Suraj Venkateswaran is a highly experienced engineering professional specializing in manufacturing controls and automation. Currently serving as a Staff Manufacturing Controls Engineer at Proterra, Venkateswaran has held various engineering roles across distinguished organizations, including positions as Manager of Automation Engineering and Sr. Automation Engineer at Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. In earlier career stages, Venkateswaran contributed as a Sr. Automation Project Engineer at Matrix Technologies and as a Project Engineer at Autopro Automation Consultants Ltd. Experience also includes roles as Control Systems Engineer and Control Systems Specialist at Bantrel, focusing on notable projects with Shell Scotford and Petro-Canada. Venkateswaran holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Co-op designation from the University of Alberta, completed in 2005, and possesses an International Baccalaureate diploma from 2000.