About

Four decades on the shop floor, distilled.

PacersGlobal exists to close the gap between what modern manufacturing can do and what most plants actually do — combining hard-won operational discipline with the newest generation of AI.

Madhav Rao, Founder & Principal, PacersGlobal
Founder & Principal

Madhav Rao

35+ years at Procter & Gamble leading manufacturing and operational excellence across global sites.

Madhav built and ran high-performing plants long before "Industry 4.0" had a name — mastering the operating disciplines that separate world-class factories from the rest. He founded PacersGlobal to bring that playbook, now amplified by AI, to manufacturers ready to modernize.

"Technology doesn't transform a factory. People, equipped with the right technology and operating model, do."

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Leadership Team

Deep operating and engineering expertise, on every engagement.

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Digital & Automation Owner · Safety Systems

Terence D'Souza

30+ years leading manufacturing operations and automation across Procter & Gamble, BSN Medical, Essity and Romsons Group — spanning FMCG and medical devices. Led the automation of P&G India's first downline packing line, deployed sensor-based quality checks and ERP-driven data systems, and built a safety-first culture at every site he's run.

  • Site Director, Essity Operations Goa · Managing Director, BSN Medical Goa
  • Cut Total Incident Rate to zero within 16 months at P&G Goa; 60% incident reduction at Essity
  • Trained on Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens & Keyence PLCs, motion controllers, and Industry 4.0
  • MBA, Operations Management · Diploma in Industrial Electronics (Honors)
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Startup Protocols, Engineering & Quality Owner

Prashanth Peddu

34+ years across engineering, process development and quality leadership in FMCG and pharma manufacturing, including a term as Director at Procter & Gamble and Global & Regional Quality Pillar Leader across 22 manufacturing sites. Specializes in greenfield startup acceleration — commissioning, qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), process safety (HAZOP/FMECA) and regulated QMS environments.

  • Former Director, Procter & Gamble · 100+ production lines deployed globally
  • Electrical Engineer · M.Eng, Pharmaceutical Operations & Management, BITS-Pilani
  • Certified practitioner, P&G Integrated Work System (IWS)
  • Mix-up & mislabelling prevention innovations adopted as P&G global standard
What we believe

Principles that shape every engagement.

People first, always

Every gain we've ever delivered ran through the people on the floor. Culture isn't the soft part — it's the mechanism.

Prove it, then scale

We pilot, measure, and only scale what the numbers justify. No faith-based transformation.

Leave them stronger

Success is your team running the system without us. We build capability, not dependency.

The journey

From P&G plants to Factory of the Future.

P&G

Three decades of operational excellence

Leading manufacturing sites and building the disciplines that define high-performance plants.

AIM

Adaptive Intelligent Manufacturing

Codifying real-time, AI-driven plant control into a repeatable framework.

SEM

Strategy Execution Model

Turning strategy into daily frontline behavior — the human engine of change.

Now

Factory of the Future — HPO

Delivering integrated transformations across Asia and beyond.

Let's build your Factory of the Future.

Start with a conversation and a 30-minute assessment.