Biography:

Prasad Ramakrishnan, a global senior executive and turnaround specialist, has a strong history of leading complex, innovative transformations across industries, while living and working on four continents. His experience includes being a board member, or advisor, to start-ups in the United States and Switzerland. His corporate roles include GE’s Global Wind Supply Chain General Manager, Leader of LATAM Supply Chain across all GE businesses, and, prior to its GE merger, a VP of Operations at Alstom. He was the Global Head of Production and Supply Chains at Triumph International in Switzerland. He was Ford’s LATAM Head of Advanced and Manufacturing Engineering based in Brazil. As a Senior Lecturer in Management & Technology at the Swiss Federal Technology University (ETH), he co-created a clean sheet Executive MBA with two top Swiss universities. As an Adjunct Lecturer at Babson College, he teaches technology, operations, and information management at Olin Graduate School of Business He can be reached at Babson Hall 323, 231 Forest Street, Babson Park, MA 02457, 781-400-3816, pramakrishnan@babson.edu.