Bala Arun

With close to two decades of experience in implementing PLM for auto, industrial equipment and high-tech manufacturers from Europe, Asia and North America, Bala is focused on successfully delivering end-to-end Product Lifecycle Management systems for the customers in the UK.

An engineer by education, Bala started his career in 1997 with TVS Sundram Fasteners Ltd, a leading auto-component manufacturer in India. To widen his horizon, he then did his MBA in General Management. Passionate in leveraging information technology for engineering, in 2001, he joined the then fledgling PLM practice of a consulting company as one of its founding consultants. Since then he has worked on more than 10 large PLM programmes as the lead consultant and project manager, across the world. In 2004, he initiated and led a joint software development project with MatrixOne inc, USA to design, develop and sell a solution to manage information exchange between engineering and manufacturing teams in organisations. In 2006, he moved to France to lead the PLM business of Tech Mahindra in Europe. Currently he is based out of Coventry, UK leading Processia’s business in the UK.