Gilda Afshar

Gilda Afshar is a Senior Demand Planner for the Americas at Solmax, a position held since June 2022. Prior experience includes various roles at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits from 2014 to May 2022, where responsibilities included S&OP Analyst and Lean Six Sigma Chair Lead, among others. Gilda served as a Data Analyst and Supply Chain Management Teaching Assistant at Purdue University Calumet between September 2013 and December 2014, notably reducing the 'bull-whip' effect in supply chains through simulation. A former Biostatistics Master's student and Biostatistician at Washington University School of Medicine, Gilda contributed to multiple manuscripts and delivered biostatistics presentations. Gilda holds a Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University Northwest, a Master of Science in Biostatistics from Washington University in St. Louis, and dual bachelor's degrees in Information Technology from Heriot-Watt University and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences.