Anirudh Kulkarni

Anirudh Kulkarni is a Senior Engineer in Sourcing at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. since April 2020, following a role as a Procurement Specialist at NEXTracker, Inc. from May 2015 to April 2020, where expertise included managing over $20M in direct materials and leading supply chain initiatives for energy storage systems. Anirudh's prior experience includes positions as a Materials Planner NPI at Tesla and a Material Flow Analyst at John Deere, focusing on logistics optimization and inventory management. Anirudh began the academic career as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Oklahoma State University while earning a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management. Anirudh holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology and another Bachelor of Engineering in Production from Savitribai Phule Pune University.