About

Manoj Madhusudanan is a seasoned business leader and operations executive with over 22 years of experience in creating innovative products and guiding transformative and disruptive technologies from concept to reality. Currently, he serves as the Head of India for dunnhumby, the global leader in Customer Data Science, where he leads a 700+ fast-growing India team of data scientists, product developers, data engineers, and corporate services professionals. He is focused on establishing India as a key engine for dunnhumby's business, delivering ever-improving science, product engineering, and technical and commercial operations. Manoj is recognized as one of the Top 50 Influential AI Leaders in India '21 and is part of the AI Makers 100 '22. He excels at building and leading large consulting teams across global locations, managing top client relationships at the highest levels of global business, and consistently exceeding organizational objectives, regardless of the internal or market challenge. He effectively merges a diverse, multi-cultural background with a passionate, 'lead from the front' approach to management - a key driver in his ability to drive stand-out contributions from his highly effective global teams. Throughout his career, Manoj has demonstrated expertise in executive leadership, strategic planning, turnarounds & transformation, product innovation, disruptive technologies, consulting practices, key relationship management, outsourcing operations, organizational development, P&L responsibility, budget management, knowledge outsourcing, research as a service (RaaS), R&D support, innovation support, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, ecommerce models, agile D3 methodology, HubSpot inbound marketing, Microsoft Dynamics AX, global operations, onshore & offshore teams, vendor & agency management, hiring & training, leadership development, startups, rapid growth, best practices, industry spokesperson, PR & media relations, speaking & presentations. Manoj's past experiences include co-founding and serving as CEO of Ziligence, an AI-driven B2B platform that helps optimize sales targeting, and serving as Managing Director of InsightBee, a cloud-based custom research platform from Evalueserve, where he led the platform's inception and effectively brought the concept to reality of a non-linear, digital business model for customized business research. Manoj holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Finance and Marketing from XLRI.