Management
S Ramakrishnan
Director
RK is a Chemical Engineer with nearly four decades of Operational and Managerial experience across Industries like Chemical, Specialty and Performance Chemicals, Bituminous Products, Mining and Minerals, Starch and Starch Derivatives, Breweries and Distilleries and consulting. RK holds a Fellow Diploma of Insurance Institute of India, one of the handful of Non- Insurance Professionals having a Chemical Engineering degree and a FIII diploma. He is also an IBBI registered valuer of Plant and Machinery. He has hands-on exposure to multi- functional, product, cultural, locational business environments. RK is highly experienced in identifying and implementing turnaround strategies having successfully turned around many Organizations across industries in his career and known for his strategic vision.
R Prabhakaran
Director
A qualified chemical engineer with 39 years of extensive and diversified industrial experience spanning the chemical, fibre, petrochemical, and pharmaceuticals sectors, with a particular focus on the bulk drugs (API) industry. Possesses comprehensive expertise in operations, manufacturing, projects, business development, and facility management. Demonstrated leadership in managing multifunctional teams and heading plants manufacturing APIs and intermediates. Anchored Corporate EHS and sustainability initiatives.
R Suresh
President
R. Suresh is a seasoned and highly experienced Projects and Engineering Professional with a Degree in Industrial Engineering from BITS, Pilani, Diploma in Advanced Marine Engineering as well as Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from LIBA. RS has served fifteen years in the Indian Navy and over two decades in reputed Pharmaceutical Companies viz Piramal Healthcare, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma, AMRI, Biological E etc before turning into consulting in the year 2023. Having grown through the ranks, RS reached the top of the Projects and Engineering hierarchy at Aurobindo Pharma comprising of fourteen plants as their Corporate Head of Engineering and Projects. RS is a specialist and an accomplished professional in the fields of Plant Engineering, Project Management, cGMP design services for Pharma & Sterile. Pharma Regulatory compliance support (WHO, US-FDA, MHRA, TGA, ANVISA (Brazil), INVIMA (Columbia) etc, Technical Due Diligence of Pharma, Specialty Chemicals and Power Plants, Operational Processes and Systems Re-engineering.
Steve Jagannathan
President - Customer Success & AI Product Innovation
Steve Jagannathan is a seasoned business and technology leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, innovation, partnerships and customer impact. Over his distinguished career spanning the US and Asia Pacific, Steve has architected transformational growth strategies that consistently delivered exceptional outcomes – whether scaling customer success operations, building professional services & customer success organizations, or driving strategic partnerships. His innovative frameworks for customer journey mapping and success planning have become blueprints for transforming traditional service organizations into strategic value drivers. Steve brings together deep technical acumen, strategic vision, and inspirational leadership to build and scale high-performing teams across global markets. His academic foundation combines a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Annamalai University and a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, complemented by an MBA from The Wharton School. Steve leads customer success initiatives, mentors professionals building careers in customer success, and advises companies on new market entry, market expansion, M&A integration, and building sustainable customer relationships.
P. James
Senior Consultant
PJ is a Chemical Engineer from AC College of Technology, Anna University and has over 40 years of hands-on operational experience in Production, Plant Engineering & Project Management and Warehouse Management in specialty Chemical Industry. He has had a highly successful career with Balmer Lawrie & Co Limited for over 35 years.
The Think Tank - Our Advisers
V.R.Venkataraman
Adviser
An Industry veteran and a Senior Management professional with over 40 years of Work Experience spanning some of the Best Indian Corporations – Murugappa Group, Wipro (& the Global Conglomerate – General Electric) + the Sanmar Group.
T.K.Sundaraswaran
Adviser
A seasoned Operations & Marketing Professional and Business Manager with over four decades of experience in Sales, Marketing, profit centre Management and Business Management. TKS has handled senior and top Management assignments with Companies like Balmer Lawrie & Co Limited, Elf Atochem Peroxides India Limited, Johnson Matthey, Avra Synthetics, Hyderabad and Tokyo Chemical Industry (India) Private Limited.
