Krishna Mahesh
MBa 2005 - Chennai
Krishna Mahesh CEO, Sundaram Medical Devices (P) Ltd.
Krishna Mahesh is currently leading the establishment of Sundaram Medical Devices- a health-care manufacturing start-up that aims to bring the engineering rigour and cost control of the automotive industry coupled with the production methods and discipline of TPS to bear on medical manufacturing to deliver products that meets the highest (global) quality, safety and usability standards for both the patient and the care-giver at a price that is affordable for the (Indian) institution.
Previously, he was Executive Director of Sundaram Brake Linings (SBL)- a part of the $4 Billion TVS group and India's largest friction material manufacturer–from 2006 to 2009 . At SBL, Krishna focused on implementing TPS in an Indian context, restructuring corporate strategy, and increasing international sales penetration. Earlier, working with Toyota Motor Manufacturing's Operations & Management Development Division (OMDD), Krishna led teams making operational improvement in Toyota's paint, logistics, stamping, and supplier support functions at various North American plants.
Before that, he worked with McKinsey & Co. as a Business analyst. Krishna led client teams in the automotive and health-care industries in areas such as operational improvement, strategic price leadership, new product-platform strategy development, and purchasing & supplier management.
Krishna has an MBA from Harvard Business School ('05), and an MS ('98)& BS ('97) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Krishna is a strong fiscal conservative and believes that Adam Smith's “doing good through doing well” is exemplified by industry serving basic needs in India. He also loves to debate and believes that the “light of truth” emerges from the sparks of opposing views colliding.
His interests include working out , hiking, photography, reading, Western classical music, and computers. He's an ardent supporter of Open Source Software and helped transition SBL to OpenOffice in 2006. He runs Ubuntu Linux as his primary OS. At HBS, Krishna was the COO of the Student Govt. and with Ivan Moller led the turnaround of SA Ventures from 7 years of losses. He tries to stay in contact with the wonderful faculty, administrators, and staff that he has come to know and love at HBS.
Krishna this year won the 1st Annual HBS New Venture Contest.
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