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Aditya Baskaran

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Tamil Nadu, India

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    Co-Founder
    Fusion FoodWorks
    Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 (2 years)
    As Co-Founder, I built and scaled a 0-to-1 consumer food brand in the Indian QSR market, validating product-market fit and unit economics. I identified a whitespace opportunity in the fragmented Asian street-food segment and developed a differentiated QSR concept focused on speed, consistency, and affordability. Launched and scaled to 4 outlets within 12 months, I drove 15% month-on-month revenue growth while owning end-to-end P&L responsibility, directing CAPEX/OPEX allocation, and achieving unit economics while maintaining lean operations. I drove customer engagement to secure 2500+ 4.7★ Google reviews and 20+ organic posts highlighting products in photos, videos, and reviews to improve local discovery, attributing 30% of store traffic to
  • Amazon
    Senior Manager Warehousing Technology
    Amazon
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 7 months)
    As a Senior Manager of Warehousing Technology, I spearheaded the development and execution of Amazon's global receiving platforms, addressing the complexities of managing 25 billion units of inventory annually across 200,000 associates. My leadership of a 20-PM organization and influence over 250+ engineers in robotics, supply chain, and operations enabled the alignment of over six VP organizations on a strategic three-year plan, securing $60 million in CAPEX investments aimed at unlocking $500 million in savings through automation and defect reduction. I established a strong leadership culture through effective hiring, coaching, and operational reviews, which enhanced organizational ownership and execution velocity. The role inherently inv
  • Amazon
    Senior Manager Geospatial Data Augmentation
    Amazon
    Aug 2018 - May 2022 (3 years 10 months)
    As Senior Manager of Geospatial Data Augmentation at Amazon, I led the development of platforms that transformed location data into real-time business signals, significantly enhancing the navigation and delivery experiences for 270K drivers. Solely relying on third-party maps resulted in stale data and routing errors, which I addressed by spearheading a three-year platform strategy that delivered a $150M annual logistics impact. I managed a diverse team of 15 data scientists, 20 PMs, 20 Program Managers, 60 Ops Managers, and 700 associates, while influencing 180 engineers on the technology roadmap. My collaboration with Fleet leadership, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance was crucial in defining this strategy, which materially improved s
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    Manager - Route Planning & Execution India
    Amazon
    May 2016 - Jul 2018 (2 years 3 months)
    Context: Amazon India logistics was touted to grow 3x over the course of 18 months. However, the network was riddled with address related delivery defects, highly manual package sortation and allocation process. Moreover, planning inputs lacked both coverage and fidelity to deploy technology. Envisioned, built and scaled Amazon India's first indigenous routing platform defining product vision and leading team of 4PMs and 2 analysts to prototype, launch and scale the routing platform across the national network of 100+ delivery stations. Delivered 20% YoY logistics cost reduction while last-mile network scaled 2X across cities enabling sustainable growth at lowered cost structure. Designed and deployed address normalization models to improve
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    Deputy Manager - Automation Capacity Expansion Projects
    Coromandel Fertilizers
    Jun 2010 - May 2014 (4 years)
    Brownfield Capacity Expansion - Part of the core team for a 3.4Bn brownfield expansion project at a major fertilizer plant. Led a 20-member cross-functional team to scale operations and modernize legacy systems. Headed a 15-member automation team to upgrade bagging plant infrastructure, increasing dispatch capacity by 33% (to 10K tons/day). Reduced material unloading losses by 7% through re-engineered control logic and double-modular safety systems. Implemented advanced automation systems for safe handling of hazardous raw materials. Integrated new instrumentation and control protocols to improve operational safety and throughput reliability.
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    PGDM
    IIM, Ahmedabad
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    2.97/4.3, 1/20 in a batch of 385 shortlisted for Aditya Birla Scholarship
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    B. Tech
    NIT Trichy
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2010 (5 years)
    Instrumentation & Control Engineering - 8.58/10, Placement Coordinator
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    Chat Bot for Customers
    Fusion FoodWorks
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)