Product strategy & commercialization
Roadmaps, customer and market requirements, licensing, packaging, positioning, prioritization, release planning, and go-to-market enablement.
Strategy · Commercial value · GTMTechnical product management · Industrial AI/ML · CFD/CAE
Turning complex engineering into products people can use.
Technical Product Manager and CFD/CAE engineer shaping product strategy, industrial AI/ML capabilities, simulation-software UX, workflow automation, commercialization, and cross-functional delivery.
10+Years across engineering & software
4Industries: automotive, aerospace, software, research
360°Strategy, commercialization & delivery
01 Profile
Engineering depth. Product clarity.
I work at the intersection of physics, software, markets, and people.
My background spans industrial CFD, AI/ML-enabled optimization, simulation-software UX, geometry and meshing, workflow automation, and technical product management. I translate customer and market needs into prioritized capabilities, commercial product strategies, usable workflows, and reliable releases.
Industrial AI/ML
Product management for ML-enabled energy optimization and geometry classification, aligned with engineering models, validation, and customer workflows.
Optimization · Classification · ScaleSimulation UX
Guided CAE experiences spanning model import, geometry preparation, feature selection, simulation setup, workflow feedback, and results review.
CAD/CAE · UX · WorkflowsEngineering delivery & automation
Cross-functional product delivery supported by Python and C++ automation for preprocessing, testing, validation, and comparative reporting.
Delivery · Python · C++ · CI/CD02 Experience
Career trajectory
From simulation engineer to technical product leader.
2022 — Present
Engineering Software Steyr · Austria & Netherlands
Product Manager — Development, UX & Automation
Own product strategy and roadmap for cloud-based engineering simulation, connecting technical capabilities with customer use cases, positioning, packaging, and commercial value.
- ML-enabled energy and power optimization
- ML-based geometry classification and workflow scale
- Cross-functional releases and go-to-market enablement
2018 — 2022
Engineering Software Steyr · Austria & India
Product Owner · Automation Engineer · Validation Engineer
Progressed through product ownership, workflow automation, and CFD validation—turning customer and engineering requirements into GUI experiences, scalable testing, and production capabilities.
- CAE product backlog, priorities, and acceptance criteria
- Voxel meshing and adaptive refinement
- Automated solver, GUI, and geometry validation
2016 — 2018
GTRE (DRDO) · Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Junior Research Engineer · CFD Research Assistant
Designed and analyzed turbomachinery components, secondary flow, cooled turbines, aerodynamic experiments, and shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction.
- Gas-turbine aerodynamics
- CFD, FEM, and wind-tunnel testing
- Multidisciplinary communication
03 Selected work
Representative product impact
Building the bridge from engineering intelligence to commercial value.
01 / INDUSTRIAL AI/ML
ML-enabled energy optimization
Product management for power optimization in e-coating and oven simulation, aligning engineering models, product requirements, validation, and customer workflows around energy-efficient operation.
02 / WORKFLOW INTELLIGENCE
ML-based geometry classification
Product direction for automated model preparation that improves the scalability and repeatability of CAD-to-simulation workflows.
03 / CLOUD SIMULATION PRODUCT
Strategy through release delivery
Roadmap, licensing, packaging, UX, feature prioritization, validation, stakeholder communication, demonstrations, documentation, and go-to-market support for cloud-based engineering simulation.
04 Toolkit
Product & commercialization
Strategy and roadmaps · Customer and market requirements · Licensing and packaging · Feature prioritization · Release planning · Go-to-market · Sales and marketing collaboration
Industrial AI/ML & simulation
Energy and power optimization · Geometry classification · ANSYS Workbench · Fluent · CFX · STAR-CCM+ · OpenFOAM · ICEM CFD · Simcenter · AxSTREAM · CFturbo
Engineering domains
Multiphase flow · Heat transfer · Phase change · FSI · Turbomachinery · Turbulence modelling · Solver development · AMR · Geometry processing
Software & delivery
Python · C · C++ · MATLAB · GitLab · CI/CD · Linux · Windows · Agile/Scrum · SaaS · RCA · Automated testing · Technical documentation
AI-accelerated product work
Roadmap development · Product planning and prioritization · Research synthesis · Presentation creation
Languages & mobility
English (Fluent) · Tamil (Native) · Dutch (A2) · Based in the Netherlands · Valid NL work permit · International and distributed-team experience
05 Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
University of Split · CFD solver development, multiphase flow with heat transfer and FSI
Master of Engineering
Madras Institute of Technology · Aerospace Technology · Gold Medalist
Bachelor of Engineering
Park College of Engineering and Technology · Aeronautical Engineering
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