Lora Cecere is the founder of the research firm Supply Chain Insights. She is co-author of the new books Bricks Matter and Metrics that Matter. She is also the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman. Lora has more than 30 years of diverse supply chain experience, and spent 9 years as an industry analyst with Gartner Group, AMR Research, and Altimeter Group. Prior to becoming a supply chain analyst she spent 15 years as a leader in the building of supply chain software at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group, and several years as a supply chain practitioner at Procter & Gamble, Kraft/General Foods, Clorox, and Dreyers Grand Ice Cream (now a division of Nestle).

Ganesh Ramakrishna is the CEO and Founder of Lyric, a Supply Chain AI platform helping global enterprises orchestrate smarter, faster decisions. With 20+ years in optimization, AI, and real-world operations, he brings a unique perspective shaped by both technical depth and entrepreneurial success. Ganesh previously co-founded Opex Analytics, later acquired by LLamasoft and Coupa, where he led supply chain AI strategy. Ganesh began his career as an optimization engineer and has held leadership roles at IBM, ILOG, and LogicTools, shaping modern, intelligent supply chains.