Leadership
Acufore is led by a team of seasoned professionals, each an expert in their respective fields.
Our leadership combines three decades of hands-on experience with a strategic vision for the future, ensuring that we consistently deliver innovative and high-quality engineering solutions.
This deep industry knowledge guides Acufore in making informed, long-term decisions that benefit our clients and drive success.
Our Founders
Sanjeev Keethari
Founder & Director
Sanjeev Keethari is Co-director, responsible for Product and Equipment engineering services at Acufore. A Mechanical engineer by training, he has 30+ years of experience in product design and development.
He has worked in industry leading organizations that have dealt with Marine design, Product development and Plant engineering in lead roles. He specializes in both project requirement studies & project deliveries. Sanjeev has proven expertise on team building and customer relationship management.
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Ashokan Kunhiraman is Co-director, responsible for Product validation services at Acufore. Ashokan holds an M.Tech in Mechanical engineering (Machine design) from IIT Madras, Chennai. He has 22+ years of experience in the areas of CAE/FEA/Simulation/Design calculations and has worked in world renowned organizations in technology leadership roles.
He has led and delivered various product validation projects of static, nonlinear, dynamic, optimization, impact, crash, CFD, thermal to various sectors like automotive, defense, power, instrumentation, aerospace, oil & gas, shipping, etc.
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Founder & Director
Built on the shoulders of giants
Acufore's team is comprised of accomplished alumni from the world's most prestigious institutions
Board members
K Sudhir
Advisory Board
Professor K. Sudhir is James L Frank Professor of Private Enterprise, Management and Marketing at Yale University and Director of the Yale China India Insights Program (CIIP). He has been an honorary member of Acufore’s advisory board since its inception. He routinely consults for Fortune 500 firms within the United States, and top firms in China and India across many industries such as technology, financial services, entertainment, and retailing.
Professor Sudhir is one of the leading research scholars worldwide on marketing; winner of major awards for his research across leading journals. He is currently a senior editor of marketing’s top quantitative journal marketing science.
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L. Ramanan is an acknowledged, awarded, accepted and one of the most respected subject matter experts & Corporate trainers in the industry. He is an accomplished technologist, DFSS six sigma quality champion, Prolific inventor with patents, publications, and trade-secrets. He possesses an impeccable 30 years of cross-functional, multi-product, multi-domain global expertise with leaders like GE, TVS, Indian Railways.
He is an official speaker for ASME forums, a member of many professional associations, Industrial bodies, a reviewer for International journals, and constantly invited for delivering keynote addresses and invited talks in National and International conferences and workshops.
L Ramanan
Advisory Board
Our Yearly Insights
Gain insights into our project successes and strategic direction in the Acufore Yearly Insights Report.
Our history and milestones
2013
- October 2013 - Company formation
2014
- July 2014 - Acquisition of the First customer - Automobile major
2015
- March 2015 - A major breakthrough - Adding a new Heavy OEM
- October 2015 - First Electronics customer and Software customer onboarded
2016
- November 2016 - Signed long-term contract Lifting equipment customer - we did more than 500 custom designs so far
2017
- September 2017 - First Plant engineering customer onboarded
2020
- June 2020 - Entry in to Indian market
2021
- April 2021 - EV market entry - Electric Construction Vehicle
2023
- April 2023 - Entry in to Medical electronics - Operation theatre electronics