Axel Ramirez

About Axel Ramirez

Results-driven executive leader specializing in Product Management, Innovation, and AI Solutions. Extensive experience driving strategic initiatives, ecosystem growth, and digital transformation within global technology corporations. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, delivering exponential growth and pioneering solutions in IoT and software platforms with a track record of driving success towards a SaaS portfolio of products.Experienced providing product vision and multi-year roadmaps, driving rapid prototyping, and protecting intellectual property as a Lenovo master inventor, via patent protection, while navigating the chasm that exists from advanced technology research commercialization to product portfolios and to product launches. Tinkering with technology since an early age, and imagining new and better ways to deliver innovation is at Axel\'s core. This aptitude and focus has helped him build, lead and launch various industry and/or company firsts:• Drove, as Research Program Manager, ThinkPad portfolio intercept of Hybrid Computing (ARM + x86) offering• Led, as Senior Manager, R&D team to first ThinkPad Android tablet launch• Led, as Senior Manager, first cloud-based Windows Imaging Recovery Service for Lenovo PC products• Led, as Senior Manager, next-gen “AnyPen” into Chrome EDU w/ Pencil Touch• Led, as Director, first manageability console for your fleet of ThinkSmart smart office collaboration devices• Led, as Director,\"One Lenovo\'s\" first unified IoT edge device management integration strategy between pc and server based devices

Experience

1. Director Strategic Product Management & Ai Enablement

   Lenovo

   Jun 2023 — Present · Orlando, FL, US

   Led the development and successful launch of Lenovo IT Assist, an AI-powered assistant that automates device management tasks, substantially reducing IT workloads. Built and executed a comprehensive generative AI service pipeline, integrating over eight strategic ISVs into the UDS SaaS In-App Subscription sales channel to support the Intelligent Devices Group\'s broader AI strategy for AI PC and AI Now initiatives. Directed cross-functional teams in architecting and deploying 13 foundational AI services on the UDS platform, establishing scalable data infrastructure that delivers unified, large-scale AI insights and predictive recommendations.

Education

• University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

  B.S., Industrial Engineering

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

  MBA, Strategy and Innovation

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Development
• Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Product Management
• Management
• Product Innovation
• Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Supply Management
• Project Management
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Project Planning
• Business Process
• Leading Change
• Software Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Planning
• Market Research
• Business Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Team Leadership
• Process Engineering
• Integration
• Enterprise Software
• Business Intelligence
• Product Lifecycle Management
• IT Strategy
• Product Launch
• Business Analysis
• Analytics
• Quality Management
• Operations Management
• Software Engineering
• Sdlc
• Change Management