Independent product work
Applied AI & automation builderBuilding FormMind and LifeOS while developing reliable workflows for agent-assisted product delivery.
About / The full story
A mechanical engineer turned applied-AI builder.
I have worked across project delivery, proposals, business development and sales in environments where accuracy, coordination and trust matter. That experience shaped a simple conviction: useful AI should fit the real workflow.
Spelling note: Puviin is spelled with two i’s. If you searched for “Puvin” or “Puvin Varman,” you’re in the right place.
Mechanical engineering · Applied AIThe connecting thread
Complex work becomes manageable when the system is clear.
My early career was grounded in mechanical engineering and project work: organising bids, coordinating people, finding suppliers, speaking with clients and moving information through imperfect processes.
Proposals and pre-qualification work made the problem especially obvious. Valuable knowledge existed, but it was scattered across people and documents. The practical question was not “where can AI be added?” It was “how can the work become easier to find, review and trust?”
Today I am focused on building FormMind, my in-development flagship document-intelligence project, and LifeOS, an in-progress personal knowledge system. I am most useful in technical GTM, solutions and product-facing roles that sit between customers, domain experts and the people building the product.
Experience
Work across systems, clients and delivery.
WS Engineering & Fabrication / Wasco Energy
Senior Executive, Sales & Marketing · SingaporeWorked across business development, pre-qualification submissions, technical content and client coordination for complex energy and fabrication work.
Carbon Exposure Project
Project DirectorCoordinated publishing operations, six-channel distribution, performance tracking and COP28 content delivery alongside the project’s founder, host and producer.
Delaware Consulting
Proposal SpecialistPlanned and coordinated SAP-services proposals, response structures, reviews and reusable proposal content.
XT.COM Exchange
Business Development Executive / AnalystResearched markets, assessed partnership opportunities and supported business-development activity across Malaysia and Dubai.
Dyna Segmen
Project ManagerManaged bids, engineers, strategic sourcing and business development; introduced systems that improved enquiry tracking and supplier coordination.
Early foundations
Engineering, leadership and community- Leaderonomics — events, radio production and community programmes
- AIESEC in UTP — Vice President of Marketing and project leadership
- Globex Reengineering — engineering, operations and early web work
Education & selected learning
Engineering fundamentals, expanded through building.
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
Major in Energy and Power Systems · Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Foundation in Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Air Miners Carbon Removal Boot-Up
Ten-week programme focused on the carbon-removal ecosystem.
Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner
CertNexus
Certificate in Data Science and Analytics
Veritas College
Early writing / 2021 archive
The spreadsheet method behind an early project-engineering post.
Puviin’s first LinkedIn post documented a two-sheet approach for tracking RFQs, responsibilities and deadlines. The original text, both spreadsheet images and the discussion record are preserved.
How to better manage your work as a project engineer?
Puviin’s first LinkedIn post, sharing a two-spreadsheet method for managing RFQs, projects, deadlines, and daily work.
Now
Open to client work and global applied-AI roles.
For clients, the best starting point is one repetitive, document-heavy workflow with clear reviewers. For hiring teams, I fit applied AI, solutions, technical GTM and customer-facing product work where domain complexity is real and users need to trust the output.
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