Srinivasa Desikan is a Mechanical Engineer with a business management and data sciences graduation from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore, India and the University of Texas at Austin and over 33 years of industrial experience in the areas of manufacturing, supply chain, quality, continuous improvement and sales & business development. Desikan, is currently the Director – Sales in the Greater Asia and Taiwan Region of UL Solutions.
Desikan’s career has spread across various industrial segments, and he has worked for several illustrious industrial houses in the automobile, healthcare, packaging, medical devices and TIC segments.
Desikan’s expertise in the field of manufacturing operations and commercial function in various industries is backed by his enthusiasm in developing various processes for process improvement, efficiency and effectiveness improvement in operations and his never dying passion for quality, safety and enhancing customer experience. He has been instrumental in getting process and quality certifications, establishing harmonized manufacturing policies and customer experience initiatives and is also trained as Lead Assessor for ISO 9000. Throughout his career, Desikan has toured the globe extensively and has worked in various cultures establishing Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Safety programs and has also run manufacturing and service-oriented operations successfully.
Desikan is a qualified Six Sigma Black Belt, certified by the American Society for Quality.