He has worked in the elevator industry from 1971 onwards, mostly in R & D, engineering, field support and training functions. He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from P,S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, and a postgraduate from The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, with specialisation in Applied Electronics and Servomechanisms. He worked for KONE Elevators most of the time, in India, Middle East and Finland. He retired in 2009 as Engineering Development Director, KONE Global Supply Operations, Finland.