We’re excited to announce that Ashwini Balasubramanian has joined OLSOM’s board. In this role, she will help shape OLSOM’s strategic direction and support our innovation and sustainability goals.
Ashwini brings extensive experience from leadership roles at major automotive and manufacturing companies, including Toyota Motor Corporation, Harley-Davidson, Martinrea International, and ZF North America, where she has driven results in corporate strategy, technology innovation, and ESG leadership.
“I am impressed by Ashwini’s strong experience in tailoring non-linear result-driven business strategies as well as oversighting their execution along with short term gains. Ashwini has an exclusive understanding of automotive industry having the expertise with automotive OEMs and suppliers, strong engineering background along with strong leadership and strategic thinking. These qualities are perfectly aligned with OLSOM’s mission to make manufacturing awesome.”
—Yuri Pilipenko, CEO
Her achievements include leading global teams, pioneering innovation including AI in product development, and driving initiatives focused on sustainability and diversity. She has a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan, Dearborn, and is also a Certified Sustainability Excellence Associate from the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.
“Curating strategies to move the mission and vision of the organization forward has been a motivating factor for me in all of my roles. Being able to participate in OLSOM’s journey as they are on the cusp of growth is super exciting. Many companies talk about Industry 4.0, digitization of manufacturing, but very few companies are purpose driven to revolutionize automation in manufacturing like OLSOM. This, from my perspective, makes OLSOM uniquely positioned to grow.”
—Ashwini Balasubramanian, Business Strategy Advisor
With Ashwini on board, we’re ready to pave the way for manufacturing that’s transparent, easy, efficient, resilient, and sustainable—everything we mean when we say “awesome.”
