Muthiah leads Spencer Stuart’s Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Services (TMT&S) Practice in North America, combining deep industry expertise with a passion for leadership. He is known for his distinctive client service and work at the top. Muthiah leads the firm’s work with organizations looking for best-in-class product and technology leaders, specifically chief product officers, chief technology officers, general managers, CEOs and board members. Muthiah also serves as a leadership consultant and coach, helping organizations accelerate the performance of new CEOs and build effective and high-performing leadership teams.
As a lifelong student of leadership, he is driven by a commitment to understanding what enables individuals and organizations to achieve success and fulfillment. Muthiah’s background as an operator in the technology sector, combined with his experience in management consulting helping organizations transform, informs his work as a leadership adviser. He draws on this foundation to coach leaders through their individual growth journeys and to support organizations in driving transformation and achieving lasting success. Muthiah values and enjoys his role as a trusted adviser and coach helping leaders achieve their true potential.
Muthiah helps clients achieve their critical leadership and growth challenges. He works closely with boards and leadership teams at public, VC- and PE-backed, and pre-IPO companies —supporting them in building impactful leadership teams that show up authentically thrive. He serves disruptive and at-scale B2B (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), B2B2C, and B2C companies across the software, hardware and semiconductor industries.
Trusted adviser with passion for technology-driven transformation
- Muthiah has led hundreds of searches at Spencer Stuart, including searches for board directors, CEOs with product and digital backgrounds, COOs, chief product officers and chief technology officers. His core work is in the technology sector, partnering with both B2B and B2C companies.
- He has leveraged his experience working with best-in-class technology companies to help companies in other sectors like financial services, consumer and healthcare as they drive digital and product-led transformations.
- In acknowledgement for his work advising senior executives on their career journeys, Muthiah was awarded Spencer Stuart’s Lou Rieger Quality Award for client service.
- Muthiah has extensive experience coaching new CEOs on their onboarding approach, advising CHROs on talent strategy, and supporting high-potential leaders in enhancing their personal effectiveness.
- Muthiah helped build Spencer Stuart’s Bangalore Office from the ground up, establishing the firm’s leadership advisory work in India.
Previous experience
- Partner at Kstart (An early-stage Venture Capital firm)
- Associate partner with McKinsey & Company
- Product and technology leader at Texas Instruments