Puneet Gupta

About Puneet Gupta

I am an Analytics Leader passionate about identifying and extracting signals in this noisy world and harnessing these to bring the clarity and direction needed to solve intractable problems and strategically transform my company and make its Supply Chain more resilient.I am leading Cisco\'s charge to build a world leading forecasting analytics practice using transparent and causal AI approaches along with state-of-the-art Machine Learning methodologies from the fields of quantitative finance, econometrics, and supply chain to substantially augment Cisco\'s Global Planning function.(Economic/Market related posts reflect my personal views and not of Cisco Systems)

Experience

1. Director, Data Science

   Cisco

   May 2020 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   Leading Cisco\'s charge to build a world leading forecasting analytics practice using transparent and causal AI approaches along with state-of-the-art Machine Learning methodologies from the fields of quantitative finance, econometrics, and supply chain to substantially augment Cisco\'s Global Planning function.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  B. Tech., Electrical Engineering

  1986 — 1990

• The University of Texas at Austin

  M.S., Electrical Engineering

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Risk Management
• Portfolio Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Contract Manufacturing
• Fx and Commodity Hedging
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Financial Markets
• Six Sigma
• Data Visualization
• Semiconductors
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Economic Forecasting
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Cost Model Development
• Management
• Commodity Risk Management
• Contract Negotiations
• Business Strategy
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Supply Management
• Supplier Management