Teji Abraham is PSI’s Chief Development Officer (Terrestrial Systems) and leads PSI’s R&D programs in land, food, water, and natural disaster domains. He collaborates with stakeholders across multiple sectors including prospective sponsors, academic and public sector R&D institutions, and PSI’s executive team to develop and execute pragmatic programs to help address global-regional-local resource and risk management challenges.
His professional experience spans the public sector, telecommunications, e-commerce, consumer electronics, semiconductor, and embedded software industries. Teji has held leadership roles in developing innovative R&D programs and partnerships, identifying growth opportunities across multiple industries, enhancing citizen/customer experience, and enabling decision making based on analytical and financial models.
Prior to PSI, Teji was an engagement manager with Diamond Consultants, a global management consulting firm (now part of PwC) working with public and private sector clients to refine business models, increase revenues, improve service delivery, and increase collaboration within and outside organizational boundaries. He has also served in various R&D and project leadership roles with Philips Electronics and Siemens Communications across Europe and Asia.
Teji has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science & Engineering) from Kerala University in India.