Raj currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder or AxD (Automation X Digital), a firm advising the world's largest sovereign wealth funds in the areas of Digital Transformation/I4.0, Automation and AI. Raj is a sought after Board Member and Director to Public and Private Company Boards, and continues to serve on four prominent American Public and Private company Boards, including one of America’s largest employee-owned companies. Raj also serves as an Executive Advisor to Kearney. Raj’s extraordinary three decade career at Siemens exemplifies his exceptional leadership and visionary approach. Starting as an individual contributor he rose to the President of Industry Automation, the President of Digital Factory, and pinnacling as the CEO of Digital Industries Automation-USA, where he achieved the highest ever recorded revenue and profitability in the company’s history. Raj’s leadership is characterized by his strategic foresight, collaborative spirit, and unwavering dedication and toughness to achieving goals. His early career at Siemens was marked by his ability to lead small teams into new markets, delivering tremendous organic growth and setting the framework for the scale-up of vertical markets that are the foundation of Siemens Digital Industries that we know today. Throughout his career Raj has a unique ability to inspire and motivate his teams delivering in the top 5% of Employee Engagement, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. His leadership style is marked by a hands-on approach, guiding his teams thru uncharted markets and securing significant wins in fiercely competitive vertical markets. Raj has served as the first ever Siemens-appointed Chairman of NEMA and Chairman of the Manufacturers Alliance demonstrating how collaboration with CEO’s and leaders can drive Industry action that reinforces the business agenda.