Ram R. Krishnan has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Emerson since February 2021. Mr. Krishnan has extensive experience across Emerson’s Automation Solutions and Commercial & Residential Solutions businesses.
Mr. Krishnan joined Emerson in 1994 as a project engineer and held several management roles of increasing responsibility. He was named President of Climate Technologies in Asia in 2011, serving in Hong Kong. He returned to the United States as Vice President of Profit Planning and Perfect Execution in 2015, a role he held until 2016, when he became Group President of Flow Solutions. He was named Chief Operating Officer of Final Control in January 2017 and became the Group President of Final Control in November 2017 following the successful $3.15 billion acquisition of Pentair’s valves and controls business.
As Chief Operating Officer of Emerson, Mr. Krishnan oversees global supply chain operations, information technology and mergers and acquisitions. He has a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University.