Ram Kumar

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Group Data and AI Centre of Excellence @ Prudential plc
Singapore
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
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About Ram Kumar

Senior and seasoned strategic thought leader and executive with strong business acumen and skills in various industry verticals for the past 35+ years. Proven expertise in helping organizations of varying size and complexity globally to develop pragmatic and sustainable business solutions that integrate, data, analytics, AI, digital and technology and supported by efficient business operations and with the right organizational culture, thereby driving the right measurable and sustainable business outcomes. Have held global executive roles namely, CDAO, CDO, CIO, CTO and CEO.Have successfully operated in different and dynamic market conditions in various industry verticals and government organizations in over 40 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, Africa and North America regions. Worked closely with teams and business leaders in these countries. Have successfully established international businesses through M&As and, JVs. Over 30+ years of extensive TECHNOLOGY and Operations experience (all areas of Technology) coupled with DATA (all areas of data lifecycle and supporting functions), ANALYTICS and AI experience enabling organization business strategies.Early adopter of AI since 1986 with experience in fundamental and applied AI research, AI solution/product development, commercialisation and business value creation. Honoured to have worked with AI pioneers and founding fathers. Built & deployed first AI (explainable) commercial solution in 1986. First Big Data based AI decision support solution was implemented and operationalized for a large government agency in 1992. Have solid experience in establishing Global Centre of Excellence (Talent Hub) for organizations in AI, Tech, Data, Analytics and Business Operations.Recipient of several prestigious international/global awards (vendor independent and selected by jury of international experts) for delivering fit for purpose business solutions that are innovative, best in class, and that uses world's best practices driving sustainable business outcomes. Have contributed significantly to global open standards development and the standards I developed are used globally by organizations including Google. Sought out keynote speaker in industry globally for thought leadership specifically on Data, Analytics, AI and Technology and, have presented and published extensively.

