Hitendra Chaturvedi

Hitendra comes to us after a successful exit from a pioneering reverse logistics start-up in India called GreenDust which he founded where he raised multi-million venture funds from the likes of Kliener Perkins Caufield and Bauer and built a lasting legacy in India. 

A computer engineer from IIT Roorkee with an MS and MBA from US, Hitendra started his career in 1995 working as a consultant for Ernst & Young and then for A.T. Kearney.  Consulting acted as a catalyst to Hitendra’s first start-up experience in through an Austin Venture funded company.  Family reasons dictated a move to Seattle with Microsoft where Hitendra worked in Competitive Strategy, Marketing, and OEM supply chain. 

A celebrated author, Hitendra sits on advisory committees of many start-ups and incubators, guest speaks at numerous universities, and has been widely covered in press and media as a subject matter expert on global supply chain strategy, green/sustainability in supply chain, digitizing traditional supply chains, and reverse logistics.

Hitendra believes that his teaching philosophy is molded in a big part by his zest of life and continuous learning which is demonstrated in the fact that he has found time to fly airplanes, make wine, paint, scuba dive, sku dive, ride motorcycles, travel 75 countries…and most importantly, spend quality time with his family.

Selected Media Coverage

• Arizona PBS – Supply Chain Issues Effects on Holiday Season
• Yahoo Finance - Hoping to score tech gifts this holiday season? Better start shopping now
• Washington Examiner – The Global Supply Chain is not Improving
• 7News – Small Business Left Vulnerable to Broken Supply Chain
• Arizona PBS – What is ‘shrinkflation’ and how can we spot it
• KJZZ – High Demand is Contributing to Supply Chain Problems
• Marketplace - Will round-the-clock work at Port of LA free up the supply chain?
• FOX5 NY- Italian ices, Taco Bell items among the many pandemic shortages
• FOX5 NY- Treated lumber, coins, aluminum cans are in short supply amid the pandemic
• Washington Examiner – Who Benefits from Pandemic Fallout
• ABC 15 News - More parents are leaving workforce to stay home with kids amid pandemic
• ABC 15 News – Holiday shopping season shifts
• Fox 10 News – Parents students being forced back home
• Washington Post – Fallout from coronavirus
• KJZZ – Coronavirus and AZ Supply Chain Disruption
• Inc – Coronavirus and Small Business
• Supply Chain Now – 5 Things Supply Chain Leaders can do
• ABC15 News – Trends and Challenges of Online Shopping
• Yahoo Finance – Coronavirus and Small Business
• San Antonio Express News – Coronavirus Impact
• CNBC – Coronavirus Impact on Farm Supply Chain
• 12news – Future of Malls
• AZ Family – Retail and Mall Closure Due to Coronavirus
• AZ Family – Post Pandemic Shopping Experience includes AI
• CNBC – Critical Link to Opening US Economy
• Washington Examiner – Supply Chain Shifts
• FOX5NY – Lumber, Coins, Aluminum Cans in Short Supply
• ABC15 News – Seasonal Jobs Trend
• Environment+Energy LEADER - 5 Ways Businesses Can Exercise Sustainability Practices
• AZCentral.com – Without Passengers Airlines are Turning to Cargo
• The State Press, Arizona – Amid Pandemic, Protests, Recession, Arizona Businesses reopen
• Phoenix Business Journal – Consumer Behavior Shifts
• The Diplomat – How Companies can Rethink Asian Supply Chain Disruptions
• ASU Now – Blockchain Solution can Aid Pandemic Military Supply Chain
• Arizona Daily Star – Coronavirus fueled run on Groceries…
• Inbound Logistics – Supply Chain Resources and Strategies
• Supply and Demand Chain Executive – Toilet Paper Shortage
• MAUFACTURA (Mexico) – Opportunity for Mexico…
• Albuquerque Journal – The Deal with Meat
• Winston-Salem Journal – Local Restaurant, Preventive Measures…
• Knowledge Exchange Series – Economic Resilience & Future of Work
• Fierce Electronics – Surviving Coronavirus
• Global Trade Magazine – How Companies can Rethink Supply Chains to Deal with Disruptions
• Daily Memphian – FedEx Ramps up COVID-19  Vaccine Distribution