Mohan Khilariwal
Mohan Khilariwal
Transform Your Business with AI Solutions
About ME
Summary & Skills
Summary & Skills
Summary & Skills
- A profit-driven t AI/Ml/GenAI Leader offering nearly 25 years of experience in technology strategy, large-scale AI adoption, and digital transformation across BFSI, telecom, mining, retail, education, and manufacturing.
- Proven track record in defining enterprise AI Strategies, multi-year roadmaps, and operating models that align AI initia
- A profit-driven t AI/Ml/GenAI Leader offering nearly 25 years of experience in technology strategy, large-scale AI adoption, and digital transformation across BFSI, telecom, mining, retail, education, and manufacturing.
- Proven track record in defining enterprise AI Strategies, multi-year roadmaps, and operating models that align AI initiatives to business priorities. and regulatory requirements.
- Specialized in AI strategy & governance — including AI readiness assessments, use-case discovery and prioritization, KPI/ROI frameworks, and governance models covering data strategy, model risk, privacy, and responsible AI principles. Experienced in guiding cultural and operational shifts for AI adoption, from stakeholder alignment to new ways of working.
- Hands-on in AI implementation and architecture: designed reference architectures for GenAI/RAG platforms, document intelligence, AIOps, and predictive analytics; built scalable data pipelines; and guided cloud-native deployments and MLOps practices on AWS, GCP, and Azure in complex, regulated environments.
Key Impact Areas
Summary & Skills
Summary & Skills
- Defined and executed a 3-year enterprise AI/GenAI roadmap for a $100M+ technology-sector client, including governance, operating model, and platform recommendations adopted by senior leadership.
- Delivered 4+ GenAI use cases into production and led 20+ AI/GenAI POCs across industries (document AI, RAG for knowledge, multilingual chatbots, A
- Defined and executed a 3-year enterprise AI/GenAI roadmap for a $100M+ technology-sector client, including governance, operating model, and platform recommendations adopted by senior leadership.
- Delivered 4+ GenAI use cases into production and led 20+ AI/GenAI POCs across industries (document AI, RAG for knowledge, multilingual chatbots, AIOps, predictive maintenance, fraud/safety).
- Built AI/ML/GenAI & Data Engineering offerings and added 3 new AI-focused accounts with $10M revenue and potential to double in two years.
- Led cross-functional teams of 200+ across geographies; recognized as “Inspiring Leader in AI & Analytics” (3AI Zenith Awards).
Awards
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Organisations
- 3AI Zenith Awards 2023 – Inspiring AI & Analytics Leader, with India & US AI patents.
- HCLTech hackathon awardee, IIT Delhi panelist
- Honorary Advisor/Judge for heritage and technology initiatives.
Organisations
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Organisations
Career progression from Assistant Manager (Systems) to GenAI Leadership Consultant (since Aug-2024), spanning hands-on engineering, project management, and senior technology leadership roles over 25+ years.
Professional Experience
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
GenAI Leadership Consultant providing end-to-end AI advisory for startups and growth-stage companies, spanning AI/ML and GenAI strategy, use-case portfolio design, COE setup, AI team building, and execution roadmaps. Proven experience designing and delivering production-grade AI solutions, including a high-accuracy PO data extraction platform for structured and unstructured documents, with clearly defined KPIs and ROI tied to operational efficiency. Trusted advisor to founders and executives on cloud-native AI platforms, MLOps, governance, and responsible AI practices. Active ecosystem leader as a volunteer advisor to the Hi2AI community and Chapter Leader for 3AI across the US and Canada.
HCL Technologies
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
Led the Data Science & Analytics practice for an ISV SDU, owning end-to-end operations from pre-sales and RFPs through delivery and maintenance. Drove growth by adding three new accounts in a year, improving profitability, and aligning project teams, customers, and partners. Above all filed a patent for a Driver Gaze Monitoring System.
Khilariwal Technologies
FracTIONAL CTO/CAIO & AI CONSULTANT
Served as a Chief Technology Architect, shaping strategy across digital transformation, cloud, and AI/ML while also supporting day-to-day customer resolution and pre-sales. Contributed as an industry expert in hackathons and on the NIELIT (NIC Scientist “B”) interview board, and served as an Honorary Technical Advisor for Sapio Analytics’ Heritage Restoration initiative.
GlobalLogic
Managed offshore delivery and teams as an Offshore Program Manager for a major US retail client. Also led a large US digital transformation program in the online education domain, managing a 90+ member team and owning end-to-end delivery for the delivery domain.
Barclays Technologies Centre India
Barclays Technologies Centre India
Change Manager in the CIO organization, bridging business and delivery teams to drive end-to-end program execution, solutioning, and cost/timeline buy-in. Led IFRS9 (SAS big data/data science) and Germany/UK fraud build (Falcon migration), and helped transform Barclaycard’s risk delivery practices to Agile/DevOps using Disciplined Agile Delivery.
IBM
Barclays Technologies Centre India
Progressed from Technical Project Management to solution delivery management, leading multiple development and AMS engagements. Supported IBM GBS recruitment/training, helped evolve WWPMM 3.0 to embed agile best practices, and contributed to delivery leadership through account growth and workforce planning.
SOPRA Steria INDIA LTD.(EARLIER known as Steria India)
Recognized for timely, defect-free deliveries (Selfserve, Pegasus) and received a “Pat on Back” award at Xansa. Built key frameworks including role-based security (Acegi) and a reusable Spring-based middle layer, and contributed through knowledge repositories and estimation/technology research.
Unit Trust Of India
Improved document digitization processes for the IWDAR application, optimized system performance to reduce CPU/memory usage, and managed project financials and vendor relationships. Led key procurement activities (DoU, RFP creation, proposal evaluation) and executed selective Oracle archive-log data recovery using Java.
Certifications
Broad certifications across Oracle, PMP, ITIL, Scrum, Cloud (AWS & GCP), and AI/ML, reflecting continuous upskilling from 2002–2023.
Academic
Strong academic foundation combining technology, business, and analytical sciences, enabling a balanced perspective across engineering, finance, and strategic leadership roles.