Arvind Ananthan has an M.S. in Supply Chain Management from UT Dallas and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India. He has technical skills in CAD/CAM tools and certifications in English and operations management. His academic projects analyzed jet impingement cooling and friction welding parameters. For his internship at Daimler India, he collected data on workflow and created an action plan for implementing an E-Kanban system. He is a member of supply chain organizations at UT Dallas and has held leadership roles in student organizations.