The Leadership | Management

As CEO of Texcello, he is entrusted to rebuild an existing business of Excel Automation Solutions in Industrial Automation that offer various services on DCS, ESD, SIS, FGS, PLC, SCADA, FI, WFI and Process Controls with a team of experts of rich experience in several countries. He has been leading and working on strategy, brand repositioning of the company by building a new portfolio of solutions and services that meets the current market demand that include Robotics and AI in partnership with leading industry automation brands.

He holds a Graduate Degree and a Diploma, both in EEE, and a Diploma in Management. He is a CMMI Specialist,  Certified SCAMPI Lead Appraiser from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA (now, CMMI Institute) to analyse, train, and appraise organizations’ Development and Service Capability in IT, Software, BPO and others. He attained several certifications from reputed institutions in Quality, Information Security, Business Continuity, Service Management, CMMI, Software Testing, Ethical Hacking, Cloud Security, Project Management and Data Management (Big Data).

His career spanning 23 years, he has provided advisory, training, consulting; managed and delivered several hundred diversified assignments and projects for 800+ enterprises in IT, Software, BPO in India and overseas, and other sectors. He has delivered several training for 5000+ professionals in many countries. As a CMMI Lead Appraiser, he has appraised 80+ organizations in IT, Software, BPO, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Engineering, Rail Transport, Aviation, Telecom and Space..

His career stint started in 1997, as an Engineer in manufacturing of Electrical Switchgears for 2 years in a leading company in Chennai, before venturing into IT industry. Later, he worked as a Software Engineer in few reputed companies in Chennai QA, Software Development, Testing using latest technologies for domestics and overseas customers.

In 2005, out of passion he became a first-gen entrepreneur from a typical India middle class against all the odds; and sailed through the waves of business and economy for most of his career. He built and transformed ProMinds from a modest start-up to a recognized brand in IT industry with versatile offerings in India and Overseas to 500+ clients.

In 2008, he led ProMinds’ Empanelment with CERT-In, under Ministry of ICT, Govt. of India, as an “Information Security Auditing Organization” for auditing and certifying IT, Networks and Software of Govt., Defense and PSU, later went on to perform 250+ security testing and audits. In the nascent stage of the industry, he successfully built and managed IT Security practice, involved in testing and certification services performing Network Assessment, VA, PT, Ethical Hacking of IT Infra, Networks, App. and Db of customers of industry repute.

He had won many awards and published articles on S/w Quality, S/w Reliability Engg., Business Continuity at publications and university of international repute. He was recognized for his rich professional expertise and entrepreneurship by media – awarded / featured in leading industry magazines in IT and Software.. He has been passionate and energetic through his career, and strong in leadership and communication.

As a serial entrepreneur, after IT and Software, he ventured into Agriculture and Alternate Farming, Industrial Automation & Robotics, Data and Analytics. Now, as CEO of group of companies of versatile interest in fulfilling his soul mission and responsibilities at large. His ventures are, ProMinds Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India, JM Transformations LLC., USA, JM Organics and Naturals Pvt. Ltd., India, JM Analytics and Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India and now, Texcello Automation Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India.

As Chief Technical Officer at Texcello Venkatesh heads all the Automation Divisions at the top management level, to steer forward the company in offerings its best technical products, solutions and services to our customers in India and other international markets.

He holds a Graduate Degree in B.E (ICE) from a leading university in South India. He is is strong in handling all lifecycle activities of Emerson Process Management using DeltaV Control System. He is technically accomplished and competent Professional Control and Instrumentation Engineer with 14+ years of rich experience in DeltaV DCS (Instrumentation and Control) Configuration, Commissioning, Operations, Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Stabilization of Refinery, FPSO, Offshore Platform, TLP, Mining, and Petrochemical Industries in India, Iraq and Guinea.

 
With his in-depth experience, he worked several Onshore, Offshore and FPSO Oil and Gas Production / Processing Plants in the Instrumentation Field. He worked as Engineer and Supervisor for Construction, FAT & SAT, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning and Start-Up of different type of Distributed Control Systems, ESD, SCADA Systems and different kind of modern instruments through his career. He has got a strong exposure and experience in Total Shutdown and Breakdown of Oil Gathering Stations, Offshore Platforms and LNG Upstream Facilities, Preventive Maintenance, Fault Finding, and Corrective Maintenance activities in the field of Process Instrumentation, Analyzers, Fire & Gas Detection Instruments.

