Dr. Ramesh Vaidhyanathan is a proven Digital Transformation Executive, Partner / Principal, Visionary Expert, Industrial AI, Smart Manufacturing & Operations Leader, managing Innovation, Strategy, Advisory, Consulting, Process/Technology Solutions and Services for 30 years.
Ramesh has extensive experience in applied Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Industry 4.0, Intelligent Automation & Optimization for Operational Excellence, Integrated Supply Chain & Operations, Value Chain Optimization, Asset Performance, Quality, Yield, OEE, Safety and Sustainability.
Ramesh is passionate about Industrial AI, Automation and Digital Transformation of Chemicals, Materials, Downstream Refining, Fertilizers, Energy, Oil & Gas, Industrial Products, Process Manufacturing, CPG and Mining companies.
Ramesh has extensive Industry, Engineering, Consulting & Technology leadership experience at Deloitte, IBM, ExxonMobil Downstream / Chemicals and for many leading Energy & Chemical companies transformation (Shell, BP, Motiva, OCP, Chevron Phillips, Lubrizol, Celanese, Sipchem, QAPCO, SABIC) utilizing AI ML, Analytics, Industry 4.0, Digital Twin, Cloud (AWS, Azure), Edge/Mobile IIoT IT-OT Connected Operations, Data lakes, Command Center, Control Tower, Predictive Maintenance, Manufacturing Execution Systems MES & MOM Operations Management SaaS (Aveva, GE, Hexagon, Honeywell, Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson), APC, QMS, LIMS, AR/VR, Robotics, RPA and ERP SAP S/4HANA .
Ramesh earned PhD in Al & Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and MBA from Columbia Business School. He is an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Project Management Professional (PMP).
