Mar 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• B2B Technology Consulting - Machine Vision & Industrial AI
• Drove Cognex's business with India’s largest automotive manufacturer by delivering AI-integrated machine vision solutions aligned with project needs, driving enhanced customer satisfaction and operational success.
• Served a cross-functional team of sales executives, application engineers, and channel partners to execute large-scale projects that drive exponential revenue growth for the company.
• Achieved 120% of the revenue target and amplified YoY business growth by 70% within the first 9 months through a consultative solution-selling approach and strengthening client relationships.

Dec 2023 – Mar 2024 · 3 mos · On-site

• Program Management - Business Development Initiatives (Founder's Office)
• Developed and executed sales and marketing strategies aligned with the company objectives to drive revenue growth by penetrating new markets and expanding the customer base.
• Led cross-functional teams to manage the product lifecycle, implementing pricing strategies to optimize sales and minimize loss, meeting targeted business objectives.

Feb 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

• Product Management - Computer Vision & AI (Founder's Office)
• Spearheaded the research and development of an AI-enabled Fruit Sorting System and 360° Grain Analyzer from conception to realization. Sorting based on size, colour, and visual defects using SOTA DL models.
• Orchestrated the deployment of 22 fruit sorting systems across India that helped to achieve a product-market fit and establish us as a prominent player in agricultural warehousing automation.
• Secured CE (Conformité Européene) and Legal Metrology (Indian & OIML) certifications for the products to achieve top-class quality and legal standards required for national and international markets.

Jul 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• DPIIT-recognized & NASSCOM-awarded deep-tech startup. Exited in early 2022.
• Research, design, and develop intelligent machine vision systems by leveraging image processing and deep learning as primary tools. These systems assist manufacturing industries to automate their manual inspection processes and achieve their targets of Zero Defects by eliminating human errors.
• Primary Roles -
• Research and development of machine vision algorithms, pipelines, and platforms
• Design and development of end-to-end machine vision software systems
• Requirement analysis and architecture design of Industry 4.0 solutions
• Secondary Roles -
• Pre-sales and proof-of-concept demonstrations to clients
• Key sales account management
• Managing after-sales support
• Business development
• Vendor development
• Achievements -
• Bootstrapped a DPIIT-recognized and NASSCOM-awarded startup
• Introduced and bench-marked 2 products in the automated inspection domain
• Deployed 18 successful machine vision-based inspection systems in a period of 22 months, with an average order value of INR 8 Lakhs
• Developed an advanced machine vision software library with base code derived from OpenCV and TensorFlow
• Assisted 12 manufacturing industries in automating their visual inspection processes, cutting their inspection costs by 40%
• Awards -
• Runner-up of Smart Manufacturing Competency Center (SMCC) Startup Challenge by NASSCOM

Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Udaipur Area, India · On-site

• As a member of the Equipment Development & Management group, I was responsible for designing, developing, and deploying machine vision-based industrial automation equipment at two manufacturing locations of the company in India.
• Achievements -
• Innovated a computer vision software library (using C++, C#) that enabled in-house development of quality inspection systems, cutting inspection costs by 60%
• Resulting in the deployment of 16 successful quality inspection systems across Secure’s two manufacturing plants in India
• Played a key role in the organization-wide achievement of Zero Defects in manufacturing, through automatic quality inspection

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 5 mos · Udaipur Area, India · On-site

• Learned advanced computer vision (OpenCV, TensorFlow, Cognex VisionPro) and implemented it in industrial automation equipment to detect visual defects in outgoing products on production lines.

Jan 2017 – Jun 2017 · 5 mos · Udaipur Area, India · On-site

• Developed screw inspection software for sorting them based on the defects on their heads, shanks, and threads using OpenCV in C++.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Paderborn Area, Germany · On-site

• Designed and developed a microcontroller-based substrate feeding system as a part of an ongoing research project on two-dimensional ultrasonic copper wire bonding machines. Additionally contributed to the research based on quality testing of copper wire bonds.

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany · On-site

• Developed embedded hardware components for the control computer of a single port surgical robot named FLEXMIN, also programmed its control routines using a MATLAB Simulink Real-Time target.