ADITYA KUMAR

I have extensive experience in leading digital technology initiatives, with a strong strategic orientation and a proven track record of successfully incubating profitable Product and Services businesses in global markets. My expertise extends to diverse regions including the USA, Japan, Saudi Arabia, APAC, and India. I am a self-driven business leader adept at creating horizontal practices and leading high-growth teams. I have successfully led cross-functional teams to achieve key business objectives, enhancing operational efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction. I have demonstrated expertise in project management and strategic planning. I am widely recognized for my thought leadership and innovative go-to-market business models.

• Grown as a leader with consistent performance across different roles - Global Client Partner, Solution Architect, Product Manager, Pre-sales manager, Project Manager, IT deployment.
• Experience of new business incubation across multiple GEO's with P&L responsibility. Established 4 digital businesses across USA, Japan, Saudi Arabia, India and Singapore.
• Proficient in establishing high growth CoEs and leveraging it across global client base. Established Mfg. Industry4.0, Logistics 2.0 and Sustainability CoE with track record of adding 3 new logos per year.
• Ability to combine domain knowledge with latest digital tools especially Generative AI / AI and data strategy to optimize business process and help client sustain competitiveness in market.
• Helped G400 USA HVAC client improve overall growth by ~300 bps over last 2 years by focusing on product economics : improve net profit and reduce cost of capital deployed.
• Won 10M USD TCV for 3 years via water stewardship solution for a US based cement manufacturing client across 1500 plants.
• Experience of new product incubation. Launched Smart City Command Center, Connected Product IoT and AI based video analytics platforms.
• A proven thought leader who can leverage start-up ecosystem to create a strong value proposition.
• Recipient of best customer impact awards for several years.
• Recognized as top 100 IoT industry leader.

• HCL Generative AI 101 (Azure, Google)certification, 09/2024 - Present
• Generative AI - Upgrad, 01/2024
• GRI Sustainability Certification, 2022
• Industry4.0 Advance Diploma - Indian Institute of Science, 2022
• Leading for Impact (LEAP) programme, 10/2020 - 04/2021
• IoT Advance Course - Coursea, 2016
• DLMS Protocol - CPRI, 2011
• Product Management - Pragmatic Marketing USA, 2010

• Maverick Award, 2022. HCL Technologies India.
• ACES - Leadership Award, 2018. NEC Corporation of India.
• Business Person of Year, 2016, NEC Corporation of India.
• Employee of year, 2014. Landis + Gyr Limited
• Super Achiever of year, 2013. Landis + Gyr Limited.

• MWC Barcelona 2024. Represented HCL Industry NeXT practice.
• IEEE New Era World Leaders AI Summit 2024, Washington USA. Speaker on Leveraging AI in manufacturing transformation.
• NASSCOM Big Data and AI 2023 India. Speaker : Challenges faced in I4.0 project implementation in India.
• Connected Devices Connected World, 2020 India. Speaker : Smart Homes and Smart Cities.
• IOTShow.In, 2019 India. Recognized as top 100 IoT Guru in India at Conference. Speaker : 'Tackling Data Security, Privacy, Trust Challenges in the Internet of Things'.
• CEATEC - CPS / IoT Exhibition, 2018. Japan. Represented NEC at CEATEC to promote IoT in Industry4.0 and AI Engine - The Wise. Panel Member on discussion on 'Society 5.0 - Challenges of emerging Japan and collaboration with India'.