Summary
Vivek Gnanavelu is an AI product leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building computer vision, generative and multimodal ML systems for high-stakes industries. As Vice President of Products — Safety & AI, he focuses on turning advanced models into enterprise-scale products that give CXOs predictive visibility into workforce risk and replace paper-based safety processes with real-time intelligence. He has a proven track record leading data science and product teams at Ericsson across telecom, construction, and industrial sectors, delivering end-to-end AI solutions from prototype to industrialization. Vivek blends technical depth (MCS in Data Science from UIUC) with product instincts, regularly speaking on how LLMs and multimodal reasoning reshape workplace safety. An entrepreneur at heart, he began his career building systems and a gadget-focused startup site, and outside work he balances continuous learning with outdoor adventures with his family.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
UnderGraduate Summer School, Computer Science, UnderGraduate Summer School, Computer Science at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
HSC, Mathematics and Computer Science, HSC, Mathematics and Computer Science at CEOA Matric. Hr. Sec. School
BE, CSE, BE, CSE at Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Master of Computer Science, Data Science, Master of Computer Science, Data Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
SSLC, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching, SSLC, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching at Rajan Matriculation Higher Secondary School
English, Tamil