Ashutosh Ranjan
Innovation Engineer / Bengaluru

Ashutosh Ranjan

Innovation Engineer building enterprise accelerators, agentic AI workflows, digital adoption experiences, and sharp product storytelling.

Profile

Enterprise software, digital adoption, and AI creativity shaped the same builder instinct.

My work spans SAP, WalkMe, Whatfix, Clear, and LeadSquared, moving across engineering, presales, workflow accelerators, and AI-led experimentation without losing product depth.

Current role

Innovation Engineer (Global Operations) at SAP since April 2025, continuing with WalkMe as part of SAP since May 2024.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India with 500+ connections and 1,536 followers.

Education

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, 2016 to 2020.

Career Timeline

A progression from software engineering to innovation-facing roles.

SAP

Apr 2025 - Present

Innovation Engineer (Global Operations)

Driving innovation-focused work in global operations while continuing product context through WalkMe.

WalkMe

May 2024 - Present

Innovation Engineer

Built workflow accelerators for enterprise customers and worked across digital adoption use cases.

Whatfix

Oct 2023 - Apr 2024

Senior Sales Engineer, North America

Supported enterprise solutioning and technical presales across the North America market.

Clear

Mar 2023 - Oct 2023

Technical Presales Engineer, Middle East

Delivered technical presales work and custom proof-of-concepts that opened manufacturing and branding verticals.

LeadSquared

Jan 2020 - Mar 2023

Lead Software Engineer / Software Engineer / Intern

Built consumer portal, order management, KYC, VCIP, and analytics modules over roughly 3.3 years.

Core Skills

Technical range with a bias toward shipping useful systems fast.

AI and automation

Agentic AI, prompt engineering, generative AI workflows.

DAP expertise

WalkMe, Whatfix, adoption strategy, enterprise accelerators.

Frontend

ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, polished UI implementation.

Backend and data

MongoDB, PostgreSQL, API integrations, PoC development.

AI Creative Side

Commercial-style experiments made with generative tools.

Made a full Nike commercial using only generative AI.

Produced a hyper-realistic 40-second AI film in five minutes.

Created a Coca-Cola ad entirely through an AI agent workflow.

Benchmarked major AI video models on realism, including Kling and Luma.

Publishes thought leadership on GenAI workflows, agentic AI, and creative tech.

Certifications

  • WalkMe Builder Certificate (May 2024)
  • Digital Adoption Strategist - Whatfix (Dec 2023)

Volunteering

Secretary General, Red-X Manipal

2017 - 2019

Led social fundraisers and student-driven projects focused on impact and coordination.

Contact

Available for innovation, AI, product, and experience-led work.

Reach out directly through LinkedIn or use the portfolio form for collaborations, experiments, and product conversations.