A master of technology in 'Offshore Technology' from IIT Bombay/India and Uni-Stuttgart/Germany in 2002 along with a PhD in 'Hydrodynamics of Slender structures' from NTNU/Norway in 2008. More than 9 years of experience covering both technical and commercial aspect with Det Norske Veritas AS (now DNV GL), out of which about seven years in business strategy development and key customer management. The experience includes: - Leadership - Strategy & business development - Project Management/ QA responsible - Project responsible - Budgeting and financial governance - Customer strategy and management Technical background of structural and hydrodynamics, good working knowledge of MATLAB, RIFLEX, VIVANA, STAR CCM+, USFOS and languages Fortran, Python and 'R'. Experience with Unix/Linux.