Shardul Phadnis is a Full Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Asia School of Business (established in collaboration between MIT Sloan Management and Bank Negara Malaysia) and Founding Director of Ops21™: Operations for 21st Century. His work sits at the critical intersection of supply chain orchestration and strategic management, helping enterprise leaders build adaptive supply networks capable of navigating severe market turbulence.

Shardul brings a rare dual perspective to executive advisory and speaking: seven years of direct, factory-floor operational leadership as Director of Continuous Improvement and Lean/ERP practitioner, combined with MIT-trained scholarship holding an MIT PhD in Engineering Systems and MEng in Logistics. He translates complex academic insights into practical strategic foresight for leaders managing multi-million and $1B+ operational budgets.

His applied research and scenario planning frameworks have directly guided decision-making for Fortune 500 multinationals and public sector entities across the United States, Asia, and Europe, including 7-Eleven, AB InBev, BASF, Cardinal Health, Intel, and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Beyond his university leadership, Shardul is the co-author of Strategic Planning for Dynamic Supply Chains (Palgrave Macmillan), serves on the editorial boards of California Management Review and Futures & Foresight Science, and is President Emeritus of The Lost Food Project, Malaysia's largest foodbank.