Operator
Nearly two decades in semiconductors, telecom, and retail across product development, manufacturing, and supply chain, improving cost structure and productivity. Holds five semiconductor patents.
About
Karthik Rajagopalan
Karthik helps middle-market and lower-middle-market companies improve gross margin and modernize operations with AI as an enabler. He works on value creation with business owners, management teams, PE firms, independent sponsors, family offices, and sell-side investment bankers.
Prior experience includes McKinsey & Company, Alvarez & Marsal, AT&T, and JCPenney.
Transformation
Led sourcing, pricing, and cost transformations in consumer goods, retail, and entertainment, delivering nearly $100M in gross margin improvement across enterprise clients.
Data science, machine learning, and AI
Headed data science functions and built enterprise-scale AI capabilities. Brings an operator’s judgment to where AI can improve business performance and where it’s not worth the effort or investment.
Karthik holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, Master’s degrees in Electrical and Industrial Engineering from Penn State University, and a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University.
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