He later joined Siemens Chennai in 1986 as a project engineering responsible for cement projects. From 1990-91, he was delegated to Siemens Germany for technology transfer for cement automation to Siemens India. With a mandate to establish a new department for services in 1993, Siva held the position of Chief Manager Industrial Projects for Siemens Delhi between1995 to 1998. Between 1998 to 2005, he managed the Metals, Mining and Paper businesses for Siemens India. Siva?s next assignment was as CEO, Industrial Solutions and Services Division of Siemens India after which he went on to become the Head of Water Technologies for South-East Asia and India. Exiting Siemens in August 2011, Siva is presently responsible for Operations for ThyssenKrupp Industries India as Managing Director and is based in Pune.

With strong specialisations in Managing Solutions Business, strong project management skills, M&A, strategic planning and vision building, Siva?s equally strong experience in Metals, Mining, OG, Cement, Infrastructure and Water Industries has helped him take ThyssenKrupp Industries India to the next level with a clear customer-centric blueprint for the future.

Siva has done his Engineering with Electrical & Electronics degree and MBA from Madras University. While business travel takes up a large chunk of his time, Siva is a family man with a son and a daughter and has a keen interest in playing golf and reading.