Raghunandan Yedehalli

Raghunandan Yedehalli has over 19 years of professional experience in supply chain, operations management, and technical consulting. Raghunandan is currently the Director of Network Optimization at CSC Generation. Prior to this, they were the Manager of Global Network Design and Optimization at Grainger from 2014-2021. From 2006-2014, they were a Senior Manager, Consulting Manager, Senior Consultant, and Consultant at CGN Global. Raghunandan was a Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant at Wichita State University from 2004-2005 and a Manufacturing Analyst at Tektronix, Inc. from 2004-2005. Before that, they were a Technical Advisor at ITC Infotech India Ltd. from 2002-2004. During their time at CGN Global, they established an end-to-end supply chain strategy for a greenfield manufacturing facility in Asia, developed supply chain network models, evaluated various sourcing, transportation and inventory policies, and led the design of material presentation at the assembly line. At ITC Infotech India Ltd., they delivered subject matter expertise on internet connection and email clients, initiated process improvement projects, developed a knowledge base system, and trained technical support engineers.

Raghunandan Yedehalli completed a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering at Wichita State University between 2003 and 2005. Raghunandan also obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Bangalore University between 1997 and 2001.