Praful Karanth
As an Industry Advisor, Praful Karanth brings retail and supply chain thought leadership to SAP's Retail and Consumer Products customers. Praful has 25+ years of supply chain and post-merger integration (PMI) experience as an industry practitioner (OfficeMax and Navistar International) and strategy consulting (Kurt Salmon, Alvarez & Marsal, Booz and others), advising leading retailers and CP companies build and execute strategic initiatives from Sourcing and P2P to Supply Chain Planning and Execution (Warehousing and Logistics). Praful has authored several white papers and presented at a number of Supply Chain and CFO conferences. Currently, Praful also serves on the Advisory Boards at Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Center for Supply Chain Innovation (CSCI) and Florida Gulf Coast University’s (FGCU) Supply Chain Program. He holds an MSAE (Master of Science in Applied Economics) degree from Marquette University and BA Economics Honors, University of Delhi.
