Dr Vikas Dhole serves as Senior Vice President of Product Management at Aspen Technology, responsible for strategy and business performance of AspenTech’s software portfolio and associated Asset Optimization and Sustainability Solutions.  

Prior to this role, Vikas was General Manager of Sustainability Solutions at AspenTech responsible for portfolio-wide sustainability solution strategy and enablement, and co-innovation with customers and partners.  

Vikas also led the Product Management of AspenTech’s Performance Engineering suite for over 20 years. During this leadership role, AspenTech expanded clear market leadership in Process Engineering and Optimization across all process industry verticals. This solution incorporated industry first innovations in concurrent engineering, Industrial AI and sustainability in collaboration with customers and has helped transform industry practice in these areas.  

Throughout his career Vikas has championed innovative technology and software solutions in the areas of sustainability, process design, energy management, process and asset optimization. He has authored several publications on these industry topics. Prior to joining AspenTech Vikas was the Technology Director at Linnhoff March Consulting. Vikas was also a staff member at the Department of Process Integration at the University of Manchester UK, the group that pioneered the development of “Pinch Technology” which has revolutionized energy efficiency improvements in the process industries with thousands of successful projects globally.  

Vikas has a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India, and a PhD in Process Integration from the University of Manchester, UK.