Rajan is a Senior Director Analyst in Gartner's Manufacturing, Transportation, Retail, and Consumer Goods (MTR&CG) practice within Research and Advisory Services. He advises CIOs and Senior IT executives on product strategy, product development and lifecycle management, and topics related to the digital thread. His research focuses on the application of advanced technology frameworks, including PLM and the digital thread, in both discrete and process manufacturing. He specializes in product development and lifecycle management consulting, as well as business solution architecture design.
Rajan has over 18 years of experience in Product Development (PD), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting, and digital transformation. He has previously worked with organizations such as Deloitte, Hitachi Consulting, and NTT Data, where he led multiple global PLM consulting and digital transformation engagements. His areas of expertise include PLM program management, PLM assessments, PLM vendor evaluation and selection, business process realignment, data model and operating model design, business solution architecture, value-based technology rollouts, and PLM implementations.
Rajan has defined and implemented product development processes such as Innovation Management, New Product Development/Introduction (NPD/I), Product Data Management (including Parts, BOM, Ingredient, Recipe, Formula, Specification and Packaging), Change Control, Product Portfolio Management, Quality Management, third-party collaboration, and Regulatory and Compliance Management using leading PLM solutions.
He has extensive international experience, having served clients across North America, Canada, and Europe. His expertise spans multiple industries, including High-Tech, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, and Consumer Goods.
Deloitte, Senior Manager, Product Strategy and Lifecycle Management, 12 years
Zensar Technologies, Hitachi Consulting, NTT Data, PLM Functional Consultant, 6 years
Create Tech Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry
Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Technology Insights
Masters in Information Technology (IT) Management from Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune, India
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Kurukshetra University, India
Bottlenecks in decision-making and ineffective cross-functional collaboration during product innovation and development process.
Inconsistent product data and its lack of availability across the value chain.
Product quality, compliance and tracebility issues.
Technology adoption barriers.