David Shillingford is the Chief Strategy Officer of Everstream Analytics (formerly Resilience360 and Riskpulse), a leading supply chain risk analytics company that enables greater resilience and agility in the supply chains of many of the world’s best-known companies. David has led the development of several industry-wide data and analytics platforms both as an entrepreneur and as SVP Supply Chain at Verisk Analytics, ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.  David’s first career was as a special operations officer in the British Army.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Everstream is helping their clients and problems they are solving
• Case studies on how they brought significant change to your clients
• Challenges and hurdles Everstream went through
• Everstream’s sustainability initiatives
• What makes Everstream unique in terms of hiring and attracting talent

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Evan Smith is the CEO and Co-founder of Altana AI. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Yale University. Before Altana AI, Evan led enterprise solution and strategic partnership at Panjiva, a trades data science company. 

Before Panjiva, Evan co-managed a private equity partnership and the family office sponsor and served as the CEO of IMDU Technologies, a wholly-owned portfolio company providing textile supply chain automation software. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Acquiring and selling Panjiva and founding Altana AI
• Taking advantage of the big market opportunities
• Piloting projects on the supply chain insurance side
• Enabling Globalization 2.0 - challenges and opportunities
• How Altana AI is protecting their system from  data breaches- data privacy, security, and intellectual property protection
• What Altana AI is looking for in terms of talent
• What machine learning means to Altana AI

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Romain Moulin is the CEO of Exotec, a company he co-founded with Renaud Heitz in 2015. As a former robotics architect and technical engineer at GE and BA Système, Romain spent 10+ years immersed in deep technology systems before he shifted his attention to solving the challenge of retail warehouse automation. He was born and raised in France and graduated from a top French engineering university, SUPAERO.

Exotec is a global robotics company, building scalable warehouse robotic solutions that power the world’s largest brands. The company offers flexible warehouse automation to improve operational efficiency and economics. Exotec’s signature solution, The Skypod system, utilizes robots that can reach a height of 36 feet to enable high-density inventory storage and retrieval. Exotec supports 25+ industry-leading brands spanning e-commerce, grocery, retail, manufacturing, and 3PL sectors. To date, Exotec has secured $115M in funding from industry-leading investors including 83North, Dell Technologies Capital, Iris Capital, 360 Capital Partners, and Breega.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Integrating robotics in the supply chain
• What makes Exotec different and case studies on how they are helping their clients
• Partnerships and hiring talents
• How Exotec is protecting and securing their systems

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Michael Wax is the Co-Founder and CEO of Forto, Europe’s first digital freight forwarding company and the largest one as well. They are building the digital backbone for the multi-trillion global trade market and are currently at 1.2 billion valuation. They have raised a number of big rounds with the latest one, backed by SoftBank, which was 240 million. They are present in 14 locations worldwide and have about 600 people in a very short span of time.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How the idea for Forto came about
• The future of the 3PL Industry 3-10 years from now- will Forto become one of the top 10?
• Forto’s interview structure and why is performance revenue structure essential- giving candidates a good hiring experience 
• New way of measuring inflation- unemployment rate and increase in prices.
• Advice to people making the shift from a corporate type of job to a startup entrepreneurial type

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Alok Bhanot is a seasoned technology and business leader with a stellar career leading large and startup teams across a spectrum of companies like eBay, PayPal, Verifone, Visa, and startups like Inkiru and Qopper. He has built highly scalable platforms, systems, and services for e-commerce, risk modeling, payment transactions, real-time predictive analytics, and IoT-based operations systems.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [11:00] What makes Cloudleaf different – defining solutions for an entire ecosystem.
• [14:59] Working with Csafe and Cold Chain Technologies to have continuous visibility over their operations.
• [17:19] Improving the customer’s experience – why is it a priority?
• [18:46] Working with 400 different APIs – grouping them for specific workflows.
• [20:41] Cloudleaf’s plans for the future – going even deeper – the digital twin modeling.
• [24:54] Healthy expectations for artificial intelligence.
• [29:42] Talent, hiring, and building a successful career.

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In her role as CMO of Locus Robotics, Karen brings over twenty years of experience developing innovative, creative, and effective marketing programs for a wide range of technology companies, from start‐ups to Fortune 1000 public companies. Karen’s outstanding analytical and technical abilities deliver insight and innovative programs that consistently deliver positive marketing ROI. She also serves as Locus’s dynamic and articulate corporate spokesperson before the press, analysts, customers, partners, and investors.

