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Ben spent 15 years running manufacturing businesses in the US, China and India that supplied precision-engineered parts and materials to automotive, aerospace and life sciences companies. That meant living inside customer audits, supplier qualifications, change approvals and nonconformance reports every week.

He saw how much engineering and quality time went into chasing documents and sign-offs instead of making better products, and he started Unifize to give manufacturers one place where that work runs itself.

Lakshman comes from a manufacturing family and has spent most of his career on factory floors. In the TTK group he was President of Manttra Inc., a kitchen appliance maker selling into the United States, General Manager of Projects at TTK Healthcare, a pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer, and Head of the TTK Foods division, where he built the hygienic, shelf-stable pani puri business that is now an industry category worth around 500 million dollars a year.

Each of those businesses had to prove to regulators and customers that its processes were under control, and each ran that proof on paper and spreadsheets.

Jan has spent his career building and running engineering businesses in safety-critical industries. He was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guidance Marine, a United Kingdom manufacturer of positioning sensors that keep ships and offshore vessels exactly where they need to be, where a fault can cost lives. He led the company through its 2017 sale to Wärtsilä, the Finnish marine and energy technology group, and then ran it as Managing Director inside Wärtsilä.

He brings to Unifize’s board the view of someone who has lived with certification, traceability and customer audits as the price of entry to a market.