Suresh Venkatarayalu

Suresh Venkatarayalu is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and President of Honeywell Connected Enterprise. His principal focus is helping customers transform and automate their operations at scale. Suresh drives Honeywell’s core innovation engines, leading the company’s global technology strategy, connected solutions, and software business.

As CTO, Suresh sets Honeywell’s enterprise-wide research and development agenda, advancing breakthrough technologies, shaping the company’s AI and autonomy strategy, and defining the roadmap for its automation portfolio and path to industrial autonomy. As President of Honeywell Connected Enterprise, he oversees the full software lifecycle, including product management and engineering, the company’s labs and operations, and Honeywell Forge, which serves as a key enabler of the company’s vision—helping the industrial world transition from automation to autonomy.

Additionally, Suresh leads Honeywell’s Software Transformation Initiative—driving standardization, operational excellence, and recurring revenue growth—and spearheads ecosystem partnerships across AI platforms, cloud hyperscalers, edge computing, and industrial technologies to co-create advanced automation solutions for real-world environments.

Suresh began his career at India’s Department of Defense Research and Development. He joined Honeywell in 1995, and has held senior engineering, technology, and business leadership roles across the organization. He also served as President of Honeywell Technology Solutions, where he scaled global engineering operations across emerging markets and helped globalize Honeywell’s R&D footprint.

A strong advocate for talent development and inclusive leadership, Suresh mentors emerging Honeywell leaders worldwide. He holds an Executive MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University, India.