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Prudential plc

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Group Data and AI Centre of Excellence
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Ram Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Prudential Plc
    Group Data And Ai Centre Of Excellence
    Prudential Plc
    Singapore
  • Cigna
    Chief Data And Analytics Officer, International Health
    Cigna Sep 2020 - Present
    Bloomfield, Ct, Us
    CIGNA is world’s leading Global Health Care Services Provider with a revenue of USD205+ Billion, over 190M customers, with a footprint in 30+ countries and over 76,000 employees. It is ranked No.13 among the top fortune 100 companies in the USA in 2023.CIGNA’s International Health division covers 30+ countries in The America’s, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. This role is responsible for building a data driven organisation culture across International Health by democratizing data and create data insights and AI solutions in partnership with business stakeholders, technology and risk teams to drive affordable, simple and predictable healthcare solutions to our customers, partners, and communities. The role reported to CEO of APAC and then to CEO of MEA and head of Strategy for International Markets and now to the COO for Cigna International Heath since Jan 2023. Based out of Singapore until March 2023 and now in Dubai.
  • Cigna
    Executive Head And Board Member, Cigna Global Centre Of Excellence
    Cigna Aug 2022 - Present
    Bloomfield, Ct, Us
    Cigna Heath Solutions India Ltd is Cigna’s first Global Centre of Excellence (GCE) for Data, AI, Analytics, Technology and business operations. In my role as executive sponsor and head of CHSI, responsible for building and scaling the Organization with the right capability, delivery excellence and talent. Built a talented team of 600+ in 18 months.
  • Havard Business Review
    Advisory Council Member
    Havard Business Review Aug 2024 - Present
  • Mit Cdoiq Program
    Mit Cdoiq Symposium - Advisor And Organizing/Operations Committee Member
    Mit Cdoiq Program Mar 2022 - Present
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us
    VOLUNTARY WORK:Advisor and Program/Organizing committee member of the world's biggest, most popular, No.1 and prestigious Data Symposium, the MIT CDOIQ Symposium that has been held in MIT Boston campus every year for the past 17 years. The symposium attracts over 2,000 data leaders from all over the world.
  • Cdo Magazine
    Global Editorial Board Member
    Cdo Magazine Aug 2021 - Present
    VOLUNTARY WORKCDO (Chief Data Officer) Magazine is the No.1 magazine globally for data professionals with subscriptions in over 175+ countries.
  • Aim Leaders Council
    Member
    Aim Leaders Council Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, In
    Voluntary work
  • Amnet Systems
    Advisory Board Member
    Amnet Systems Jun 2020 - Jun 2023
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In
  • Quantium
    Executive Head, Svp And Board Member
    Quantium Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
    QUANTIUM is one of the fastest growing "Pure Play AI and Data Science” companies in the world with an increasing global footprint and with a Unicorn status. It was founded in Australia in 2002 and is No.1 AI and Data Science company in Australia and NZ and is 75% owned by Woolworths, one of the world’s biggest retail giant. It thrives on data partnerships and data monetization services. It has joint ventures with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Telstra and Discovery Health. Quantium is one of the most successful entrepreneurial companies established in Australia.As Executive Head (CEO) and SVP of Quantium India, had the overall accountability for day to day running of the organisation and its entire operations. Quantium India operate as the global center of excellence for AI, Analytics, Data Product Development and Technology, and Innovation supporting and servicing Quantium Group globally. Responsible for delivery of Analytics and AI solutions to clients in banking, retail, FMCG, healthcare, media, insurance, real estate, etc.
  • Mit Sloan School Of Management
    Board Member - Data Research
    Mit Sloan School Of Management 2016 - 2019
    Cambridge, Ma, Us
    VOLUNTARY WORKMIT CISR. Research on data strategy, data wrapping, data services, acceptable/ethical use of data, data products delivery and data monetisation.Chair of the board: Dr.Barbara Wixom, Senior Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Qbe Insurance
    Svp, Chief Data & Analytics Officer And, Global Head Of Data Strategy & Governance
    Qbe Insurance Mar 2016 - Sep 2018
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    QBE Insurance is a top 20 Global Insurer in the world and operates in 37 countries with a revenue of over USD 17B and over 14,000 employees.The role was based out of Singapore & Hong Kong. Dual role - Development and execution of Data Strategy for QBE Group as the Global Head of Data Strategy and Governance; Development and execution of Data, AI and Analytics Strategy for QBE Emerging Markets division (27 countries in Asia, Pacific and Latin America) as the Senior Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer.Reported to Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer and to the Chief Operating Officer of the Emerging Markets Division. Worked closely with 23 CEOs and their business teams in emerging markets.As a member of the leadership team of the Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer, built and operationalised Data, AI and Analytics capabilities - tools and technologies, AI and Analytics frameworks, anslytics use cases for business performance, and supporting processes, partner support, etc. Contributed to establishing and running data, analytics and AI Global Centre of Excellence.
  • Iag
    Group Director And Head - Data And Privacy
    Iag Jun 2014 - Mar 2016
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Insurance Australia Group is the No.1 insurer in Australia and New Zealand with a revenue of over AUD12B. It also had operations in India (SBI General Insurance, a JV with the State Bank of India), Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and China and employed over 15,000 people during my tenure.Member of the leadership team under Julie Batch that established the Group Data and Analytics function for IAG, IAG Lab and IAG Customer Lab. Responsible for Group data management, data governance and acceptable use of data - ethical, privacy, legal and regulatory.
  • Iag
    Chief Information Officer, Asia
    Iag May 2008 - Jun 2014
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    First Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Asia responsible for Tech and Data strategy, execution and Tech Operations across the Asian businesses. Member of the IAG Group Executive Leadership team under Michael Wilkins and Justin Breheny’s leadership in executing Asia expansion strategy (through M&A and JVs) covering Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and China.Founding member of SBI General Insurance in India, a joint venture with State Bank of India.
  • Iag
    Group Chief Technology Officer
    Iag Jun 2011 - May 2013
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    First Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of IAG in addition to serving as the first CIO of Asia. Reported to Group CIO managing $280 Mill IT budget and over 1,000 IT staff. Established the first Group Data Office for IAG Group in 2009.
