Ralliant’s Amir Kazmi On Wiring AI Into Critical Infrastructure

LeadershipCIO NetworkRalliant’s Amir Kazmi On Wiring AI Into Critical InfrastructureByPeter High,Contributor.Follow AuthorJun 11, 2026, 12:17pm EDTThe Ralliant Corporation logo SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWhen Amir Kazmi describes his title of Chief Technology and Growth Officer, he does so not as a curiosity but as a thesis. "Splitting tech and growth into different functions sometimes creates artificial distance from customers," he explained. For Kazmi, who has spent most of his career navigating the gap between what is technically possible and what is commercially adaptable, the combined role is simply good business logic made explicit.Kazmi holds that title at Ralliant, a newly listed NYSE precision technology company built on a Danaher lineage and spanning brands like Tektronix and Qualitrol. The company operates across electrification, AI infrastructure, aerospace and defense and advanced industrial environments, serving over 90,000 customers in 90-plus countries through more than 14 million installed sensors. It is, in Kazmi's framing, a company that sits at the intersection of digital intelligence and physical systems, enabling the world's most critical infrastructure to operate with confidence and precision.The Founder Mindset at ScaleKazmi co-founded a nanotech company earlier in his career, and the experience left a permanent imprint. "When you're the founder, you don't get to say that's a tech problem or a sales problem," he noted. "Every key opportunity or area of focus becomes your problem." Before joining Ralliant, he held senior roles at Lockheed Martin and WestRock, where he tested whether that founder urgency could survive contact with organizations measured in the billions.His conclusion: it can, but it requires deliberate design. "Speed is usually a design choice," he said. "In large enterprises, complexity hides in decisions, handoffs and incentives." The answ...