 
He is very much a specialist in handling in DeltaV SIS ESD Systems, Offshore FPSO and Onshore projects Ability to DeltaV DCS and Ovation DCS Configuration, Graphics Development, FAT, SAT and Commissioning in Onshore & Offshore. He has rich experience in Design and Implementation of FOUNDATION FIELDBUS, PROFIBUS, OPC, and MODBUS Digital Communication Protocols. Onshore and Offshore DCS experience in Installation and Commissioning of DeltaV DCS Systems of Emerson Process Management gives a edge for his strong skill sets. He had done many migrations of legacy control systems to latest technologies to various enterprises in Middle East. He is excellent in communication skills and ability to build rapport and work with multinational clients effortlessly.

 
As an entrepreneur, he established one of the most sophisticated modern facility for Industrial Automation training and certification courses in 2014. Since then Excel Automation Solutions, Chennai have trained and produced over several thousand professionals India and Overseas Countries. Excel Automation also have been serving on various automation projects and services through these years, before it became Texcello Automation Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

 
He brings in rich experience and strong expertise in control system domain and management to serve the domestic and international clients of Texcello.

 
Powered by new vision, at Texcello, he ventured into offering end-to-end solutions and services in the automation domain - in industrial, medical, factory and RPA, among others, to clients in India and overseas. 

Senthil Kumar is one of the Principal Technical Expert, of Industrial Automation Division at Texcello, and mainly handles Control System domain for our domestic and international customers. He has a rich experience of over two decades in the field of Industrial Automation across various industries spanning many countries. Through his career he has developed strong expertise in control systems and instrumentation working as an Engineer, Manager and Technical Head of Control System Division in India and Overseas countries.

He holds a Graduate Degree in B.E (ICE) from a leading university in South India. He is one of the most sought Emerson Process Management Engineer providing DeltaV Control System’ engineering, configuration, installation, start-up, commissioning, administration and maintenance services since June 2003 through present date.

He has carried out and managed several complex projects in Control System and Instrumentation in different fields of large enterprises and MNC that include Petroleum, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Fertiliser, Power, Engineering, etc. 

He served many reputed clients project-after-project in India, Kuwait, Oman, Germany, USA, Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies), Venesula, etc. is a testimony to his strong hold in the domain. 

He was trained, certified and have hands on strong expertise in products and systems of all leading brands that include, Smart HART, Fieldbus, Profibus, Devicenet and latest control room systems such as DCS-[Emerson’s DeltaV and Ovation], ESD-[DeltaV SIS, ICS TRIPLEX] and most of the leading PLC, HMI, SCADA series of Allen-Bradley, Controllogix, Honeywell, Siemens, GEFanuc, Bentley Nevada, Plantscape, Intellution Polaris. 

He has conducted several corporate trainings and workshops on Control and Safety Systems, and Instrumentation to various enterprises in different countries like KNPC, Kuwait, KOC, Kuwait, OPSC, Oman, IPSL, Trinidad, PROMAN Germany, G2X Energy, USA, Coromandel International, India, many engineering colleges in India.

He brings in rich experience and strong expertise in control system domain, project management and leadership to serve the domestic and international clients of Texcello.

V Karuppaiah is one of the Principal Technical Expert, of Industrial Automation Division at Texcello, who is entrusted to handle Instrumentation domain for our domestic and international customers. As an Industry Expert, he brings in a rich experience of over two decades in the field of Industrial Automation across various industries spanning many countries. Through his career he has developed strong expertise in in Erection & Commissioning, Instrumentation Design, Detailed Engineering and Maintenance, Operations and Vendor Development in India and Overseas.

He holds a B.E (Electronics and Instrumentation) from a leading university in South India. Over these years, he has gained strong expertise in handling Field Instruments and Control System Specifications, Selection, Design, Inspection and Factory Acceptance Test. He has worked and served many leading enterprises in India, including Siemens, Reliance Petroleum, and severed foreign clients in Kuwait, Nigeria and Qatar.

He had proven expertise in many enterprises in managing and executing instrumentation, process control and automation projects - focusing on project definition, detailed design, verification and start up activities. He is very good at Prebid Engineering, Basic Engineering, Detailed Design Engineering, Preparation of all Field Instrument Requisition, Foundation Field Bus Instruments and Distributed Control Systems.

He has consistently proven his ability in navigating and influencing cross functional teams to lead complex projects from inception to successful completion in fast-paced, tight deadline-driven environments. I have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, ability to quickly build rapport with all internal and external stakeholders including the senior management.

He brings in rich experience and strong expertise in instrumentation domain to serve the domestic and international customers of Texcello.