Juhi Ranjan, Ph.D.

CEO

San Jose, California, United States16 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led high-performing product management teams.
Expert in scaling platforms and driving business impact.
Pioneered customer-centric innovation in Physical AI.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in the Physical AI and Software Engineering domains.

Contact

juhi.ranjan@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct Strategy

Other Skills

AndroidBusiness-to-Business (B2B)C-Level PresentationsCollaborative Decision-makingCollaborative Problem SolvingCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisComputer ScienceCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer InsightCustomer RetentionData StructuresDatabasesEclipseEstablishing Priorities

About

I lead RTI’s product management function across the Connext portfolio, including Connext Professional, Connext Drive, Connext Micro, Connext TSS and Connext AI, our horizontal GenAI-powered tools for building intelligent distributed systems. My focus is scaling platforms, growing high-performing teams, and driving business impact in the emerging world of Physical AI—where software meets real-world systems.

Experience

16 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Rti

6 roles

Head of Product

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

As Head of Product, I lead RTI’s product management function across the full Connext product suite. My role is focused on aligning product execution with strategic priorities, driving customer-centric innovation, and scaling our team and processes to meet market opportunities. Key responsibilities include:
Leading and growing a high-performing product management team with clear ownership, development paths, and aligned responsibilities
Defining and maintaining product roadmaps that balance business needs, customer demands, and market trends
Owning the business model, licensing, packaging, and pricing strategies to support sustainable revenue growth
Ensuring effective product development and release practices that deliver against company goals
Representing the voice of the customer in strategic decisions, and aligning cross-functional teams on product direction
Driving internal transparency and alignment by communicating roadmap, priorities, and policies across departments

New Product RolloutManagementLaunchesEstablishing PrioritiesProduct LeadershipStrategic Roadmaps+42

Senior Group Product Manager

Feb 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

ManagementEstablishing PrioritiesNew Product RolloutLaunchesProduct Management

Group Product Manager | Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Lead roadmap creation and strategy for RTI's flagship products Connext Professional and Connext Anywhere
Creating processes that help build customer-centric products
Leading team of high performing product managers

ManagementCustomer InsightOral CommunicationProduct AdoptionInfluencing OthersBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+15

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2021 – Aug 2021 · 4 mos

- Coordinated and created release and launch plans across multiple product managers managing several product components for RTI's flagship product

Oral CommunicationProduct AdoptionInfluencing OthersBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Product PlanningCollaborative Decision-making+7

Technical Product Manager II

Jul 2020 – Apr 2021 · 9 mos

Lead roadmap for product components
Created frameworks for feature and bug prioritization

Oral CommunicationProduct AdoptionInfluencing OthersProduct ManagementCustomer RetentionBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+8

Sr. Product Research Engineer

Aug 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

- Principal Investigator for 4 SBIR projects

Oral CommunicationTeamworkTechnical ProficiencyProduct Vision

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Founding Member

Feb 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

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Indraprastha institute of information technology, delhi

Assistant Professor

Jun 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

Developed 37 IoT prototypes with students and 4 assistive technology products that focused on problems related to disabilities I had identified as an independent researcher
Courses taught - IoT and Advanced IoT. Received excellent student feedback including - "Best course ever offered at IIIT (IoT)", "Faculty of this course is really ’awesome’"

Microsoft research

Research Intern

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Cambridge, UK

Published research findings on the use of a thermographic camera in determining people’s dynamic thermal comfort preferences in top HCI conference

TeamworkTechnical Proficiency

University of virginia

Doctoral Student

Sep 2011 – Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Awarded Outstanding Research Award (CS Dept.@UVa) for my Ph.D. research
Developed 6 IoT (focus: Smart Homes) systems using sensor fusion techniques and Machine Learning for sensing the context of a person in a home such as location, appliance usage, mobility patterns, etc.
Conducted user studies with 50+ users for validating the system prototypes
Funded by highly selective NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Awarded research grant (Double Hoo) for executing a project on tracking people’s movements in a commercial building using a load sensitive floor mat, with an undergrad

Oral CommunicationTeamworkTechnical Proficiency

Dhirubhai ambani institute of information and communication technology

Research Engineer (Contract)

May 2010 – Apr 2011 · 11 mos

Developed assistive devices for persons with disabilities (such as cerebral palsy) using embedded hardware/software design, which sensed different gestures to control peripheral devices such as TV,
lights, fans etc.
Indian government funded the distribution of 50 units of this device to people with cerebral palsy

Technical Proficiency