Arunkumar Murugan is the Director of Software Engineering at Fitiri. He has an extensive background in software engineering and in developing solutions to automate and augment personnel at their work environment. After joining Fitiri, he has been involved in interacting with ammonia plant operators, supervisors and managers, as well as in the development of PlantMS, a comprehensive plant operations management solution. Mr. Murugan earned a Bch degree in information technology from Anna University in India.
The human factor has played a significant role in chemical plant accidents and production loss incidents over the past 60 yr.