Uma Welingkar
Fractional Chief Chief Product Officer
Uma Welingkar is a highly experienced Chief Product Officer with a passion for delivering customer-centric solutions. She has led global teams and driven product innovation at leading companies like Infor, Oracle and Avalara. Her expertise spans SaaS, cloud platforms, and strategic product development.
Throughout her career, Uma has been instrumental in transforming businesses, optimizing operations, and enhancing customer engagement. She has successfully led initiatives in healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, retail, and public sector industries.
Known for building strong partnerships, Uma focuses on empowering organizations to navigate digital transformation, scale efficiently, and achieve long-term success.
Her leadership ensures that technology is a strategic enabler of business growth.
Uma Welingkar
"Innovation isn't just building products; it's about transforming how we solve problems and empower growth for everyone."
TRANSFORMATIONAL
The word Transformational defines Uma Welingkar’s career, as she has consistently driven impactful change across industries through her leadership in product innovation and digital transformation.
From optimizing operations at Avalara to leading global strategy at Infor, her ability to reshape organizations and deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions has empowered businesses to thrive in competitive markets.
Education
1992
University of Memphis
MS (Mathematics with Computer Science)
1987
University of Bombay
BE (Mechanical Engineering)
Experience
2023-2024
Avalara
Vice-President Product Management
2020-2023
Infor
SVP, Product Management and Operations
20216-2020
3VR, Oracle
Product Management and Engineering
Skills
Global Product Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Operational Optimization
Core Competency
Product Innovation
Uma excels in leading diverse teams across regions to deliver unified, strategic product portfolios that drive growth and innovation.
She drives the development of cutting-edge solutions that meet market demands and fuel business growth.
Strategic Leadership
Uma is skilled at leading global teams and crafting long-term strategies that align technology and market drivers with business goals.
Building and fostering strong partnerships across departments, ensures her alignment and efficiency in product development and delivery.
Digital Transformation
Uma has a strong ability to navigate organizations through complex digital transformations, ensuring scalability and efficiency across industries.
By streamlining processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, she is able to improve time-to-market for product launches.
THE
NUMBERS
LEADERSHIP
100+
Uma has managed teams of 20 - 500 across the globe and overseen work of over 5000 employees across organizations. She is known for her leadership with empathy and empowering teams to make decisions. She volunteers as a mentor to people at all levels.
INDUSTRY
10+
Automotive, Aerospace and Defence, Financial Services, Insurance and Banking, Telecommunications and Media, High Tech and Manufacturing, CPG, Retail, Public Sector, Healthcare, Pharma and Hospitality
CORE COMPETENCIES
10
Multi-Dimensional Capabilities to maximize potential that include
Strategic Planning, Mergers and Acquisition, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategy and Roadmap, Market Research, Product Launches (Positioning, Pricing and Messaging), Enterprise Architecture, Agile/Scrum development, Data and Generative AI, Vendor and Partner Management
CULTURE
5
The distinct advantage that Uma brings is her international experience of working with some of the largest companies across countries like Australia, Germany, UK, Mexico, Thailand, India, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Brazil, Finland and Israel, to name a few. She gained valuable insight on how business is done differently in each of the countries (even within EU) and how cultural norms play an important role to having a successful partnership.
Thought Leadership
