AI & Analytics company C5i has appointed Dr. Ananth Raman, UPS Foundation Professor of Business Logistics at Harvard Business School, to its Strategic Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Raman teaches various areas of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School and has extensive experience in research and business consulting in Supply Chain Management and Service Operations.

He has helped multiple retailers and suppliers design and develop decision-support systems for supply chain management and serves as an advisor to several CEOs of global companies. At C5i, Dr. Raman will provide guidance and recommendations on business strategy, IP development, and go-to-market positioning for the company’s AI solutions in Supply Chain, Customer Analytics, Marketing Analytics, and other domains.

Ashwin Mittal, Chairman and CEO of C5i, said, “Dr. Raman’s wealth of expertise and knowledge across his academic and business engagements will help us build our best-in-class AI solutions that drive business impact for our global clients. He will also advise us on client expansion and help define and build our strategy to better penetrate Supply Chain and Operations functions and target buyer groups across CPG, Retail, Manufacturing, and other verticals. The maturing of generative AI technologies is enabling us to bring disruptive new solutions to market. Onboarding the best minds in the industry is an important part of our vision of building one of the world’s leading AI companies.”

Commenting on his new role, Dr. Ananth Raman said, “C5i has consistently been innovating with their AI & analytics solutions. They have been building on their product and consulting capabilities, leveraging machine learning, and lately, infusing their tech offerings with GenAI. The leadership is focused on driving their core mission of amplifying human potential and business impact. I have been impressed with what they have achieved and look forward to working with them to build on their success.”

Dr. Raman’s work has been published in several leading journals, including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. He is the co-director (with Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School) of the ‘Consortium for Operational Excellence in Retailing,’ a research group comprising academics from various universities and leading retailers in the industry. He is also the founder and director of 4R Systems, a firm that uses science and technology to help retail chains maximize profit from their inventory.