Ajay Cyril

CEO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates11 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Global Winner in AI Coding Championship 2024
  • 11+ years in global product management
  • Expertise in AI and IoT product development
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Leader specializing in IoT and AI solutions for smart cities and homes.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementArtificial Intelligence (ai)Predictive AnalyticsProduct Development

Other Skills

Digital MarketingStrategyAgile Project ManagementJiraScrumUser Experience (UX)Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Team ManagementBusiness AnalysisTechnology ManagementIntellectual PropertyProduct Lifecycle ManagementMarket ResearchLeadershipBusiness Development

About

Hands-on AI Practitioner and Global Winner in the Coding Category at the Global Prompt Engineering Championship 2024. Experienced Product Leader with 11+ years of global product management experience in creation, launch and scaling of global products in AI Products & Services, IoT, Smart Homes, Consumer Electronics, Safety & Security, & Cloud SaaS Platforms . Strong product and program management skills, a proven track-record of leading teams to deliver products at scale and an obsession for crafting seamless user experiences with products. Expertise in innovation management, new product launch, product life-cycle management and ownership, digital marketing, consumer analytics, commercial modelling, solution architecture, process automation and customer experience design. At e& Enterprise, leading product for safe cities and smart homes portfolio. Creating the largest Smart Homes & Smart Cities ecosystem in MENA with native mobile apps and integrated devices and platforms from global partners in the domains of CCTV, home security and home automation. At Airtel Digital, reported to the CEO and led a team of 20+ to build out Airtel's newest business - Video Management and Video Analytics for Enterprises - including a SaaS platform for cloud video management, advanced industry-specific AI video analytics deployed on the cloud, edge inferencing devices and on the 5G MEC. During past stints at Tata Sons and Tata Communications - Responsible for incubating, launching and scaling multiple new IoT device portfolios in the domains of employee safety and security GitHub -https://github.com/ajaycyril HuggingFace -https://huggingface.co/ajaycyril

Experience

11 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

E& enterprise

Head of Product - IoT & AI

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • Leading Product for e& Enterprise's Safe City and Smart Home initiatives
Digital MarketingStrategyProduct DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)Product Management

Airtel

Principal Product Manager

Jan 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Reporting to the CEO, Airtel Digital and leading Business & Product for Airtel's newest business - Video Management and Video Analytics for Enterprises - including a SaaS platform for cloud video management , advanced industry-specific AI video analytics deployed on the cloud, edge inferencing devices and on the 5G MEC
Digital MarketingProduct DevelopmentPredictive AnalyticsProduct Management

Etisalat

Product Lead - IoT & Smart Homes

Aug 2019Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Delivering the Hassantuk initiative for Ministry of Interior, Government of UAE to enable connected homes with 24x7 monitoring for fire safety and an integrated Smart Home device ecosystem for every residential villa in the UAE.
  • Product Lead for Smart Home portfolio at Etisalat Digital with key responsibilities including P&L Ownership, Product Strategy and Marketing
Digital MarketingProduct DevelopmentPredictive AnalyticsProduct Management

Tata communications

Senior Product Manager - IoT

Nov 2018Aug 2019 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • E2E responsibility for creating, launching and scaling cutting-edge IoT products in the space of employee and enterprise safety, monitoring,tracking and Industrial IoT
  • Launched at scale the Tata Safety Wearable - world's first LPWAN-based smartwatch for safety of factory-floor workers
Digital MarketingProduct DevelopmentPredictive AnalyticsProduct Management

Tata group technology and innovation office, tata sons

2 roles

Senior Manager

Apr 2018Oct 2018 · 6 mos

  • Product manager for the Tata Group's first collaborative IoT product - A factory safety wearable for shop floor workers. Responsible for complete commercialization and GTM strategy - business modelling , manufacturing and pricing at scale, business development, solution architecture, service delivery and assurance, customer satisfaction
Product DevelopmentProduct Management

Manager - Projects and Operations

Jun 2015Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • 1. Project manager for the Tata Group's first collaborative IoT product - A factory safety wearable for shop floor workers. Responsible for complete commercialization and GTM strategy - business modelling , manufacturing and pricing at scale, business development, solution architecture, service delivery and assurance, customer satisfaction
  • 2. Leading Tata Sons' digital transformation - Project Lead for organization-wide deployment of Office 365 and corporate WiFi infrastructure - Responsibilities included requirement mapping, solution architecture, vendor finalization, change management and solution deployment
  • 3. Responsible for Technology Research and Insights- Market study, tracking and analysis of new technology areas to identify white-spaces and avenues for R&D/M&A
  • 4. IPR Management - Responsible for Group-level IPR strategy, analytics and IPR training programmes. Also driving IPR strategy for GTIO projects - Protection strategy, innovation management
  • 5. External collaborations - Working with external partners such as companies, universities, government bodies and R&D organizations to successfully deploy global-first products and services for the TATA Group of companies - creation of strategic engagement, legal frameworks and stakeholder management
Product DevelopmentProduct Management

Tata administrative services

TAS Manager

Jun 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Part of the Tata Administrative Services batch of 2014 - The group-wide leadership cadre of the TATA Group of Companies. Undertook following technology-focused training stints
  • Tata Teleservices
  • 1. Project management for successful delivery of a mission-critical application
  • 2.Market research and competitor benchmarking to gain deeper understanding of target market, product design and competetive differentiation
  • GTO, Tata Sons
  • 1. Design of Group-level IPR Programme -IPR Landscaping across entire TATA Group, Identification of key areas of improvement, implementation of redesigned programme
  • 2.Management of resources - Management and allocation of resources - Budget, faculty and scheduling of IPR intervention for Group Companies
  • Rural Project - Tata Trusts
  • 1.Livelihood intervention - Creation of a sustainable bamboo-based economy in rural Maharshtra 2.Design of supply-chain and creation of market linkages
  • Titan Company - Customer Service
  • . Design and implementation of a completely digital customer feedback system - Tab-based - Setting up of back-end customer analysis - Systems and processes
  • 2. Branding - Revival of unified branding for TITAN post-purchase sevice under one umberella brand - TITAN Care
  • 3. Process optimization - Process-mapping and efficiency measurement of each process in the Customer Service Department in TITAN according to ISO Standards - Recommendations to reduce duplicate resources

Tata administrative services - tata housing development company limited

Summer Research Intern

May 2013Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai

  • Analysis of TATA Housing Projects - Cost elements and loading factors
  • Competitive benchmarking and market study
  • Implementation of recommendations to reduce input costs of a project

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2012Jan 2014

BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell

Bachelor of Technology (BTech)

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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