Kumar Mandlaywala

About Kumar Mandlaywala

Technical Product Manager with a strong background in Cloud, Edge, and Datacenter infrastructure. I specialize in contributing to the \"Platform as a Product\" ecosystem—collaborating on the strategy for scalable, self-service internal developer platforms that abstract complexity and accelerate delivery speed for engineering teams in Manufacturing and Operations.​My expertise lies in defining product requirements for complex technical domains, from modernizing Kubernetes fleets at the Edge to democratizing Cloud governance via Azure Landing Zones. Currently, I am steering the product vision for the future of industrial operations, leveraging Agentic AI and Digital Twins to transform network manageability and predictive maintenance. I am passionate about data-driven prioritization, roadmap alignment, and delivering measurable efficiency gains for the enterprise.

Experience

1. Technical Product Manager

   John Deere

   Nov 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   AIOps & Digital Twin:Leading the product vision and roadmap for next-generation industrial network operations, leveraging AI agents and virtualization technology.​Product Strategy: Defining the roadmap for an Agentic AI-driven operations platform, focusing on shifting network management from reactive troubleshooting to proactive, predictive resolution.​Digital Twin Innovation: Spearheading the product requirements for virtual Digital Twins of Edge sites, ensuring physical network assets and operational components are accurately mapped for real-time simulation and diagnostics.​AI & Predictive Analytics: Prioritizing features that utilize AI to predict hardware failures and network bottlenecks, aiming to minimize downtime in critical manufacturing lines.​Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with Data scientist, network engineers, and operations leaders to translate complex operational needs into actionable product features that drive high availability.Azure Landing Zone:Platform Enhancement: Enhanced the shared internal developer portal (Backstage) by leading the integration of Azure Advisor insights, empowering teams to autonomously optimize their cloud spend, performance, and reliability.​Lifecycle Management: Managed the backlog for network services and End-of-Life (EOL) migrations, balancing technical debt reduction with new feature delivery to maintain a secure and efficient landing zone.

Education

• C C SHAH SCHOOL

  HSC, Science

  2001 — 2002

• Chananmal Sahani Vidya Bharti School

  S.S.C

  1999 — 2000

• Symbiosis Center of Distance Learning

  Post Graduate Diploma, Information Technology

  2007 — 2009

• Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology

  BE, Information Technology

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• C
• C++
• Mfc
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Agile Methodologies
• Sql
• Embedded Systems
• Visual C++
• Pl/Sql
• Sdlc
• Unix
• Xml