Leaders

Veerappan brings a rich experience of more than 33 years. He was associated with Sterling Electronics a pioneer in the Indian electronics industry following which he became a Territory Manager at DCM Data Products. He oversaw national level sales and customer support operations with Wipro Technologies before moving on to Motorola as GM - Operations in-charge of MIS, Facilities, HR, Admin, PR, Systems and Commercial. Before joining Tessolve, Veerappan was associated with BPL Telecom as their Head of Operations & Business Development.

Renil Kumar brings over 20 years of global HR leadership experience across the semiconductor, manufacturing, and IT services sectors. He is known for driving organizational transformation, shaping talent strategy, and building high-performing, future-ready teams.
At Photon, Renil helped drive the transformation of the HR team in evolving the HR function into a more agile and business-aligned partner. Prior to that, he held senior leadership roles at Wipro Ltd., including Vice President and HR Head for APAC and Europe. There, he led Wipro’s global Organizational Development (OD) charter, advancing leadership development, succession planning, and organization design, while supporting enterprise-wide transformation and HR modernization.
Renil has deep expertise in democratizing data across the organization to support transparency and evidence-based decision-making. He is also a practitioner of Organizational Network Analysis (ONA), applying insights from collaboration networks to shape more connected and resilient organizations.
He is passionate about building inclusive, data-led, and adaptive workplaces that fuel innovation, agility, and sustainable growth.

Huzefa is an industry stalwart in the world of ASICs, where he has almost 30 years of experience. Earlier he managed sales, marketing, business development and field applications for Open-Silicon / SiFive for many years and grew their business across all geos - US, EU, China, APAC etc. Prior to Open-Silicon he worked in the US at Intel, ran engineering at a start-up in the Bay Area and also led large engineering teams at Philips and VLSI Technology building ASICs through the 90s. Apart from having a US Patent in his name he has a Masters from Arizona State University in EE and an MBA as well.

Madhav Rao is a semiconductor industry veteran with over 28 years of experience in the VLSI services industry. Before joining Tessolve, Madhav was Vice President- Silicon Solutions at HCL and was responsible for the overall VLSI Competency Practice, Delivery, and Operations.
Prior executive roles include General Manager & Delivery Head - Semiconductors & Systems at Wipro, and VP, Engineering at Sankalp Semiconductor. Madhav has rich experience in all areas of IP and ASIC development as well as in customer management and business development. Madhav has a Post Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, and an Under-graduate Degree in Electronics from the University of Mumbai.

Rajesh Vaddempudi is currently the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Tessolve and heads the Test Engineering Division. Rajesh has been associated with Tessolve since 2004 and is having more than 19 years of Industrial experience. Throughout the years, he has been instrumental in heading multiple teams and growing Test engineering division to 800+ Test Product Engineers. Before joining Tessolve, Rajesh was working with Texas Instruments India, on Mixed-Signal Product testing. Specialised in Mixed-signal and High-Speed Digital Product Testing, he is personally interested in training Engineers and improving cycle times. Rajesh Graduated from NTTF Bangalore with Diploma in Electronics and communication and MS in VLSI System Design from Coventry University.

Sudhir has over 25 years of Semiconductor Engineering, Operational & Business leadership experience. He has held technical and management leadership positions at Texas Instruments, UT Dallas, ST Microelectronics & Anora across diverse functional areas in Mixed Signal IC Design, Systems Engineering, Silicon Validation, Hardware Design, Semiconductor Test & Product Engineering. He enjoys building scalable world class teams that thrives on creative problem solving by de-centralizing decision making and recognizing employee initiative. Sudhir has a M.S. in Electrical engineering from University of Texas at Dallas and B.S. in Electronics & Communications from National Institute of Technology, India.

Girish Wagle is a seasoned business leader with over 25 years of global experience in scaling and transforming Digital Engineering Services (ER&D) business. Having held key roles at Wipro, Cognizant, and Tata, Girish has a proven track record in building new business, strategy, consulting, sales, P&L and execution. His extensive expertise spans telecom, automotive, aerospace and consumer electronics industries. Based in the UK, Girish brings a wealth of pan-European experience and will play a pivotal role in driving growth and innovation at Tessolve.

Yogan has been with Tessolve since 2004. Currently, he is the Vice President of Engineering at Tessolve, in charge of defining the roadmap for Test Engineering, H.W interface, and other programs. Throughout the years, he has been instrumental in heading multiple teams in R&D, Test engineering and PCB divisions in Tessolve.
Before joining Tessolve, Yogan was with Teradyne Asia Test Application Group, handling Test Engineering projects from Teradyne US and Europe. His earlier years were with Salland Engineering, National Semiconductor and SPEL. He brings an experience of 30 years in the field of ATE testing and has presented papers on Test technique at various conferences and written multiple articles on Test and Measurement.
He is personally interested in guiding Engineers and appreciates Traditional Arts.

Jeyaseelan has 32+ years of experience in Semiconductor Industry. Started his career in Test Engineering at Fairchild Semiconductor, Singapore. Moved to National Semiconductor, Penang to manage NPI Team and was also the pioneer Device Engineering team for Boundary Scan products. Progressed to Director of Quality and Engineering. Engaged in TPM methodology by JIPM of Japan and received TPM Excellence Award. Implemented Kaizen and Six Sigma methodology and practices at National Semiconductor resulting in operations breakthrough results. After 21 years joined First Solar, the largest Thin Film Solar module manufacturers managing Engineering organisations. Held key leadership position in starting up TetraSun for First Solar, the silicon based operations before joining Tessolve Semiconductor 5 years later. Received EE Engineering from Workers Institute of Technology, completed AMSE and Factory Management Degree from Sanno Institute of Japan. At Tessolve, he oversees operations in Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines.

Rajakumar D has over 30 years of experience in Engineering and Management. Before Tessolve, as General Manager at Third Millennium Test Solutions (3MTS), he managed the India center for nearly ten years, working with low-cost PXI-based semiconductor test solutions for various analog, digital & mixed-signal devices. Earlier, at SRA Systems, he developed the first team for semiconductor test applications engineering on PXI-based ATEs. Before that, at Murugappa Electronics (MEL Systems, MELSS) he held diverse Technical and Management positions, from Tech Support to Development & Engineering, of a range of Test & Measurement systems for about ten years. Rajakumar completed his Bachelor's in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, a Diploma in Management from IGNOU New Delhi, and Executive MBA from KSOU Mysore.

Mr Ujjwal Munjal, an astute leader and business builder, completed his BBA in international management from Pepperdine University, California. He started his career as a Trainee with KPMG Consulting and with Hero Motor Corp Limited before joining Rockman Industries Ltd, one of the oldest companies of the Hero Group, in year 2003. He gradually moved up and now serves the organization in the capacity of Managing Director. Ujjwal has been been instrumental in taking Rockman’s revenue growth from USD 15 Million to more than USD 300 Million in the last 13 years and increasing its footprints from 1 plant to now 5 plants at 4 locations. He brings in dynamism and ability to think new & different while expanding business horizontally and vertically. He believes in empowerment to people and motivates people to work as a cohesive team to help achieve the company goals. He aims to make Rockman a most sought after employer and nurture people to be more professional and system oriented at the same time striving for Business Excellence.

Nikhil leads Hero Electronix, investing and growing its technology business in India. Prior to joining Hero Electronix (Hero Group's venture into the technology space with a vision to create a $1Bn+ digital products and services enterprise), Nikhil was a partner at Parthenon EY. He headed the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) and Business Services sectors. He was also a part of EY’s new global Corporate Finance & Strategy practice (CF&S). Nikhil holds an MBA from Michigan Ross and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering.