Avinash Kabilan is a seasoned supply chain strategy professional with over ten years of experience in managing global scale transformation projects for Fortune 100 companies across various industries, including specialty chemicals, telecom, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, processed foods, and utilities. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. Currently, he serves as a Manager - Business Consulting (Supply Chain Transformation) at Ernst & Young USA, providing expertise in supply chain operating model transformation, demand planning, production planning, inventory optimization, and executive supply chain analytics. In his previous role, Avinash was a Senior Consultant at Accenture Strategy, where he honed his skills in sustainable supply chain, digital supply chain, and project management of large and complex projects across time zones. He also worked as an Assistant Manager in Quality Assurance at NTPC. Avinash is a functional technology expert in supply chain technology suites such as OMP Supply Chain Suite and Blue Yonder/JDA. He has significant experience in solving C-suite supply chain pain points and has solid grounding in emerging areas like blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotic process automation, and demand sensing.