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Vinod Gopinathan

Critic · DISC type C
Head Product Portfolio Management and CIDO at Ashok Leyland
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vinod Gopinathan is the Head of Product Portfolio Management and Chief Information & Digital Officer at Ashok Leyland, with over 30 years of experience in the automotive and IT sectors. He focuses on data-driven transformation, leveraging AI and analytics to shape product strategy. Colleagues praise his rare ability to articulate strategic intent and thorough business knowledge.

He is pioneering Ashok Leyland’s move into autonomous trucking through a strategic agreement with the AI startup Minus Zero.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Head Product Portfolio Management and CIDO
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Personality Overview

How Vinod shows up

Objective Thinker
Precise
Information Seeker

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.

Priorities

Topics Vinod cares about

AI & GenAI Integration
He is actively exploring Generative AI to enhance customer experience and has deployed an in-house AI platform, Hubble. ai, to drive data-driven decision-making across the company.
Smart Manufacturing
He leads the company's Industry 4. 0 initiative, connecting over 2, 000 machines across 28 assembly lines to enable real-time data analysis and improve manufacturing quality.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Head Product Portfolio Management and CIDO
Ashok Leyland
8-2022 - 1-2026
Sr Vice President & Chief Information and Digital Officer
Ashok Leyland
7-2020 - 8-2022
Vice President- IT and Head- Digital
Ashok Leyland
5-2018 - 6-2020
General Manager -IT, Head of Digital & Chief Digital Architect
Ashok Leyland
5-2011 - 5-2018
Head - Customer Experience Applications and Enterprise Mobility
Ashok Leyland
In the press

Media appearances

Vinod Gopinathan, CIO, Ashok Leyland – Leveraging Data for New Business Models. Featured in CIO&Leader
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Data‑driven, customer‑centric tech is our focus: Ashok Leyland CIO. Featured in Economic Times – CIO
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Education
1991 - 1994
B.Tech
College of Engineering Trivandrum
1999 - 2001
M.S
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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