Girish Lakshman

Biography

    Girish Lakshman has served on our Board of Directors since March 2015. He is currently President, Fulfillment – Supply Chain and Sourcing of Sears Holdings Corporation (“Sears”), a leading integrated retailer, a role he has held since September 2015. From July 1999 until August 2014, Mr. Lakshman worked in various capacities as part of the e-logistics strategy team at Amazon.com, Inc., the online retailer. Most recently, from May 2006 until August 2014, he was Amazon’s Vice President, Worldwide Transportation Strategy and Technology, where he managed multi-disciplinary functions in transportation, including interfacing with global supply chain and fulfillment centers. Prior to Amazon, Mr. Lakshman managed the enterprise resource-planning group for the wire products division at Leggett and Platt. He has also worked in India in the electrochemical and automobile industries. Mr. Lakshman is on the advisory board of the Master of Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics program at University of Washington. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, India.  

Research Interest

 Food & Industrial Microbiology  Nutrition and Dietetics