Dr. Ravi Iyer is a technocrat with over 30 years of experience (post PhD) in designing, developing, and operating large-scale and complex products, and managing businesses that leverage technologies such as IoT, distributed systems, Artificial Intelligence, and autonomous vehicles such as drones, for operational efficiencies and resilience, resulting in both top line and bottom line growth. He was recently the CEO of the Accenture Centre of Excellence at IIT Madras. He has had long stints with global giants such as Siemens, Motorola and Conexant in India and abroad.