services
- 1Best Impact Award
- 1IP Creation Award
- 4×Star Team Award
Education
- MS, Industrial and Systems EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- BS, Mechatronics EngineeringSASTRA University, India
Certifications
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)Scrum Alliance
- Certified AI Product ManagerCodeBasics · AI PM Cohort, 2026
- Project Management CertificateCarlson School of Management
- Generative AI for Product Managers
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Product Manager / Senior Product Manager roles — Industrial IoT, AI Products & Enterprise Platforms
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- Location
- Memphis, TN