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Suhail Jiwani | Digital Thread Podcast | Kelvin Inc | Momenta

Written by Ken Forster | March 30, 2022
 
 

Continuous Digital Transformation 

In this episode, Ken Forster talks to Suhail Jiwani, Chief Product Officer of Kelvin Inc. a company that uses A.I. to simplify the management of complex systems.

 

Kelvin enables industrial customers to scale control applications quickly and easily, resulting in long-term business value. Since its inception in 2013, the company's team of automation engineers, domain experts, data scientists, and software developers has been dedicated to developing software that empowers and upskills engineers. Kelvin is trusted by Schneider Electric, Halliburton, and Santos to provide an end-to-end solution for connecting, creating, and scaling control applications across their operations.

 

Suhail was the Chief Product Officer at Honeywell before joining Kelvin. He oversaw the company's entire connected industrial software portfolio, as well as the launch of new trailblazing applications in connected worker and remote industrial operations. Suhail previously spent over a decade at Hitachi, Cisco, Samsung, IBM, and SAP developing and leading innovative products in industrial and enterprise IoT mobility and analytics.

 

Discussion Points:

  • What would you consider to be your ‘Digital Thread’?
  • When you think about product management, what does it mean to you? More importantly, what are the hallmarks of great product managers?
  • You joined Cisco in 2013 to manage their IoT cloud offering. This era was significant for all those involved because Cisco was the internet of everything. What key lessons did you learn during that time that relates to this position?
  • You led Honeywell's Connected Industrials division in 2019. In 2019, you were the president of Honeywell's Connected Industrials division. What were some of the most significant key wins?
  • In May of 2021, you joined Kelvin as Chief Product Officer. Tell us about the company and your responsibilities there.
  • What are some of the early Kelvin wins and use cases that your clients have seen?
  • Give us a sense of what you think the next several years hold for this thing we call the Industrial Edge.

 


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