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Robert Kennedy Manoharan

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Senior Director – IoT and Automation Engineering, Chennai Centre Head at Tekion Corp
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Robert is an experienced technology leader with over 20 years of expertise in IoT, Automation, and Embedded Systems. He heads the Chennai Centre for Tekion Corp, where he leads IoT and Cloud Engineering. Colleagues describe him as proactive and reliable. He holds Masters degrees from the University of Illinois Chicago and BITS Pilani.

Outside of his corporate role, Robert is a passionate angel investor and mentor for early-stage startups. He is actively involved in fostering student innovation through university partnerships and workshops. His personal interests include hands-on technology projects, holding certifications in drone programming and development.

He holds a patent for a VoIP-enabled audio-video conferencing system that integrates with televisions and landline phones.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Senior Director – IoT and Automation Engineering, Chennai Centre Head
Job Level
Senior
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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IoT & Smart Communities
He leads IoT engineering at Tekion, built an automation portal for thousands of devices, and recently co-ordinated a university workshop on creating IoT-based Smart Communities.
Automotive Retail Tech
As a key leader at Tekion, he is directly involved in developing the next-generation technology platform that is transforming the automotive retail industry.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Senior Director – IoT and Automation Engineering, Chennai Centre Head
Tekion Corp
1-2020 - 10-2021
Director - IoT and Automation, Centre Head
Tekion Corp
8-2016 - 1-2020
Senior Manager - IoT and Automation & Centre Head
Tekion Corp
12-2021
Angel Investor | Mentor
Redspectra Instruments Pvt Ltd
1-2015 - 8-2016
Co Founder, Business Development
VoicemailPro
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Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
University of Illinois Chicago
1999 - 2001
Master of Science (M.S.)
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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