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Sivam Pillai

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CEO at Zolnoi

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Sivam Pillai is Co-Founder and CTO at Zolnoi, where he leads the development of industrial AI platforms deployed across more than 20 manufacturing customers and over 200 assets in the chemicals, polymers, glass, and oil & gas sectors. His work includes predictive maintenance systems, hybrid physics and machine learning models, GenAI applications with natural language interfaces, and Eval Sakhi, a published framework for defining AI evaluation plans; he also leads a cross-functional engineering team of more than 10. He holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore and has 15 years of experience across engineering, research, and enterprise technology, and is based in Bengaluru.

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Experience

  1. ZolnoiCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — presentBengaluru
  2. Entrepreneur FirstFounder in Residence2021Bengaluru
  3. National University of SingaporePhD Student / Research Scholar2016 — 2021Singapore
  4. National University of SingaporeGraduate Assistant2016 — 2020Singapore
  5. AruviiCofounder2019 — 2020Singapore
  6. SiemensData Scientist (Part-time)2018 — 2019Singapore
  7. SiemensProduct Engineer2012 — 2015Frimley
  8. Edinburgh International Science FestivalScience Communicator2012United Kingdom
  9. Rizvi College of EngineeringLecturer - Research Co-ordinator2010 — 2011Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  10. Cognizant Technology SolutionsProgrammer Analyst Trainee2010Greater Chennai Area

Skills & more

Industrial and Enterprise AI SystemsApplied Machine Learning (Time-Series / Predictive Maintenance)AI Systems and Realtime Data ArchitectureProduct Strategy & OwnershipTechnical & Cross-Functional LeadershipB2B Solution Design / Industrial AI / Enterprise AIGenerative AI (GenAI | LangGraph | RAG | OLLAMA | Prompt Engineering | Fine Tuning)Python (Programming Language)1Data Science (Engineering | Analytics | Visualization)Robotics, Embedded Systems, AutomationRobot Operating System (ROS)Open-Source Development
+12 moreGitHubSmart ManufacturingGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Test-Driven DevelopmentBusiness & Growth StrategyMLOpsIoT/IIoTTime Series AnalysisDeep LearningMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceProduct Management

Languages English · Hindi · Marathi · Tamil

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Who is Sivam Pillai?
Sivam Pillai is Co-Founder and CTO at Zolnoi, where he leads the development of industrial AI platforms deployed across more than 20 manufacturing customers and over 200 assets in the chemicals, polymers, glass, and oil & gas sectors. His work includes predictive maintenance systems, hybrid physics and machine learning models, GenAI applications with natural language interfaces, and Eval Sakhi, a published framework for defining AI evaluation plans; he also leads a cross-functional engineering team of more than 10. He holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore and has 15 years of experience across engineering, research, and enterprise technology, and is based in Bengaluru.
Where does Sivam Pillai work?
Sivam Pillai is CEO of Zolnoi.
What companies did Sivam Pillai found?
Sivam Pillai founded Zolnoi.
Where did Sivam Pillai go to school?
Sivam Pillai studied at National University of Singapore (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Intelligence - Electrical and Computer Engineering); The University of Salford (Master of Science (MSc), Robotics and Embedded Systems); Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication).

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