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Founding team

The people who stand behind every BizTek engagement

A founder who has built and run manufacturing businesses for more than 30 years, a founding group that shares the commitment, and 15 founding associates, each a senior practitioner in their domain.

Devraj Sathyadevan, Founder and Principal Consultant, BizTek Accelerators

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Devraj Sathyadevan

Founder & Principal Consultant

A production engineer with more than 30 years across electronics manufacturing, technology and business development in India, the Gulf and the Philippines. Devraj built and headed the Prototyping Business Unit at Kaynes Technology, set up the Power & Energy division at ICAD in Jeddah, led the consulting profit centre at INOX Qatar and has led electronic manufacturing at SLN Technologies.

He first started BizTek in Chennai in 2005 and personally leads every core electronics engagement.

  • EducationB.Tech Production Engineering, GEC Calicut (1989); BSc Physics, CMS College
  • CertificationOracle Manufacturing Application (ERP) implementation, 1998
  • Contactdevraj@biztek.in · LinkedIn

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Founding members

The founding group

The founding members share the founder’s commitment to integrity and to building BizTek for the long term. Each brings experience from a different walk of professional life.

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The 15 founding associates

Senior practitioners across every domain we serve

Our first 15 associates are recognised specialists in their fields. Together they cover every BizTek service line, and founding associates are offered the Domain Lead seat for their domain first.

LeadershipOperationsFinance & fundingTechnologySemiconductorsProject reportsProjectsIncentivesApprovalsGo-to-marketQualityTesting & certificationSupply chainTrainingTalent

CEO / Managing Director on Call

CXO on Call[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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COO / Plant Head on Call

CXO on Call · Project Management[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Finance & funding

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CFO on Call and project finance

CXO on Call · DPR[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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CTO; SMT and PCBA process

CXO on Call · DPR[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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OSAT / ATMP, cleanrooms and utilities

DPR · Project Management[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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DPRs and techno-economic studies

DPR Services[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Project management and commissioning

Project Management[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Funding and incentive facilitation

Supporting Services[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Approvals and government liaison

Supporting Services[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Sales, channels and exports, incl. the Gulf

Supporting Services · CXO on Call[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Quality systems: IATF 16949, ISO 13485, AS9100

CXO on Call · Project Management[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Testing & certification

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BIS, TEC, WPC, CE and FCC certification

Testing & Certification[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Components, capital equipment and vendor panels

CXO on Call · Project Management[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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In-plant training and workshops

BizTek Academy[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Leadership search and HR

BizTek Talent[Domain Lead: yes / no]
  • Experience[XX] years
  • Credentials[Degree, institution; certifications]
  • Past roles[Key companies and positions]
  • Highlights[Plants, projects or results]
  • Base[City]
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Profiles are published with each associate’s written consent, after the Associate Consultant Agreement is signed. Associates are independent consultants engaged by BizTek Accelerators; all engagements are contracted with BizTek.

Reference documents

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Founder profile

Devraj Sathyadevan: career, credentials and areas of expertise.

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Associate Introduction

How the BizTek network works for associates: roles, standards and terms. Shared after a first conversation.

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