Nikhil Chauhan is a Digital Transformation Officer, Wind River who partners with Industrial, Medical, and other companies to maximize their transformation. After two and a half decades in technology, Nikhil understands how to accelerate growth and strategic renewal through digital offerings, governance, and operating model.
Nikhil has yielded $4B+ value and enabled platform-first DNA shifts at Hitachi, GE, Cisco, Philips, Teradata, Wind River and Ericsson. In worldwide multi-functional executive roles, he incubated, delivered, marketed, and sold 50+ modern products and platforms including edge/IoT PaaS, cloud XaaS, connectivity/device/data/analytics/AI/ML/DevSecOps services, and marketplaces.
For example, Nikhil incubated and launched industry’s first modern Industrial IoT edge-cloud platform and defined “software-defined machines” at GE Digital, increased Cisco IoT Cloud business revenue by 25% through connected car and mobility management SaaS, architected 50+ offering portfolio go-to-market at Hitachi Vantara, pivoted Teradata to a cloud-first data/analytics SaaS company by establishing product CoE, and seeded Wind River’s IoT strategy and platform.
Nikhil is a digital evangelist and frequent speaker. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College and a Bachelors in Electronics & Telecommunication engineering.