Karthik Venkataramani

Ux & Ai Strategist Business-focused Product Leader @Mercedes-Benz Research And Development India

Bengaluru, IN

Strategic Product Leadership & Global Collaboration: Driving key initiatives within a major Agile Release Train across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Certification domains, fostering a strong India-Germany partnership. Strategically shifted substantial business operations to India, enhancing the collaborative delivery of world-class IT and AI solutions. Achieved a 30% efficiency boost through synergized international teamwork. Led the design and deployment of AI agents for automation in customer support and business intelligence, reducing response times by 40% and significantly improving customer satisfaction.* Generative AI Focus: Implemented RAG-based systems with vector embeddings using advanced prompt engineering techniques, increasing user domain knowledge by 50% and revolutionizing document comprehension. Applied innovative prompt design strategies to enhance the accuracy and reliability of large language models (LLMs) for document extraction, chatbots, and AI-driven content generation.* Sustainable IT Innovation: Developed energy-efficient interfaces and on-demand AI models, cutting energy use by 25% and reducing operational costs by 15% and display results and derive insights from Power BI dashboards.* UX-Centric Digital Transformation: Optimized MVP with North Star metrics, eliminating 80% of non-impactful features and reducing development iterations by 90%. Scaled Cross-Functional UX team from 4 to 30 members, fostering a culture of end user empathy driven innovation and collaborative development.* Strategic Product Optimization: Applied Design Thinking to solve core product challenges, streamlining development processes, cutting project costs by 50%, and accelerating time-to-market.* International Thought Leadership: Maintain Strong stakeholder connect with Germany and USA. Built strategic partnerships that enhanced business development and solidified industry leadership.

Anna University Chennai

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

Raj Matriculation Higher Secondary School

High School Diploma, Computer Science