Pavan Kumar

PVN Pavan Kumar is Sr. Director & Chief Expert with IoT Product Management at SAP Labs India. He is a seasoned product management professional focused on product strategy, definition and go-to-market activities. Having an extensive experience for more than 15 years in building products and working with global customers in emerging and developed markets, his expertise is in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, Sustainability and Analytics.

PVN is an active contributor in the topic of IoT with Industry bodies like NASSCOM, TiE and standards working group like IEEE, NSDC – NASSCOM IoT Sector Skill Council workgroup. He also acts as an evangelist by frequently guest speaking in various forums where he talks about enterprise/Industrial IoT businesses, shares its concept, and educates the audience to understand its relevance in the current digital era. Along with public speaking, he has also shared his vision about IoT enterprise practice in several blogs and external publications and recently co-authored a book on IoT and Edge Computing.

PVN has been recognized as the IoT Thought Leader of the year at national level by IET India and is also part of @Onalytica’s top 25 influencers list globally for IoT!