Sachin Wadikhaye

About Sachin Wadikhaye

Engineer, strategist, and innovation catalyst with 20+ years of experience transforming legacy organizations through structured innovation, AI enablement, and cross-functional leadership.I’ve had the privilege of working with century-old engineering giants like Kirloskar, Rolls-Royce, and Eaton—organizations known for world-class ethics, operational discipline, and deep-rooted innovation culture. This journey has shaped my ability to blend time-tested industrial excellence with future-facing digital strategies and product-centric thinking. What I Do:Lead enterprise-wide innovation transformation at Eaton by designing and embedding a unified Innovation Management Framework across global businesses and functions.Enable AI-driven product and business strategies by integrating commercial AI solutions into analytics, planning, and roadmap development.Drive product innovation with a customer-backwards approach, aligning product strategy with market needs, technological shifts, and long-term business value.Coach senior leaders and product teams to build innovation fluency, customer empathy, and product-thinking capabilities across the enterprise.Embed innovation into operational DNA, linking strategic vision to execution through structured systems, as part of the Eaton Business System.Scale continuous improvement and product experimentation, leveraging Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and TRIZ to accelerate iteration and market responsiveness. What Drives Me:I believe innovation is not just about generating ideas—it’s about solving the right problems, building the right products, and doing so with discipline, speed, and empathy. My mission is to help organizations rethink how they innovate, build, and scale products—by combining technology, design, and business strategy into one cohesive engine for growth.

Experience

1. Enterprise Innovation Management Expert

   Eaton

   Mar 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Leading Eaton’s Enterprise-wide Innovation Management—driving strategy-to-productization across global businesses and functions.Spearheaded design and deployment of AI-powered solutions to shape business strategy and future-ready product roadmaps.Build the Enterprise Database of technology, application, product, value & people to drive structured Innovation ManagementArchitected and institutionalized a unified Innovation Management Framework as a core pillar of the Eaton Business System.Partner with senior leadership to embed innovation into culture, operations, and decision-making across the enterprise.Lead large-scale change initiatives to align teams, build innovation capabilities, and drive adoption of methods like Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and TRIZ.Continuously evolve the framework to stay ahead of industry shifts and emerging technologies.

Education

• Institute of Product Leadership

  Post Graduate Program in Product Managment, Product Management

• University of Newcastle

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems

  2009 — 2014

• Nagpur University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

  1999 — 2003

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Turbomachinery
• Cfd
• C++
• Mechanical Engineering
• Thermal Analysis
• Mathematical Modeling
• Finite Element Analysis
• Nanotechnology
• Heat Transfer
• Signal Processing
• Mathematica
• Simulink
• Icem Cfd
• Mechanical Analysis
• Dynamics
• Basic Vhdl
• Structural Analysis
• Aerospace Engineering
• C
• Matlab
• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Dspace
• Latex
• Numerical Analysis
• Structural Dynamics
• Ansys Icem Cfd
• Experimentation
• Control Systems Design
• Stress Analysis
• Characterization
• Cfx
• Ansys
• Fortran
• Ansys Cfx
• Ni Labview
• Cae
• Project Management
• Labview
• Pro Engineer
• Labview Fpga