  • Sakthisoft - A Data Strategy And Execution Company
    Founder And Ceo
    Sakthisoft - A Data Strategy And Execution Company Mar 2005 - Feb 2016
    Provided strategic consulting services on data driven business solutions enabled through technology. Customers include:- Commonwealth Bank of Australia- Australian Federal Govt- NSW Government- New Zealand Government- NSW Police- WPP- IBM Global Services- OASIS , Global Data Interoperability Standards Consortium and others. Areas of focus includes data strategy and execution, data standards, data interoperability, data integration, data policies, data monetisation and data driven culture.
  • Iaidq, Usa
    Board Member
    Iaidq, Usa 2013 - 2016
    VOLUNTARY WORKInternational Association for Information and Data Quality. Now called IQ International
  • Oasis
    Chairman, Party Data Global & Open International Standards Committee
    Oasis 2000 - 2016
    Woburn, Massachusetts, Us
    VOLUNTARY WORKOASIS is world's biggest global open standards development consortium. Chaired an International Standards Group with over 5000 international members, 600+ organisations and members from over 200 countries. The committee developed Global Open, vendor and industry neutral data standard for Party Data (e.g. customer, partner) to enable data interoperability which is used globally by organisations and is a key standard for Google Maps as part of its KML. KML is an ISO standard. Members of the committees were from organisations around the world.
  • Oasis
    Manager, Global Open (Data) Standards Development
    Oasis Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
    Woburn, Massachusetts, Us
    Managed development of global open industry data standards by international community such as ebXML, SAML, WS Specs, Election standards, Emergency Management Standards, SOA standards
  • Sbi General Insurance
    Sbi-Iag Joint Venture - Founding Member, Tech & Data Executive
    Sbi General Insurance Nov 2008 - Jun 2014
    Mumbai, Maharashtra, In
    FOUNDING MEMBER (a team of 10 senior executives from SBI and IAG) of SBI GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, India in Nov 2008 - A joint venture between Insurance Australia Group and the State Bank of India, the biggest bank in India with over 25,000 branches. Represented SBU, IAG and the JV to set up the IT function for the JV.Had the opportunity to work closely with Senior Executives of SBI namely, Arundhati Bhattacharya and O.P.Bhatt (former Chairpersons of SBI), RR Belle, Bhaskar Sharma, Pushan Mahapatra etc on this JV establishment. Established the first Chief Data and Information Management Office in India (2009) across any industry resulting in the appointment of the first Chief Data Officer in India across any industry and one of the first in Asia @ SBI General Insurance. Led the Tech and data strategy and execution for the organization and operationalized them. The work won many global best practice awards.
  • Mastersoft Group Pty Ltd
    Advisor To The Board - Data And Ai Products Strategy
    Mastersoft Group Pty Ltd Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
    Mastersoft products are data driven and built using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques since 1989. Only a handful of companies in the world to successfully commercialize AI based data products as early as 1980s.
  • Nsw Police Force
    Senior Enterprise Architect And Government Agencies Data Intelligence Sharing Strategy Program Lead
    Nsw Police Force Mar 2005 - Apr 2008
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Led the development and execution of Data driven strategy to enable data exchange and interoperability between NSW Justice Sector Government Agencies and NSW Police force.
  • Mastersoft Group Pty Ltd
    Chief Information & Technology Officer And Chief Ai Product Architect
    Mastersoft Group Pty Ltd Jul 1997 - Feb 2005
    One of the handful and very successful AI/ML based commercial data product companies in the world since the 80s. The company commercialized AI /ML based data products since 1988-89 supported with Data Strategy and Governance consulting services. Leaders in the areas of data quality, meta data, master data, reference data, data governance, data ethics, data privacy, data risk and data monetisation since early 1990s. Most of the 100 top blue chip organisations and large public sectors in Australia and New Zealand used Mastersoft products. Data Strategy and execution consulting provided to top 20 blue chips in Australia and New Zealand. Held several roles during the 8 year stint starting as Chief Architect and then taking on other roles namely, CTO and Principal Data Consultant. Also, served as CTO for a digital online AI data product business start up of Mastersoft called Cognito, Inc in USA for 18 months.Focus Areas: Data life cycle management, data strategy, data governance, data quality, master data, reference data, meta data, data lineage, data analytics, data privacy, data ethics, data risk, data product development, data monetization.
  • Fujitsu Global
    Senior Commercial Software Product Development Engineer & Lead
    Fujitsu Global Nov 1994 - Jul 1997
    Fujitsu Australia Software Technology - A commercial R&D arm of Fujitsu Japan (and the only one outside of Japan) responsible for designing, building and releasing Fujitsu's global commercial products such as Fujitsu RDBII, Jasmine, Symphoware, etc. Was part of commercial products research and development core team. We were the biggest Java development house in Australia and our team contributed significantly to the version 1.0 of JDBC. RDB2 Database commercial product of Fujitsu was developed 100% using Java by our team. Jasmine is the object oriented database product of Fujitsu.
  • Csiro
    Ai R&D Scientist And Engineer, Ai Lab
    Csiro Jun 1991 - Nov 1994
    Acton, Act, Au
    Was the biggest AI and intelligent systems R&D Group in Australia. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is one of the world’s largest and No.1 research organisation in Australia employing over 7,000 scientists across various fields. CSIRO invented the WiFi.In 1991, the lab had over 60 people working on AI R&D work. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based techniques were used to solve complex business problems (that could not be solved through traditional approaches) for various industry verticals.One of our key AI project (1992) was using big data (30+ year data set with daily transactions - structured, unstructured and sensor data), applied 7 leading Machine Learning algorithms on the data set to create predictive models, picked the best performing model and implemented the decision rules generated and operationalised them in a decision support system of a large Australian federal government division. We used Australian Federal Government’s Cray Super Computer (for speed and power) to train our ML models. We partnered and worked closely with some of the pioneers in the field of AI and Machine Learning. Areas of work: Semantic intelligent networks, Ontology, intelligent autonomous agents, ML algorithms, Knowledge based systems, Reasoning systems, Knowledge Analyst, blackboard AI, Acceptable/Responsible AI, AI Risk Governance, Multi Modal AI etc
  • Regional Computing Centre
    Ai R&D Engineer
    Regional Computing Centre Jan 1990 - Jan 1991
  • Anna University
    Ai Research Fellow
    Anna University 1987 - 1988
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In

