Narendra K Saini - Smarter Mobility Africa

Assistant Vice President, Technology & Services, Unlimit IoT – A Reliance group company.

Narendra is a known Digital Leader, and an Evangelist in the space of Internet of Things & Digital Transformation, Mobility, Strategy, Innovation, and Industry 4.0. He brings more than 20 years of excellent mix from Products & Services organizations; P&L, Technology, Consulting, Business Development and People Management; coupled with entrepreneurial background, key ingredients of a Digital Leader. He is an acclaimed industry speaker at international forums and had held workshops for business leaders including CXOs globally on these subjects. Narendra holds dual master’s with M. Tech. from IIT-Delhi and Master of Science from IIT-Roorkee. With pioneering experience in IoT/IIoT & Digital, he has been driving Digital Enablement initiatives for Smart Connected Enterprises, Industry 4.0/Smart Manufacturing, Customer Experience, Supply Chain/Logistics, Big-Data, Predictive maintenance, AR/VR, Blockchain & Digital Twins. He has helped organizations with their Target State Architecture & Digital Transformation Roadmaps; worked on Digital framework of Future Factories & Product Innovation. He led the Cross Functional Team to create joint value proposition across Line of Businesses (LOBs), leading the Digital Thread for ‘Enterprise Value chain integration’ with ‘Value Creation’ being at the center stage. He has experience of successful change management & building highly productive teams. Narendra has conducted Digital Transformation & Industry4.0 workshops for customers globally; chaired the IOT WG for Smart Governance for Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI). He is well versed with the complete IoT & Digital value chain. Currently Narendra heads the Products & Technology teams for Unlimit IoT (A Reliance Group Company) and leads the horizontal Line of Businesses & vertical Product Lines, R&D, Delivery teams & IT – BISO responsibilities. Narendra advises/mentors entrepreneurs & startups, and has conducted customer events, Ideathons/Hackathons in the past. Narendra is also active in socio-economic reforms of under-privileged, rural education & active against Female Foeticide & gender discrimination.