NACL Industries · AI Innovation

SanamHera

Project Manager & AI Innovation Lead. I work at the intersection of business strategy, enterprise operations, AI product, and change.

Business Strategy · Enterprise Operations · AI Product Building · Change Management

AI Innovation Lead PMO Digitization Reporting to CIO MBA, IIT Madras

The brief

I design systems that help organizations make better decisions, move faster, and scale execution. Sometimes that system is AI. Sometimes it's governance. Sometimes it's a workflow. The goal is always the same: turning complexity into action.

What makes me different

Five layers. One way of working.

01

Layer 1

Enterprise Transformation

I sit where strategy meets the operating system of the company. AI Innovation Lead. PMO digitization. Reporting to the CIO. Working directly with business leaders. Driving organizational change that actually sticks.

  • AI Innovation Lead
  • PMO Digitization
  • Reporting to CIO
  • Working directly with business leaders
  • Driving organizational change

02

Layer 2

Product Thinking

I have designed and developed production products that people use — not slideware. Decision systems, intelligence layers, copilots, and workflow engines across finance, sales, HR, and operations.

  • ASTRA
  • AI CFO
  • AI Fridays
  • Dealer Intelligence
  • Budget Intelligence Platform

03

Layer 3

Technical Execution

I actually build. Not just PowerPoints. Full-stack product work, API integrations, cloud deployments, and AI layers wired into real enterprise systems.

  • React & Firebase
  • Gemini & Claude
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Graph & SharePoint
  • MongoDB & cloud deployments

04

Layer 4

Enterprise Governance

Very few AI people understand this layer. I have worked on the control systems that let innovation scale without chaos — authority, policy, procurement, approvals, and risk.

  • Delegation of Authority
  • IT Policies
  • Governance Frameworks
  • Procurement Workflows
  • Approval Engines & Risk Controls

05

Layer 5 · Hidden skill

Change Management

Transformation fails in the last mile: people. I design the enablement that makes new systems real — from AI Fridays to executive rooms to shop-floor adoption.

  • AI Fridays — 100+ employees across functions
  • Cross-functional adoption
  • Executive presentations
  • Training programs
  • Business stakeholder engagement

Product thinking

Things I have actually shipped.

Designed and developed in production — copilots, intelligence layers, governance tools, and workflow products.

01 · Enterprise intelligence

ASTRA

An operating layer for turning scattered enterprise signals into decisions the business can act on.

02 · Finance

AI CFO

A finance copilot that compresses analysis cycles — from raw ledgers to executive-ready insight.

03 · Enablement

AI Fridays

Friday training across the organisation — different tools, different tasks, with a hard focus on security and AI governance.

04 · Sales

Dealer Intelligence

A commercial brain for dealer networks — performance, exceptions, and next-best actions.

05 · Planning · Gemini API

Budget Intelligence

A budget platform with Gemini as the intelligence layer — variance, narrative, and scenario thinking.

06 · Responsible AI

AI Safe Mode

Guardrails that let teams use AI inside enterprise policy — not around it.

07 · Procurement

Vendor Verification

A verification workflow that reduces risk before spend, with controls the business can trust.

08 · Operations

WhatsApp Ticketing

Support and ops intake where people already work — turning messages into tracked work.

09 · Experience

Aura Frame

A visual product for turning moments into a living, intelligent frame.

10 · Maps · Google Maps API

GeoLocation Identifier

Location intelligence wired into Google Maps — identify, contextualize, act.

AI video & social

Work in motion.

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01 · Google Flow

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02 · Grok

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03 · ElevenLabs

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04 · Canva

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The path

Never one function. Always the intersection.

People from HR. Process from consulting. Product thinking from business analysis. Innovation through AI. Each chapter is still in the work.

  1. Now

    AI Innovation & TransformationNACL Industries

    I lead AI innovation and transformation at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and organizational change. The work spans AI adoption, enterprise digitization, product development, governance, and process transformation — across Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, Procurement, HR, and R&D.

  2. Before

    Business Analystnurture.farm

    I partnered with business and technology teams to translate complex requirements into scalable digital solutions. This is where product thinking sharpened — user needs, measurable value, shipping software that holds up in the real world.

  3. Earlier

    ConsultantInfosys

    Large-scale enterprise environments and digital transformation. Diverse stakeholders, complex processes, structured problem solving, and the discipline required to deliver change inside big organizations.

  4. Origin

    HR ManagerQuantOne Technologies Ltd.

    People, talent, and organizational process. This chapter is why I still treat transformation as a human system — technology only works when teams can actually live inside it.

  5. Foundation

    MBAIIT Madras

    Business strategy, finance, operations, and technology — a single frame for how organizations create value. From Asansol, West Bengal. Always learning.

Impact, in the room

AI Fridays. Phoenix Meet. Systems that ship.

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AI Fridays

Friday training I run for the organisation. Different tools, different tasks — with a hard focus on security and AI governance. Finance, R&D, Regulatory, Operations, Sales, Marketing, EHS: more than a hundred people, including senior management, learning how to use AI in the work they already do.

  • Drive synergies
  • Build AI solutions
  • Enable teams
  • Create impact
  • Learn and grow

Reach out to me

Let’s build the next system together.

Name, email, subject, message — it lands directly with me.

connect@sanamhera.com