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title: "Vidya Kurada - Senior Manager - Product Innovation ( AI ) in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
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# Vidya Kurada on Tal

## Headline

Sr Manager \- Product Innovation & Strategy, AI & Gen AI \| Product Discovery \| Customer Validation \| Innovation Leadership \| Compelled to write poetry \| Experimenting with story telling

## About

I specialize in shaping AI product strategy for Schneider Electric — from identifying market opportunities and sizing demand to building partnerships that accelerate go\-to\-market\. My focus is on turning emerging technologies like AI/ML, Generative AI, and Agents into scalable, high\-value products for industrial automation\. My role sits at the intersection of product management and innovation\. I ensure that every product decision our leaders take is grounded in real customer pain points and delivers measurable value\. I work closely with lines of business, AI, and UX teams to refine value propositions, interview customers, validate product hypotheses, and analyze the competitive landscape — ultimately moving concepts from vision to launch\. My background as an AI researcher, data scientist, and technical lead gives me a unique understanding of what works and what doesn't in the AI world — from what's technically feasible to what actually delivers business value\. I'm passionate about building 0\-to\-1 products that solve real\-world industrial challenges and am looking to deepen my focus in product management — bringing together my experience in AI, customer discovery, and go\-to\-market strategy to lead products end\-to\-end\. On a personal note — if you spot me in a café with a pen and paper, or I've ghosted you over a weekend while my family watches me not move from my bed, just know I'm writing\. I'm obsessed with it\. Half the time I'm figuring out what to write, the other half I'm daydreaming a plot for a story or a poem\. I believe the best stories come from our lives, which makes me endlessly curious to talk to people\. So please reach out if my profile interests you — there's nothing I enjoy more than a good conversation and a filter coffee\. Also, curious to use every Generative AI tool there is\. Subscribing is the problem :\(

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

midjourney

Vercel AI SDK

## Work experience

Senior Manager \- Product Innovation \( AI \) at Schneider Electric, Apr 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, India

Senior Design Engineer \- Data Science at Schneider Electric, Nov 2020 \- Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Data Scientist \(Part Time\) at Enfinite Technologies, Feb 2020 \- Jul 2020 · 6 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Data Scientist \(ML/AI Consultant\) at aCubeIT \- Machine Learning & AI Research, Consulting & Training Services, Nov 2018 \- Jun 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, As a Senior Consultant \- ML/AI \(Senior Data Scientist\) at AcubeIT, I developed and implemented machine learning solutions for clients, focusing on leveraging data to drive business outcomes\. Developed adaptable purchase propensity models to predict customer purchase behavior for e\-retail clients\. Led a team of data scientists in the end\-to\-end development, evaluation, and deployment of ML models\. Designed automated statistical extraction functions to handle diverse data scenarios, enhancing model performance\. Mentored junior data scientists, fostering their growth in model development, evaluation, and deployment\. Established and implemented a rigorous model robustness testing methodology to ensure solution validation and reliability\.

Independent Researcher \(TA/ Research Scholar\) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Jul 2012 \- Aug 2019 · 7 yrs 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, As a researcher, I worked on time series forecasting of closed loop systems\. Time series forecasting is typically a native of statistical modeling which in the recent times is showing its dominance in the field of data science\. \- Primary research interests included "Process Systems Engineering" \- A combination of math and programming language tool kit included Matlab, Constrained Optimization, ARMAX models \(Time Series Models\) and like wise

ASE Trainee at TCS, Jan 2009 \- May 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

## Education

Research Scholar, Advanced Control Systems & Time Series Forecasting, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master's degree, Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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