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Kokul Selvaraj Arumugam

Lead IoT & Energy Solutions Engineer
Chennai,TN

Summary

Experienced professional skilled in managing end-to-end project lifecycles, driving product adoption, and delivering impactful solutions. Proven track record of building strong stakeholder relationships, optimizing performance with data-driven insights, and fostering collaboration across teams to align business and technical strategies. Adept at leading teams, gathering requirements, and implementing innovative and customer-centric approaches.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead IoT and Energy Solutions Engineer

Facilio
Chennai, Tamil nadu
07.2021 - Current

Customer Onboarding and Management:

  • Managed the entire customer lifecycle, from SoW and BRD to project go-live, generating over $1.28M+ in ARR
  • Championed customer success initiatives, maintaining strong relationships that prevented $280K in ARR churn
  • Conducted customer discovery, gathered requirements, and formulated PRDs, helping define the product roadmap through customer feedback and market trends
  • Built value-based relationships with stakeholders, serving as a liaison and advocate for customers within the organization
  • Delivered exceptional post-go-live support, resulting in a 100% customer satisfaction rating
  • Owned the customer onboarding journey, ensuring smooth product adoption and project completion, which improved customer health metrics and increased product usage by 25% among key stakeholders
  • Led executive business reviews, tracking customer goals and progress, which led to zero churn and continued growth across accounts

Smart Building IoT & Energy Solutioning:

  • Designed and implemented Sustainability Dashboards for clients in the UK, UAE, and US, enabling real-time tracking of carbon emissions to meet regional Net Zero targets
  • Leveraged the product capabilities to drive substantial reductions in carbon emissions across multiple portfolios, achieving annual reductions between 15-22%, and supporting clients in their sustainability objectives
  • Delivered a 34% reduction in energy usage through HVAC optimization and remote monitoring, improving overall system efficiency
  • Led a team of 3+ engineers to successfully implement over 10 projects, resulting in up to 27% energy savings in commercial buildings by refining energy management processes

Cross-Functional Collaborations:

  • Collaborated in gathering functional requirements and developing solutions for 8+ product features, including Fault Detection & Diagnostics (FDDs), Virtual Meter, Measurement & Verification (M&V), etc
  • Supported the sales team with Connected Building and Retail GTM demo scripts, resulting in a $3.7M pipeline
  • Worked closely with Account Managers to identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities, contributing to a $500K revenue increase
  • Aided marketing team with customer discovery questionnaire, 20+ 'how-to' videos, reviewed product marketing documents as part of GTM for Connected Buildings and Energy Management
  • Successfully transitioned 65% of Proof of Concept (PoC) accounts to active customer accounts, resulting in a potential of $1.5M in ARR
  • Served as PoC for Smart Building and Energy Management solutioning, assisted in 40+ RFP/RFI submissions in 3 years, and worked on preparing the SoW document.

Industrial Automation Engineer

Reliable Corporation
Chennai
01.2021 - 07.2021
  • Led process implementations for an adhesive manufacturing company, reducing production timelines by up to 15% through automation
  • Implemented HVAC logic, achieving a 20% reduction in motor power consumption costs
  • Worked with staff to innovate production optimization techniques, increasing production quantity by 25%.

Education

Master of Science - Automation, Control and Robotics

Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, United Kingdom
09.2015 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechatronics

Hindusthan College of Engineering And Technology
India
08.2011 - 05.2015

Skills

  • Client Relationship Management
  • SaaS Solutions Implementation
  • Data Analysis in Energy Sector
  • IoT & Smart Building Solutions
  • Systems Integration (REST API, MQTT)
  • Requirements gathering & Business Analysis
  • Product Functional Support
  • Agile Methodologies
  • PRD and Roadmap Development
  • Product KPIs

Software

Big Data Analytics: Apache Kafka

Project Management: JIRA, Smart Sheet

Data Analytics: Tableau, Power BI

Other Tools: Postman, MS-Office, My SQL, Click house

Timeline

Lead IoT and Energy Solutions Engineer

Facilio
07.2021 - Current

Industrial Automation Engineer

Reliable Corporation
01.2021 - 07.2021

Master of Science - Automation, Control and Robotics

Sheffield Hallam University
09.2015 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechatronics

Hindusthan College of Engineering And Technology
08.2011 - 05.2015
Kokul Selvaraj ArumugamLead IoT & Energy Solutions Engineer