Surinder Ram - Interim Product Owner (AI Tech-Stack)

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Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria

Experience

Sep 2025 - Nov 2025

3 months

Provided targeted support to the Lead Product Owner during a high-intensity project phase to manage peak workloads.
Assumed ownership of the technical backlog, focusing on the prioritization and refinement of user stories and epics.
Acted as the key interface between the development team and the Lead PO to clarify technical requirements and remove impediments.

Sep 2024 - May 2025

9 months

May 2024 - Dec 2024

8 months

Collaborated with a team of 10 experts in computer vision, algorithm design and framework development, partnering with an external team to enhance software solutions.
Oversaw the continuous development and maintenance of C++ and C# software, ensuring high-quality standards and efficient bug resolution.
Managed the product backlog in close cooperation with the Product Manager, prioritizing tasks and aligning development with business objectives.
Facilitated collaboration with algorithm experts on pre-development projects, ensuring seamless integration and functionality of new features.
Provided support to approximately 50 global internal users, ensuring responsive solutions and addressing feedback for machine customization with new banknotes.

Aug 2023 - May 2024

10 months

Researched and implemented LLM-based web applications using Streamlit and Python for knowledge management.
Developed digital coaches for UX and requirements engineering.

May 2022 - Aug 2023

1 year 4 months

Advanced technology development of industrial applications in safety-critical systems using machine learning.
Performed pattern recognition in time-series using state-of-the-art deep-learning methods.
Prepared data, designed databases and created UI tools for labeling of approx. 100k datasets.
Created feature-engineered algorithms for pre-labeling of data.
Researched current state-of-the-art methods in scientific papers.
Developed model architectures, modeled cost functions and applied algorithms such as U-Net, Inception, ResNet and YOLO to various sensors in mechatronic applications.
Implemented performance measures and error visualization.
Planned and executed experiments and created an end-to-end loop for model verification using a slim CI/CD pipeline.
Created Docker images for use in AI infrastructure (cloud).
Filed invention disclosures (EP23194130 and EP23194131) and communicated with stakeholders.
Optimized models to fit on embedded hardware.

Mar 2018 - Feb 2023

5 years

Served as technical lead of an agile embedded software team with developers, product owners and architects as part of the global product software team.
Guided ongoing skills improvement for team members, emphasizing C++, domain knowledge, Qt, testing and methods.
Acted as technical project manager for the Bosch Cookit pilot project: concurrent development, establishment, integration and real-world testing of BSH’s end-to-end platform consisting of backend systems, apps and embedded platform.
Led requirements engineering, software architecture aggregation, release management, roadmapping and reporting.
Served as product owner for NEFF premium ovens software: coordinated distributed software teams and suppliers in Vietnam, India and Germany (∼15 developers).
Managed the product backlog and technical project management of C++/Qt/QML/Linux-based user-embedded software interfaces.
Conducted code reviews, software releases, stakeholder communication and testing.
Developed and aligned QA processes and verification strategies for product software.