roboashishI take IoT & AI products from idea to manufacturing.
20+ years from the drawing board to the factory floor — smart watches & trackers for kids, smart apps for kids and enterprises, and full hardware + software stacks. I lead the concept-to-production gap, and build it hands-on.
Three ways I move a product forward.
Build
I write the firmware, the AI agents and the full-stack myself — edge RTLS, multi-agent systems, smart apps for kids and enterprises. Shipped, not slideware.
Lead
Product from concept to manufacturing to scale — design, NPD, product planning, GTM and the messy concept-to-production gap across IoT, AI and hardware.
Advise
One-year retainers, 48–72h response, full product-lifecycle ownership. Founder/CTO-level firepower without the full-time hire.
A timeline of things I've shipped.
From a $10 safety device to agentic AI — two decades of hardware + software, idea to market.
RTLS cockpitAiTrack — smart tracking for enterprises
Sub-metre indoor real-time location for worker-safety & asset tracking. BLE anchors + k-NN on an edge gateway over MQTT, a live ops cockpit, and a productised go-to-market with ROI calculator and risk-free pilot.
AI COO cockpitAgentic AI — an AI CEO + COO
A self-built multi-agent system that runs a venture portfolio: orchestration with persistent memory, budget caps + a fail-closed spend breaker, SLAs, security gates and human-in-the-loop sign-off.
InfraOS · CityViewVision AI QC & InfraOS
Defect detection + drone earthwork volumetrics for infrastructure — cut defects 43.25%, +8% throughput — on InfraOS: land-parcel, GIS, drone and ICCC city-surveillance dashboards.
BabyHug AI MonitorPlayBees & BabyHug — smart for kids
As Business Lead (GM): a smart speaker with 500+ curated kids' titles, an on-device edge-AI baby monitor (sleep + cry analysis), and an IoT infant-feed maker. Smart apps & trackers for kids — full roadmap, embedded design, manufacturing across India & GCC.
PlayBees · consumer durablesConsumer durables, at scale
40+ refrigerator launches at LG, the Geneus & Pay-Per-Use IoT purifiers at Eureka Forbes, the Kenstar portfolio at Videocon — the mechanical-engineering, manufacturing and product-planning grounding behind everything since.
SecureMe — the world's first $10 safety device
ERRS — a patented (2814/DEL/2013) personal-safety wearable with BLE mesh positioning; Core77 / Microsoft international finalist; TED Mumbai recognition for Chakshu. The start of the hardware + software journey.
I don't just direct it. I build it.
I'm a mechanical engineer who never stopped learning — design, manufacturing, electronics, full-stack, AI. At 20 years most people put the tools down; I still ship edge firmware, multi-agent AI, full-stack apps and generative-media pipelines myself. That's why my products actually leave the slide deck.
Two decades, idea to scale.
Founder/CTO firepower, on a retainer.
One-year engagements, 48–72 hour response, end-to-end product-lifecycle ownership. Pick the shape that fits.
Book a call →Advisory retainer
Ongoing product + tech strategy, R&D direction, and the calls that de-risk your roadmap.
Build sprint
A working prototype or edge/AI system, built hands-on — from idea to a thing you can demo.
Fractional product + tech lead
I own the concept-to-production gap end-to-end while your team scales around it.
Have a hard product to ship?
Tell me what you're building. I reply within 48–72 hours.