About

Ezhil Ilanko is a highly skilled and experienced Product Management professional with over 9 years of experience in identifying market opportunities, building business cases, defining product vision and strategy, and launching products successfully in multiple international markets. He has worked extensively in healthcare products and engineering teams, specifically in Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology, Orthopedic, and Surgical navigation systems, where he has defined, prioritized, and launched features required for international markets. Ezhil has enhanced existing products and worked with sales and marketing teams to drive market adoption. He has a proven track record of tracking product development and developing product launch plans. He has in-depth knowledge of technology with a focus on delivering business solutions. He has managed products from concept to launch and has the ability to interact with and influence senior executives with strong product vision. Ezhil is goal-oriented, detail-oriented, ambitious, and has a strong ability to follow through on commitments. He has top 10 Clifton Strengths, which include Activator, Positivity, Woo, Communication, Focus, Futuristic, Maximizer, Ideation, Arranger, and Significance. Ezhil has two patents to his name, "A novel method of Wavelet-based Watermarking and its application in Medical domain" and "Frame Image-Based Constrained Frame Selection for an Automatic Video Surveillance Technique." Currently, Ezhil is working as a Senior Product Leader - New Product Development (Orthopedic Surgical products) at Stryker. He is responsible for product lifecycle management from concept to launch, leading, defining, representing, and communicating product strategy to all stakeholders, assessing, monitoring product development sprints, and enhancement opportunities. He owns the product roadmap and drives innovative ideas, solutions, and products through leadership and decisive action. He builds incredible teams and processes to deliver products that satisfy the needs of customers and leads Product Marketing Managers to assess product mix and marketing strategy. He monitors and manages strategic marketing plans for each product or product line. Ezhil has previously worked at Varian Medical Systems and Philips Healthcare, where he held various senior product management positions. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electronics & Communication Engineering, and he has completed several executive programs in Business Management and Strategic Management. Ezhil's technical skills include product management, AI, ML, Senior Software Engineering, test, and integration.