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# Ajai Rao Ragothaman on Tal

## Headline

Corporate Strategy Leader at Vontier \| Head of Global Strategy & Commercial Architecture \(GCC\) \| Platform & Connected Solutions GTM \| IIM Bangalore & University of Colorado Boulder Alumnus

## About

I am a Corporate Strategy and Commercial GTM executive with nearly 12 years of experience across physical\-digital infrastructure, software platforms, and connected asset ecosystems\. Heading Global Corporate Strategy & Commercial Architecture from our India GCC, I govern an executive mandate spanning portfolio execution, market entry, and commercial diversification across North America, LATAM, Europe, India, Middle East, Africa, ANZ, and APAC\. A dual\-threat operator across complex industrial tech stacks, I pair an MS in Mechanical Engineering \(University of Colorado, Boulder, USA\) with an MBA \(IIM Bangalore, India\) to translate physical infrastructure—e\-mobility networks, automated fuel retail, POS/payments, IoT layers, and cloud telemetry—into scaled, profitable global businesses\. Backed by four promotions in five years, my expertise bridges the commercial value chain: Corporate & Business Strategy: Designing growth roadmaps, evaluating international M&A, and structuring cross\-border vendor ecosystems to expand TAM\. GTM & Marketing: Scaling digital platform pipelines, establishing structured VOC programs, and deploying targeted ABM across high\-revenue enterprise accounts\. Sales & Business development: Spearheading contract acquisitions, optimizing value\-based pricing, and managing complex multi\-party stakeholder matrices\. Operational Excellence & AI: Driving execution and team autonomy by combining continuous improvement Kaizen frameworks with agentic AI workflows and advanced data diagnostics\. Core Operational Pillars: Global Portfolio Governance: Leading macro growth frameworks, capital prioritization diagnostics, and strategic roadmaps to steer total business performance\. Platform & Connected Solutions GTM: Designing multi\-party commercial architectures, software localization to optimize CapEx, and partner frameworks across hardware, SaaS, and digital payment rails\. Inorganic Scale & GM Strategy: Driving international pipelines, evaluating target alignment, and mentoring cross\-functional talent to build autonomous regional cells\. I orchestrate holistic business models marrying legacy asset operations with software monetization, secure transaction layers, and enterprise AI models to drive long\-term organizational value\. Connect to exchange insights or discuss collaboration across global platform, connected solutions, POS/payments, and enterprise energy landscapes\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Corporate Strategy Leader at Vontier, Apr 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, The Mandate: Govern total business performance, portfolio strategy, and capital allocation for a \~$400M global platform and software portfolio across Enterprise BI & Analytics, India/HGM Growth, and Global e\-Mobility\. Strategic Wins: Architected a $15M e\-Mobility GTM framework with software localization to protect CapEx; delivered a Board\-sanctioned $200M\+ diversification and new market entry strategy\. Inorganic Scale & AI: Managed a 15\-company international M&A pipeline across Europe, Middle East, India, and ANZ; directed the team's agentic AI implementation deploying custom RAG models for C\-suite capital allocation decisions\.

Senior Manager \- Global Strategy, e\-Mobility at Vontier, Apr 2024 \- Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, The Mandate: Managed global GTM strategy, channel architecture, P&L modeling, and 36\-month revenue forecasting for new product lines across NA, Europe, India, SEA, Middle East, and ANZ\. Strategic Wins: Expanded the e\-Mobility portfolio across BESS and SaaS layers \(Charge Point & Energy Management Software\) to build a competitive moat; implemented Policy Deployment and OKR tracking to ensure cross\-functional regional execution\.

Regional Marketing Manager, India at Vontier, Feb 2022 \- Apr 2024 · 2 y 2 mo, Mumbai, The Mandate: Directed total India marketing strategy integrating product marketing, digital campaigns, Account\-Based Marketing \(ABM\), and competitive intelligence\. Strategic Wins: Built a $60M sales\-qualified pipeline for a novel e\-Mobility solution in 12 months, closing the inaugural $0\.4M contract; led targeted ABM for accounts representing \~90% of India revenue\. Global Assignments: Selected for the elite VBS Ignite cohort to build the NA Transportation GTM value playbook; managed an international market insight program for the VP of Strategy\.

Manager \- Automation Sales at Vontier, May 2020 \- Feb 2022 · 1 y 9 mo, Mumbai

Proposal Engineer at John Cockerill, Feb 2016 \- Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Charlotte, NC, The Mandate: Governed commercial architecture, technical proposal workflows, and cross\-border vendor ecosystems for long\-cycle energy infrastructure projects across the Americas\. Strategic Wins: Secured $90M\+ in capital orders and negotiated a foundational $45M service MOU that successfully converted transactional equipment sales into a high\-margin, recurring revenue stream\.

Applications Engineer at Hamon Deltak, Inc\., A Subsidiary of Hamon Corporation, Aug 2013 \- Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Minneapolis, MN, The Mandate: Supported technical risk evaluations, application sizing, and engineering configurations for $17M in global energy recovery projects\. Strategic Wins: Developed advanced analytical data models to simulate emission reductions and capital cost estimations, which were adopted as a standard configuration practice by key enterprise clients\.

Summer Intern / trainee at Tractebel Engineering \( GDF SUEZ \), May 2012 \- Jul 2012 · 3 mos, Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium, Gave support to the Renewable energy Department of the organization during the development , the realization or the exploitation of renewable energy projects such as in Biomass, Geothermal and Solar Energy \(CSP\)

Summer Intern at Avant\-Garde Engineers and Consultants \(P\) Limited, May 2011 \- Jul 2011 · 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Gained valuable exposure to effective thermal engineering processes, including thermal design calculations for heat exchangers, water / air\-cooled condenser and deaerators\.

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Master of Science \- MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

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