Raj Saxena

Raj Saxena is a prominent figure focusing on building the National Logistics Grid for major countries, aiming at considerable cost savings, a robust logistics landscape, and swift commerce.

With a rich background in assisting clients, including Fortune 500 companies, Raj has been involved in diverse projects such as optimization of supply chain expenditures exceeding USD 100 million, crafting a $10 million IT strategy and roadmap, evaluating enterprise software products and vendors, designing performance awards and incentive schemes for over 35,000 retail workers, implementing retail systems across 5000+ stores, overseeing supply chain transformations and outsourcing impacting over $250 million annual expenditures, and conducting IT roadmap and technology assessments.

Raj has engaged with clients across six different industries, actively contributing to business expansion and strategic endeavors to tap into new markets in regions like North America and India.

His academic achievements include being a Milton & Cynthia Friedman Fellow and a JN Tata Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, complemented by a diverse educational background spanning management, supply chain management, and engineering from prestigious institutions like Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology.

Raj's specialties encompass supply chain innovation, business and IT strategy, global delivery and consulting, as well as alliances and business development.

Throughout his career, Raj has held key roles in various organizations, serving as the Founder & CEO of LogisticsNow, Director at Enterpriseforce, Co-Chair of the Software and Services Special Interest Group at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Boston, Assistant Manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Senior Business Analyst/Associate at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Knowledge Intern at The World Bank, and Software Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services.