SUMAN NADELLA

Certified Product Owner with over 18 years of experience in Industrial Automation, specializing in HMI configuration software such as EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert and Pro-face BLUE. Proven track record in product ownership and validation leadership within Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure portfolio, emphasizing stakeholder collaboration and Agile methodologies. Demonstrated success in fostering university partnerships, leading hackathons, and mentoring interns. Seeking opportunities in Product Management, Product Ownership, and V&V Leadership.

Agile & Collaboration Tools

• Office 365, JIRA, Visio, Mind Mapping tools

Industrial Automation Software & Platforms

• EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert, BLUE (Process & Machine Control)
• GP-Pro EX, Vijeo Designer, Control Expert, EcoStruxure Machine Expert (SoMachine)
• Drive configuration Tools (SoMove)
• Third-party tools: Pactware (FDT), M&M software

PLC Hardware 

• Schneider Electric PLCs: M340, Quantum, Premium, M580, M251, M258

Drives, Starters & Industrial Devices

• Altivar Drives (ATV6xx, Altivar Process Drives)
• Soft Starters: ATS22, ATS48
• IIoT & Devices: Magelis IIoT Box, Altivar IoT, NFC Timer Relays, Controllers, Wireless Push Buttons, eXlhoist

Industrial Communication Protocols

• Modbus, OPC UA, CANopen, Ethernet/IP, NFC, Industrial Bluetooth, ZigBee

Virtualization & Test Environments

• VMware, Oracle VirtualBox

SDLC & Quality Engineering

• Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean (Theory of Constraints), Waterfall
• Cybersecurity, Offer Safety, FMEA, FTA

Application Validation Expertise

• Hybrid & Native Mobile Applications (Android, iOS, Windows)
• Web Application Testing across multiple technologies

AI & Intelligent Engineering

• AI-assisted product analysis and requirement engineering using Co-Pilot and other AI tools for feature understanding, competitive analysis, and technical deep dives

Cybersecurity & Compliance

• Hands-on experience with Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) requirements and cybersecurity compliance for industrial and digital products.

Digital Plant HMI — EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert & Pro-face BLUE

Role: Product Owner Lead

Team Size: 100+

Multi-Site: Japan, China, India

Key Contributions:

• Led end-to-end product ownership for Schneider Electric’s HMI configuration software
• Defined product vision, roadmap, and backlog aligned to business values
• Co-ordinating stakeholders and scrum team to run a successful release
• Translated business needs into epics, features, and user stories
• Led User Acceptance testing, release planning, FME and FTE for safety features
• Established HMI Centers of Excellence with VIT & SRM Universities
• Demonstrating product features in every sprint to sales, marketing, support, and system integrators/consultants across the globe

Safety  Advisor - Hazard Monitoring Application

Role: Verification & Validation Leader 

Team Size: 5

Key Contributions:

• Led V&V activities for a safety-critical application monitoring hazardous plant events and health status.
• Technically managing and leading verification team
• Technically managing automation, manual, performance, API, Pre-cyber security and integration testing.
• Test estimation ,test schedule, test strategy, test plans , test cases and hardware test setups

Node-RED Factory - IIoT Application Platform

Role: Verification & Validation Leader

Team Size: 4

Led quality validation for an IIoT platform enabling rapid, scalable application development using Node-RED.

Zelio NFC - Digital Relay Platform

Role: Product Owner | Project Manager | Test Expert 

Team Size: 5

Played a pivotal role in Schneider Electric’s first digitization initiative, delivering an industry-first NFC-enabled timer relay.

Web Designer & Rack Viewer 

Role: Verification & Validation Leader

Team Size: 4

Led quality validation for web-based configuration and visualization tools for industrial rack systems.

• Recognized by VIT (2024) and SRM University (2025) for establishing HMI Centers of Excellence and training faculty and PhD scholars in industrial automation and HMI systems.
• Core organizer for HMI Hackathons driving industry-academia innovation
• Champion, Schneider Electric Champions Club (2016–2017)
• GOLD Innovate Award — Schneider Is ON

• Involved in all stages of product Lifecyle like Requirement gathering, feasibility study, OTM’s, POC’s, SDLC and STLC.
• Provided technical solutions to internal teams, country sales, marketing leaders, end customers, suppliers, and channel partners.
• Delivered technical training for Industrial Automation products and software to customers, partners, suppliers, and internal R&D teams.
• Collaborated with business partners and system integrators during customer visits and co-location sessions in India, Osaka (Japan), Singapore, and other regions.
• Core member of the India R&D Testing Conference Committee

• BlackBlot® - Product Management Expertise
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Certified Member - International Society of Automation (ISA)
• ISTQB Certified Software Testing Professional
• Certified Mobile Application Professional – Testing
• Certified Web Application Security Testing Professional
• Automation People Prolific Certification
• HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Certification
• Brainbench Certified — Software Quality Assurance & Testing

• Scrum Master Program
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Agile Methodologies
• Usability Engineering
• Innovation Management
• Estimation Techniques
• Rational Problem-Solving
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Time Management
• Improving Customer Satisfaction

• Established HMI Centers of Excellence at VIT (2024) and SRM (2025); organized HMI hackathons; mentored interns.
• VIT HMI CoE:
• SRM HMI CoE:
• ScreenCraft Hackathon: Testimonial 1 | Testimonial 2
• Intern Testimonials: Link 1 | Link 2