Gunalan Selvam

Product Manager

Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India25 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led digital workflow automation, cutting delays by 70%.
  • Achieved 33% rise in NPD throughput with Agile migration.
  • Mentored high-performance teams, ensuring design excellence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Leader specializing in Digital Transformation across Healthcare and Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Product ManagementProduct DiscoveryProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesProduct DevelopmentProject ManagementUx ResearchProduct EngineeringValue EngineeringGraphic Design

Other Skills

Workflow AutomationAgile Project ManagementBPMUser-Centric DesignPrototypingMaterial SelectionCost AnalysisDesign ChangesComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorPackaging DesignArtificial Intelligence (AI)Warehouse OperationsWarehouse Management Systems

About

With a foundation in Mechanical Engineering and over 26 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning both physical product design and software product development, I bring a truly holistic perspective to product management. My career has offered the privilege of leading the design and development of innovative medical devices, telecom and networking equipment, and cutting-edge consumer and computer products, driving these through the full product lifecycle—right from research and initial ideation to prototyping, design validation, and mass production. Over the past seven years, I have transitioned into the software product development space, managing global client projects and digital transformation initiatives, and aligning product, engineering, and design teams under Agile methodologies. This convergence of hardware and software expertise provides me with a distinct advantage. The future of product management will increasingly demand seamless integration between physical and digital realms, as exemplified by the ongoing evolution in the automotive sector—a field where vehicles today rely as much on advanced ECUs and algorithms as on their mechanical foundations. I am adept at uniting cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and delivering precision-engineered solutions that meet performance, compliance, and quality standards. Key highlights of my journey include: • 70% Workflow Delay Cut: Led digital workflow automation for a US production house—covering discovery to release—enhancing governance, collaboration, and time-to-market to win a new strategic logo. • 2× Faster Go-to-Market: Deployed artwork management solution, halving release cycles and maximizing content ROI. • 33% NPD Throughput Rise: Drove Agile-based platform migration for a US energy drink brand, improving adoption and output with no headcount increase. • Led ethnographic research and prototyping for Boston Scientific, resulting in multiple patents for innovative medical devices. • Managed cross-disciplinary engineering teams for global companies, achieving significant cost optimizations and ensuring compliance with rigorous industry standards. • Recognized for building and mentoring high-performance teams, driving value engineering, and ensuring design-for-manufacture excellence in every engagement.

Experience

25 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Acheron software consultancy pvt. ltd.

Senior Product Delivery Manager / Product Owner

Jun 2019 – Nov 2025 · 6 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · Hybrid

  • Built and scaled workflow and digital asset–centric products for global enterprise customers, owning vision, roadmap, and delivery.
  • ● Digitized a fragmented, email‑based marketing artwork approval process into a unified workflow platform with contextual dashboards, improving team efficiency by ~40%, accelerating artwork release cycles, and enabling expansion into new products & markets.
  • ● Replaced a complex, crash‑prone Excel‑based NPD (New Product Development) tracker with structured BPM workflows and intuitive web UI, enabling business development to handle 30% additional NPD projects without increasing headcount while improving launch predictability.
  • ● Led user research and redesign of a low‑adoption digital asset portal, mapping journeys across multiple functions, validating a new UX via PoCs, and increasing user adoption from <10% to >90% within 2 months of production release.
  • ● Conceived and delivered integrations between DAM and CRM/Marketing platforms so sales and marketing users could access up‑to‑date approved collateral in context, reducing tool‑switching, preventing use of outdated assets, and shortening response times to customers.
  • ● Integrated advanced templating engine into high‑volume print-commerce platform, expanding personalization capabilities, improving UX, reducing churn, and lifting NPS to 40+.
  • Responsibilities:
  • ● Defined product vision, success metrics, and quarterly roadmaps across multiple products and integrations, prioritizing backlogs based on customer value, technical feasibility, and commercial impact.
  • ● Conducted discovery workshops, and journey mapping with global teams to uncover pain points and validate solution concepts.
  • ● Authored feature specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria; collaborated with engineering, QA, and design to deliver high‑quality releases on schedule.
  • ● Mentored designers and engineers on domain context, user‑centric thinking, and quality standards.
Software Product ManagementProduct Discovery

Wipro

Technical Consultant – Engineering Design Services (EDS)

Dec 2013 – May 2019 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Provided product engineering, cost optimization, and innovation consulting for global OEMs in medical devices, ATMs, utilities, and telecom.
  • ● Designed a custom PC enclosure compliant with updated standards and thermal requirements for next‑gen ATM hardware, resolving thermal failures without changing ATM form factor and enabling significant BOM and logistics cost savings.
  • ● Led material selection, prototyping, validation, and release for a wearable medical device, working with global material suppliers and local vendors, delivering 150+ prototypes and complete documentation for clinical pilots and manufacturing.
  • ● Conducted ethnographic research on minimally invasive procedures, identifying ergonomic and usability gaps and conceptualizing multiple next‑gen endoscope designs and prototypes to guide the client’s product roadmap.
  • ● Executed VAVE and cost‑optimization programs for infusion pumps and gas flow meters, including teardowns, costed BOM analysis, and design changes, yielding meaningful cost reductions and long‑term value optimization options.
  • ● Conceptualized and validated a passive thermal solution for a compact telecom device under strict space and weight constraints, enabling higher power hardware upgrades without changing form factor and with controlled BOM impact.
Project ManagementValue EngineeringProduct Engineering

Wipro limited – wi-s&t division, pondicherry

Technical Team Leader – Product Engineering Group

May 2005 – Nov 2013 · 8 yrs 6 mos · Puducherry, India · On-site

  • Led engineering for desktop, laptop, and server products from standards‑based validation through manufacturing readiness (engineering BOM release, vendor readiness, and production line preparedness) supporting on‑time, high‑quality product launches.
  • Managed a team of 10+ engineers in delivering hardware and software integration projects under ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 frameworks, applying rigorous QA processes and compliance.
  • Defined and monitored project KPIs, executive dashboards, and quarterly performance reviews.
  • Supported sales teams in presales scoping and crafting technical sections of RFPs.
Product EngineeringComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Project Management

Venture advertising

Senior Graphics Designer

Nov 2003 – Apr 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos · Puducherry, India · On-site

  • Designed and produced print advertisements for newspapers and magazines, balancing creative quality with brand and production constraints.
Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorGraphic Design

Hcl infosystems limited

Engineer – Product Engineering Group

Sep 1999 – Nov 2003 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Puducherry, India · On-site

  • Supported product engineering, standards‑based validation, packaging, and manufacturing release for desktop and server products.
  • Develop, evaluate, release - enclosures, user guides and packaging for Desktops & Servers.
  • Interactive e-manuals – enhanced UX, conserve paper.
  • Eco-safe packaging – EPE-based recyclable materials.
Product EngineeringPackaging Design

Education

Pondicherry Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1995 – Jan 1999

Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School

Higher Secondary

Jan 1989 – Jan 1995

Montfort Higher Secondary School, Yercaud

Primary Schooling — Primary Schooling

Jan 1985 – Jan 1989

St. Charles Convent, Yercaud

KG and Elementary Schooling — KG and Elimentary Schooling

Jan 1982 – Jan 1985