{"id":128,"date":"2025-05-31T01:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scmwithsekharv.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2025-05-31T01:20:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:20:31","slug":"about-me-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scmwithsekharv.com\/?page_id=128","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: flex-start; gap: 40px; max-width: 1100px; margin: auto;\">\n  <div style=\"flex: 1; min-width: 250px; text-align: center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scmwithsekharv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEKHAR-V.jpg\" alt=\"Sekhar Venkatachalam\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border-radius: 12px;\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"flex: 2; min-width: 300px;\">\n    <h2>About Sekhar Venkatachalam<\/h2>\n    <p><strong>Adjunct Professor | ASCM Master Instructor | Industry Veteran<\/strong><\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>Designed and led complex business\/supply chain transformations across multiple industries.<\/li>\n      <li>Trained 25+ batches of CSCP candidates with consistently high success rates.<\/li>\n      <li>Taught advanced operations\/supply chain topics at a premier institution as an Adjunct Professor.<\/li>\n      <li>Former CEO with 50+ years of global operations experience.<\/li>\n      <li>Editor of a professional supply chain bulletin for IIMM during 1986\u201387.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <h3>Mission &#038; Teaching Philosophy<\/h3>\n    <p>Sekhar believes in bridging theory with real-world execution. 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