March 11, 2024
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DALLAS, March 11, 2024 – o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that three of its experts have been recognized as 2024 Pros to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive - an annual award program that honors outstanding innovators whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other supply chain leaders.
This year’s o9 Pros to Know honorees include:
Karolina Tuttle, o9’s Global Supplier Relationship Management Go-to-Market Lead: Karolina received the Pros to Know Rising Star distinction for consistently demonstrating an unparalleled work ethic in the supply chain space. It has been exemplified through her dedication to successfully support critical global projects in all key markets for o9. In 2023, she was promoted to Supplier Relationship Management Go-to-Market Lead. Karolina's commitment to promoting the transformative power of collaboration can be seen in her pivotal role launching o9 Supplier Collaboration.
Lizzie Lee, o9’s Senior Director, Presales: Lizzie also received the Pros to Know Rising Star distinction. She is honored for successfully applying her career experience in supply chain consulting and software delivery to a new career path in Presales at o9. During Lizzie’s tenure at o9, she was promoted from an individual contributor to a team lead overseeing the Company’s North American Presales teams across CPG and Retail industries. As a growing leader within o9, she is dedicated to mentoring and developing the up-and-coming talent on the team and in the supply chain SaaS industry.
Stanton Thomas, o9’s Senior Vice President, Sustainability: Thomas is a winner of the Pros to Know Lifetime Achievement distinction. Thomas began his career in supply chain and logistics in 1985 when he joined Electronic Data Systems (EDS). He has also taken on roles at Oracle and i2 Technologies, and in 2002, he focused his efforts on the commercialization of emerging green technologies. At o9, Thomas’ role involves engaging with a broad range of stakeholders in the supply chain community, including clients, consulting service providers, analysts, investors, and media outlets. Additionally, he led o9's strategic initiative to create a new class of ESG solutions to facilitate sustainable supply chain transformation for its clients, representing many of the world's largest and most iconic brands.
“I’m incredibly proud to congratulate Karolina, Lizzie, and Stanton for the industry recognition they’ve each received from Supply & Demand Chain Executive for their career accomplishments,” said Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-Founder and CEO of o9 Solutions. “Each of them exemplifies o9’s values, and they are role models across our workforce. I’m very excited to see how they each continue to excel in their respective careers.”
Recipients of this year’s award will be profiled in Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s March 2024 issue, which will be distributed at MODEX 2024 and at www.SDCExec.com. Go to https://sdce.me/9nuat3bs to view the full list of winners.
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o9 Solutions is a leading Enterprise Knowledge and AI-powered platform helping companies build Agile, Adaptive & Autonomous Planning & Execution Models for transforming enterprise decision-making in environments of rising volatility and uncertainty. Whether it is improving forecast accuracy, matching demand and supply and driving collaboration across the multi-tier supply chain to improve resilience at optimal costs and inventory, or optimizing new product and commercial initiatives to drive revenue growth and margins, decision-making processes from long-range to tactical to execution horizon can be made faster and smarter and connected on o9’s Digital Brain Platform.
o9 brings together game-changing technology innovations — such as innovative enterprise knowledge graph modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for forecasting, demand/supply balancing, scenario planning, real time learning, collaboration, generative and agentic AI, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery, and innovative management methods — as well as organization, process and change management best practices to transform decision-making speed and intelligence.
