Dr. Ravi Gopinath

Thermax

He is also the Chief Strategy Officer at AVEVA plc, an FTSE-listed software company. He joined AVEVA in 2018 through the merger of Schneider Electric Software with AVEVA. Prior to the merger, he was the Executive Vice President of Schneider Electric Software. He joined Schneider Electric in 2014 following the acquisition of Invensys plc by Schneider Electric, where he was President of Invensys Software.

He started his career as a research scientist at Tata Consultancy Services in 1994 and eventually led the global Engineering Business and the Manufacturing Practice for the company. He left TCS in 2006 and joined Geometric Ltd. as the MD and CEO. He held that role from 2006 to 2009 when he joined Invensys.

Dr. Gopinath holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and an M. Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.