Locus Robotics' revolutionary, the multi-bot solution incorporates powerful and intelligent autonomous mobile robots that operate collaboratively with human workers to dramatically improve piece-handling productivity 2 – 3x, with less labor compared to traditional piece handling systems. This award-winning solution helps retailers, 3PLs, and specialty warehouses efficiently meet and exceed the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of fulfillment environments, easily integrating into existing warehouse infrastructures without disrupting workflows, instantly transforming productivity without transforming the warehouse. For more information, visit www.locusrobotics.com.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [05:00] How Locus Robotics robots increase productivity
• [12:50] Scaling up – After the initial deployment, any robot that’s added will just automatically join the rest of the robot team.
• [15:45] Driving down employee walking time by about 80%.
• [24:29] The immediate need for the robots is to handle a high volume, the ultimate gift is the business intelligence from the data.
• [32:50] “If you like our robots, you’ll love our humans.”
• [38:30] Advice for a successful career

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Andrew joined Infosys Consulting in 2020 and heads our Consumer Goods, Retail, and Logistics (CRL) practice globally. He is a lifelong consultant with over 30 years of experience driving large transformation programs and high-value consulting work. Andrew has a stellar track record in the turnaround and monetization of practices, holding senior leadership roles previously in EY, Accenture, and Manugistics. A regular speaker at the University of Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Washington.

Andrew is often featured in publications like the Wall Street Journal, Logistics Journals, and various industry analyst reports. He has been featured on the NBC Nightly News as an industry expert quite a few times. He is also a regular speaker at retail and supply chain events such as Oracle Retail Executive Forum, SAP Retail Executive Forum, and USC Global Supply Chain Conference. Andrew is an alum of Seattle University, where he completed his mechanical engineering degree, and the University of North Carolina, where he received his MBA.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [01:45] From Accenture to Infosys – Andrew’s passion for consumer-facing industries
• [07:14] The consulting company is not there to replace the client’s team but to enhance their strengths 
• [17:05] Working with one of the biggest global retailers – endless aisle extended to partners and suppliers
• [23:18] Partnerships and developing networks – why is supply chain resilience critical?
• [27:04] Impact of the microchip crunch and improving supply planning 
• [32:38] The value a consultant brings is not limited to their knowledge but also the network of people they can tap into to solve the issue at hand.
• [38:22] Importance of advocating for your own career

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Gaurav Saran is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a passion for leveraging disruptive and emerging technologies to provide innovative enterprise solutions. As founder and CEO of ReverseLogix, Gaurav brings deep industry expertise and is responsible for driving the overall company direction and product strategy. His ability to combine customer vision with methodical execution and thought leadership has positioned the company as a game-changer in its field. Previously, he was with Microsoft for over six years, leading enterprise sales for Fortune 500 companies and driving strategic executive relationships.

Prior to Microsoft, Gaurav has worked at Silicon Valley start-ups such as Zoho, executing strategy, business development, sales, and marketing, taking them from early stages to established growth companies. Gaurav holds a BS in e-commerce marketing and telecommunications and an MBA in global strategic management from California State University, Hayward.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [06:19] How reverse logistics transforming supply chains globally – the end-to-end system for returns
• [15:01] Results? At least a 5% increase in profitability and a 15% to 25% increase in customer satisfaction.
• [18:00] How long does the implementation take?
• [21:33] ReverseLogix’s culture and hiring – the customer always comes first
• [29:27] How do you spend your time as the CEO?

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Mark Messina is Chief Operating Officer responsible for Geek+ operations in the US and business expansion across the continent. Prior to joining Geek+, Mark has twenty years of industry experience, including leadership roles in Operations and Engineering with Mattel as the Director of Robotics and Automation, iHerb as the VP of Robotic Fulfillment Systems, and Amazon where he was Director of Mechanical Engineering for the Kiva/AR AGV platform and Amazon Prime Air drone delivery team. Mark has a passion for robotics and a deep understanding of logistics challenges faced by businesses across the region.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [06:00] Why same-day delivery is the next standard for logistics
• [11:00] Geek+ solutions and how they add value to their clients
• [18:35] Helping Nike in Japan achieve same-day delivery
• [22:10] Cloud technology and leveraging 5G connectivity
• [23:07] Having live data to support Robots As A Service
• [24:30] Hiring process and looking for the right candidate

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David Glick is the CTO of on-demand warehousing and fulfillment company, FLEXE. He's responsible for the design and development of the FLEXE Technology Platform. Before FLEXE, he spent nearly 20 years at Amazon, including five years as the VP of Fulfillment Technology, where he oversaw the development and functionality of the technology within Amazon's fulfillment centers, as well as the technology for Amazon's transportation systems.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• [05:20] Working with clients like Walmart
• [10:19] Engineers working from the warehouse floor – take your engineers close to the pain points 
• [14:54] Recognizing heroes who prepare – so that on peak season you don’t need to firefight 
• [16:13] Hurricane Heroes – case study 
• [20:17] Jump In and Running Towards the Fire – FLEXE Culture
• [31:50] Career advice: Solve problems for your boss!

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