About

Ashutosh Kumar is a Director of Customer Success at Cognite AS with a strong background in digitalization, customer success, and project management. He has 9.44 years of relevant experience in the field and has worked with several companies in the past, including Karsten Moholt AS, where he served as a Project Manager. At Cognite AS, Ashutosh works closely with customers to drive their digital transformation and is responsible for running digital programs, including creation and selection of use cases, project management, change management, and value capture. He ensures that data and analytics solve business problems and acts as a bridge between teams while driving value. Ashutosh is also responsible for communicating customer needs to product teams to help improve and evolve the product. He excels in customer expectation management and upsell/cross-sell contract negotiations. Ashutosh has previously worked with Karsten Moholt AS, where he was responsible for project lead for predictive maintenance solutions. He worked with a team of data scientists on the pilot project using Python for machine learning. He was instrumental in changing the business model of the company from repairing machines to selling uptime by leveraging years of domain expertise and combining it with machine learning. He also developed Business Cases for new products and services and secured 6 million NOK in funding from EU and Research Council of Norway for research and development project in predictive maintenance of wind turbines. Ashutosh holds a Master’s Degree in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He also has a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electronics and Communication from Manipal Institute of Technology. He completed his high school education in Science and Mathematics from Atomic Energy Central School. Ashutosh has expertise in ML, research scientist, and Python. He is a skilled professional with a proven track record of delivering successful projects. He is a team player and has excellent communication and negotiation skills.