Suresh Balakrishnan is the co-founder and joint managing director of STULZ India. He is a HVAC industry veteran and business leader. He combines strong business acumen with a sharp sense of the future of engineering technology. Over the two decades under his leadership, STULZ has grown to market leadership in mission critical cooling solutions in India. It has also expanded its India manufacturing capabilities manifold, and created one of the widest captive pan-India service networks in the industry. Suresh revolutionised the Indian mission critical HVAC industry with the introduction of various innovations that have since been adopted industry-wide. STULZ’s path breaking innovations have now been extended to industrial and commercial segments. Suresh currently has various innovation initiatives underway along with STULZ’s global R&D engineers. He has also been a successful serial entrepreneur for over two decades. He is an advisor and associate director of Montaplast's India subsidary of the Global Auto Ancillary Group. Additionally, he has been an active investor and advisor to multiple e-commerce and IT services start-ups and a partner in 360 Deg, a real estate investors' group, with interests in various residential and commercial projects across western and southern India.Suresh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in production from Mumbai University.