Ravi Mutnuru

About Ravi Mutnuru

STRATEGY EXECUTIVE: SCALING INNOVATION FROM DEEP TECH VENTURES TO GLOBAL LOGISTICSI am a Product & Strategy Leader who bridges the gap between deep technology and commercial scale. My career is defined by a consistent theme: taking high-stakes, complex challenges and turning them into durable business models. My journey from ensuring Nuclear Reactor safety to founding VC-backed AI startups, to optimizing Amazon’s Middle Mile Network has given me a rare ability to navigate ambiguity and drive growth in highly technical environments.No matter the domain, I do my best work in high-ambiguity environments where alignment, trade-offs, and execution discipline matter more than perfect plans. I operate at the intersection of Commercial Strategy, AI Innovation, and Global Operations. Whether launching a 0 → 1 health-tech venture or optimizing a 1 → N global logistics network, my focus remains the same:• Venture & Product Strategy: I treat every business unit like a startup. I specialize in identifying market gaps, validating product-market fit, and defining the scaling architecture that turns a pilot into a global standard.• Commercializing AI & Deep Tech: I don’t just manage technology; I understand it. From training computer vision models for dental diagnostics to integrating EV tech into logistics, I translate technical capability into P&L value.• Operational Resilience: I build systems that last. My background in nuclear safety and ISO quality management means I design operations that are not just fast, but robust, compliant, and scalable.• Executive Influence: Partner with VP/SVP stakeholders on cost–speed–reliability trade-offs, informing investment decisions and middle‑mile network design at national scale. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE & LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY I lead with global fluency. Having lived in 6 countries, travelled across 65+ nations and being multilingual (5+ languages), I understand that true scale requires adapting strategy to local realities. I leverage this cross-cultural agility to align diverse stakeholders such as investors, engineers, and regulators around a shared vision, turning global constraints into competitive advantages. I build teams and operating mechanisms that scale beyond me. Today, I shape the long-term direction of Amazon’s middle-mile ecosystem from setting strategy, influencing investment decisions, to establishing the operating mechanisms that translate roadmap intent into resilient, cost-effective logistics performance at global scale.

Experience

1. Sr Product Mgr, Middle Mile Product & Tech (P & L Leader Driving 60m Cost Savings & Revenue Growth)

   Amazon

   Sep 2022 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   P&L & Network Strategy: Own the strategic roadmap and P&L for Middle Mile network optimization. Architect product solutions (like Dynamic Multi-Stop Runs) that scale across the US network. Delivered $60M+ in bottom-line impact.• Enterprise Commercial Strategy (Amazon Freight): Partner with Amazon Freight business to structure high-value transportation solutions for enterprise shippers (Fortune 500 CPG) and unlock $50M+ in potential revenues.• Executive Leadership: Orchestrate alignment across Product, Operations, Legal, and Carrier Management teams. Manage the full lifecycle of new carrier capabilities—from contract negotiation to go-to-market strategy—across 150+ top performing carriers.• Bar Raising Safety Culture: Designed the largest container safety training program in Surface Transportation history, resulting in 150K+ crash-free hauls and shifting safety culture from reactive to proactive. Build training solutions for carrier drivers to haul equipment safely.• Sustainability & Global Inbound: Led the integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the network and currently leading strategic expansion into Port Drayage to reduce inbound freight costs via intermodal technology.

Education

• Eindhoven University of Technology

  PDEng (Professional Doctorate in Engineering), Design and Technology of Instrumentation

  2006 — 2008

• IESE Business School

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2016 — 2018

• Chalmers University of Technology

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electric Power Engineering

  2004 — 2006

• Osmania University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Instrumentation Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Market Research
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership
• English
• Project Planning
• Reactor
• Modeling
• Fortran
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Heat Transfer
• Mathematica
• Management
• Customer Experience
• Start-Ups
• Data Analysis
• Gamma Spectrometry
• Nuclear
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills
• Materials Science
• Matlab
• Product Management
• Energy
• Team Management
• Physics
• Data Science
• Simulations
• Strategic Planning
• Engineering
• Microsoft Office
• Research
• Materials
• Fx Trading
• Science
• Microsoft Excel