Prabhu Ramachandran

Senior Manager Digital Transformation @Kaneka Americas Holding

Pasadena, TX, US

Digital Transformation & Innovation LeaderLead digital transformation (DX), data, and AI strategies with a strong focus on scaling innovation and creating enterprise-wide value. Proven success in aligning DX strategies with business goals to drive significant revenue and operational efficiency. Skilled in engineering and project management with experience in advanced technologies like Machine Health Analytics, Digital Twin development, IT-OT integration, and machine learning.Key Achievements:• Designed and executed a comprehensive DX vision and roadmap, securing buy-in from C-suite stakeholders.• Successfully drove a 3-5 year DX action plan, achieving $6MM+ YoY cost savings through plant analytics and machine health analytics insights.• Advanced plant process reliability through the deployment of IoT, OSI PI, PI Integrator for SAP, SAC, and various sensing technologies.• Created measurable ROI by reducing downtime, improving marginal profit, and fostering cultural transformation across operations and maintenance teams.Core Competencies:• Business Transformation: Tackling end-user pain points via data and AI, securing project funding, and maintaining strong, value-focused communication with senior management.• Engineering & Project Management: Leading the entire project lifecycle from evaluation to sustainable implementation, with a focus on both short- and long-term impacts.• Data-Driven Strategy & Execution: Integrating new sensing and analytical technologies to support scalable, data-driven decision-making and cultural evolution.• Implemented Microsoft Fabric to enable enterprise-scale data integration and analytics, streamlining reporting across operational and business domains. • Developed automated monthly manufacturing reports and alarm management dashboards using Power BI, leveraging Copilot LLM to generate intelligent summaries from centralized semantic models—enhancing visibility, responsiveness, and decision-making efficiency

RV College Of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Instrumentation Technology

Texas McCombs School of Business

Post Graduate Program, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (PGP-AIML)