Seshagiri Singaraju (“Giri”), Materials Manager, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Speaker Reverse Logistics Conference & Expo - Vegas 2009

Giri is currently working as the Materials Manager in the World Wide Operations Business Unit at Sun Microsystems Inc. In this role, he is responsible for Reman backlog management. Earlier he worked in the roles of IT Program Manager and IT-Business Technologist for the ERP Projects at Sun. Giri has over 28 years of experience in the Computer and Electronic Manufacturing industry and was responsible for hardware development and for commissioning of turn-key Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) projects for oil and gas pipelines. He also held the position of the CEO of Solix Systems Pvt. Limited, an ERP start up company in India and was responsible for setting up their ERP practice.

Giri has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering (1980) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He completed his MBA (2007) with Supply Chain Management option from the California State University, East Bay, Hayward.

Giri is a Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) Professional from APICS and a Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.

His current areas of professional interests include Reman, ERP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) and Reverse Logistics as a Strategic Component of Companay's growth and differentiator.