Vivek Narayan

About Vivek Narayan

I am an innovation, digital transformation, and product strategy leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale innovation and platform initiatives across large R&D organizations.Over the last several years, I have worked at the intersection of product strategy, research, and organizational transformation, helping evolve a large R&D organization from execution-focused delivery into a high-value innovation and research-led center. My work spans owning product and platform roadmaps, designing innovation operating models, and executing hackathons, ideation contests, and structured PoC and pilot drives that translate emerging technologies into enterprise-ready, scalable outcomes.I specialize in: • Product and platform strategy, including framing ambiguous problem spaces into clear roadmaps and trade-off decisions • Designing and leading hackathons, ideation contests, and innovation programs that produce PoC- and pilot-ready outputs • Driving idea → PoC → pilot → scale pipelines with clear governance, milestones, and success metrics • Leading zero-to-one and scaled initiatives across AI, automation, platforms, and interaction systems • Aligning cross-functional teams across engineering, research, design, and executive leadershipRecent work includes building AI-powered internal platforms, leading thematic PoC and pilot programs, and driving multi-year strategic innovation initiatives spanning research validation, executive decision-making, and global product handoff.I am particularly interested in roles where I can: • Own product, platform, or innovation strategy • Drive enterprise innovation and digital transformation at scale • Build repeatable systems that turn ideas into meaningful business outcomesRoles of interest: Product Leadership | Innovation Leadership | Digital Transformation | Platform Strategy

Experience

1. Senior Chief Engineer

   Samsung Electronics

   Mar 2022 — Present · Delhi, IN

   Head – IP & Innovation | Cross Functional Leader driving Product & Technology Strategy (CTO Office) • Lead enterprise innovation, research, and digital transformation strategy across AI, intelligent automation, interaction technologies, and platform technologies, aligned to long-term business and platform evolution. • Architected and executed a multi-year innovation and transformation roadmap, repositioning the organization from execution-heavy delivery to a high-value innovation and research-led center. • Designed and governed structured innovation programs, including enterprise hackathons, ideation contests, and strategic innovation challenges, focused on solving real R&D and business problems. • Established end-to-end innovation execution models spanning idea intake → evaluation → PoC → pilot → executive validation → global product handoff. • Drove portfolio-level prioritization and innovation governance, shifting focus from volume-driven execution to high-impact, platform-level and long-horizon bets. • Initiated and led thematic PoC and pilot drives, converting high-potential ideas from hackathons and innovation contests into validated, enterprise-ready outcomes. • Led zero-to-one definition of next-generation interaction and AI-driven platform capabilities, coordinating across R&D, design, startups, and manufacturing stakeholders. • Built and launched an AI-powered internal innovation platform, adopted by engineers, accelerating idea assessment, prioritization, and leadership decision-making at scale. • Defined innovation success metrics tied to commercialization relevance, milestone discipline, and execution readiness, replacing output-only KPIs. • Partner closely with the CTO, Managing Director, and global leadership on long-term technology bets, organizational design, and risk–reward trade-offs for enterprise innovation investments.

Education

• Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

  B-Tech, Information Technology

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Invention
• Patentability
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• Intellectual Property
• Patent Applications
• Patent Searching
• Patent Litigation
• Patents
• Licensing