About

Ashwin Kumar is a technology leader with over 18 years of progressive experience in the healthcare, medical devices, and software industries. He is currently the R&D Director at Leica Biosystems and the Site Leader for LBS IDC. Throughout his career, Ashwin has demonstrated proven leadership in healthcare product design for global markets, engineering practices, organization design, operations, technology development, and cost productivity for products in the life-saving life support healthcare space. He is an engineering leader with diversified experience in developing and leading high-performing R&D teams in a matrix setup. Ashwin is a change leader who strives to build an intrapreneurship culture and has proven abilities in leadership by influence, building product/technology roadmaps, product cost productivity roadmaps, developing long-term vision to tactical actions, and connecting strategy to execution across global boundaries. Ashwin has end-to-end business life-cycle and product development experience. He has partnered with marketers in identifying unmet needs and market opportunities to build products for market creation/expansion and profitability. He has exposure to markets across segments and in-depth experience in building products for developed and emerging markets. Ashwin's past companies include Wipro, where he served as the Site Engineering Leader for Maternal & Infant Care and the Engineering Site Leader for Anesthesia & Respiratory Care. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangalore University. Ashwin's tech stack includes product design, and he has relevant experience of 18.62 years. He is a technology leader with a proven track record of success in the healthcare industry and is passionate about building high-performing teams and driving innovation.