Sivakumar Selva Ganapathy

Sivakumar Selva Ganapathy is the Vice President of Johnson Controls OpenBlue India Software Engineering and a member of the Global OpenBlue Leadership team. Leading an organization of over 1,850 engineers and partners, he oversees the development of the OpenBlue platform, driving AI-powered connected solutions for Smart Buildings and Sustainability. With over 17 years of leadership experience at Honeywell and a background starting at the Tata Group, Sivakumar is an expert in launching SaaS products that leverage GenAI, IIoT, and Edge computing. A certified Independent Director and IIM-B alumnus, he brings a “technology with purpose” lens to the Jury Board, focusing on the real-world scalability of industrial AI solutions.