Ram Kumar Skills

Strategy Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Software Management It Strategy Outsourcing Consulting It Operations It Transformation Leadership Service Delivery Solution Architecture Strategic Planning Pmp Infrastructure Sdlc Business Process Improvement Soa Disaster Recovery Business Requirements Resource Management Data Governance Project Management User Acceptance Testing Process Improvement Business Process Re Engineering Analytics Project Governance Software Development Life Cycle Erp Relational Databases Incident Management Data Integration Service Oriented Architecture Business Objects Systems Analysis Open Source Messaging Apache Business Process Management Jsp Data Transformation Visio Process Management Saas Information Management

Ram Kumar Education Details

  • Mastery University, Anthony Robbins Foundations, Inc, Usa
    Mastery University, Anthony Robbins Foundations, Inc, Usa
    Professional And Personal Relationship Management
  • Asian Institute Of Technology
    Asian Institute Of Technology
    Master Of Engineering In Computer Science (Industry Thesis: Artificial Intelligence)
  • College Of Engineering, Guindy
    College Of Engineering, Guindy
    Bachelor Of Engineering - Electronics And Comm. Engg. (Industry Thesis: Artificial Intelligence)
  • Santhome Higher Secondary School, Santhome, Chennai, India
    Santhome Higher Secondary School, Santhome, Chennai, India
    Year 11 And 12
  • Kumararajah Mutiah High School, Adayar, Chennai, India
    Kumararajah Mutiah High School, Adayar, Chennai, India
    Year 6 To Year 10
  • Sri Kalalaya Convent, Adayar, Chennai, India
    Sri Kalalaya Convent, Adayar, Chennai, India
    Year 3 To Year 5
  • Indian Institute Of Technology Campus School, Kanpur, India
    Indian Institute Of Technology Campus School, Kanpur, India
    Kindergarten To Year 2

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Ram Kumar attended Mastery University, Anthony Robbins Foundations, Inc, Usa, Asian Institute Of Technology, College Of Engineering, Guindy, Santhome Higher Secondary School, Santhome, Chennai, India, Kumararajah Mutiah High School, Adayar, Chennai, India, Sri Kalalaya Convent, Adayar, Chennai, India, Indian Institute Of Technology Campus School, Kanpur, India.

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