Rajesh Ramachandran

About Rajesh Ramachandran

Rajesh Ramachandran is a distinguished global techno-business visionary with over three decades of experience in driving innovation and transformation in technology-driven organizations worldwide. His unique blend of expertise spans digital, technology, business, industry domains, entrepreneurial and organizational leadership. Rajesh has a proven track record of building and scaling technology-driven businesses, both startups and established enterprises, achieving significant growth and profitability.He has held prestigious global leadership roles and board positions, including CEO / CDO / CTO, and Country GM at renowned companies such as ABB, Oracle, eBay/PayPal, Siemens, Danfoss, and Rolta, operating across multiple geographies. Currently based in Bangalore, Rajesh serves as the Global Chief Digital Officer and Managing Director at ABB Process Automation, driving billion-dollar digital business initiatives and leading Industrial AI transformation for ABB Group.Rajesh\'s success is underpinned by his hybrid portfolio strategy model that brings the best of both business-driven technology innovation and technology-driven business innovation. He has strategized and delivered successful platforms, products, and industry-rich solutions and maximized the value with new business models. He has delivered groundbreaking innovations in Industrial Cloud, IoT, AI, Big Data, Cyber Security, eCommerce, Geospatial, and more. His expertise spans a wide range of industries, in-cluding High Tech, IT, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Retail, FinTech, Government, and Defense. As a hands-on digital and AI leader, he has driven business outcomes with Industrial AI and digital transfor-mation on a scale, working closely with customers globally.Rajesh is recognized for fostering Innovation centric high-performance cultures through focused CoEs, intrapreneurial startups, local and global businesses and forming strategic partnerships and successful M & As. He is known for inspiring and bring impact across the whole spectrum from young leaders to Board to Customers to Investors. A thought leader with patents and publications, Rajesh serves on prestigious advisory boards such as the Microsoft Azure Advisory Board and the OPC Foundation. With his master’s in computer science and business, Rajesh is pursuing Ph.D. in Industrial AI and Product Management. His career embodies continuous learning, strategic vision, and customer-centric innovation, consistently integrating technology with business goals to deliver growth, profitability, and transformation on a global scale.

Experience

1. Member of Customer Advisory Board for Mircosoft Azure

   Microsoft

   Jun 2020 — Present · US

Education

• ICFAI University

  PGDM, IT

  2006 — 2008

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  M.S, Computer Science

  2000 — 2003

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive M.B.A, IT and Executive General Management

  2009 — 2010

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2001 — 2003

• A.C.C.E.T

  B.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1988 — 1992

• National Institute of Technology Puducherry

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Industrial AI

  2021 — 2026

Skills

• Soa
• Saas
• Middleware
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Data
• Paas
• Enterprise Software
• Mobile Commerce
• Social Commerce
• Ecommerce
• Distributed Systems
• E-Commerce
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Big Data
• Leadership
• Software Development
• Software Project Management
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Data Warehousing
• Xml
• Solution Architecture
• Unix
• Web Applications
• Pre-Sales
• Web Services
• Weblogic
• Management
• Testing
• Oracle
• IT Strategy
• Scrum
• Databases
• Integration
• Product Management
• Analytics
• Linux
• Agile Methodologies