Sunder Balakrishnan

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About Sunder Balakrishnan

Thanks for stopping by. I am a supply chain enthusiast who loves solving problems at the intersection of domain, data, tech, and math. I get to work with Fortune 500 clients across CPG, Retail, Industrial/Automotive, Manufacturing, and Tech, which offers my team and I the unique opportunity to learn from cross-industry challenges, cross-pollinate ideas, and apply learning to solve a wide variety of problems. 4 dimensions to my role that make is interesting : 1. Consult clients - Love workshopping through ideas, identify key challenges, estimate and articulate value, and build roadmaps for supply chain improvements 2. Build products - ConnectedView - from 0 to 1 to 10 and now on the journey to 100. From defining the problem -"supply chains are integrated, but have become increasingly more disconnected", to designing the concept, to TAM/SAM/SOM, to building the prototype, to market validation and product-market fit, to building ConnectedView into a platform. And the journey continues to evolve. People - 60-member Supply Chain COE team who's work inspires me everyday 4. Thought leadership - Speaker, collaborator, presenter Achievements I am super proud of -~60 supply chain enthusiasts in my team working across multiple client problems, hungry to learn more everyday, and push the boundaries in supply chain innovation - Enabled LatentView to be recognized by ISG as a Leader in Supply Chain analytics in 2024 - Multiple IPs and products developed that are accelerating time-to-value for customers - Professional relationships built in the supply chain world Areas I enjoy thinking about, discussing, and building in"- Connecting the supply chain - E2E visibility - beyond dashboards, and into relationships across metrics - On shelf availability as a North star metric - From traditional cost-min optimizations to a composite Service x Cost x ESG optimization triangle - Supply chain digital twins - Knowledge graphs and their use in supply chain - Connected planning - the role of external signals, improved algorithms, and better collaboration & orchestration Always open to interesting conversations. Reach out on Linkedin messages.