Kunal Thakkar

Global Operations Executive

Kunal Thakkar is a Global Supply Chain and eCommerce executive with expertise in developing Operations strategy and executing it to build world class operations. His experience in the last 20 years revolves around heading the Strategy and Omni-Channel Operations for organizations at all levels from startups to the Fortune 1 company (Walmart).

Kunal is currently serving as the CEO for SEAIR Global, a logistics solutions and freight forwarding company, prior to this he served as the President for M2C Trade which provides strategic advisory and supply chain consulting services for global manufacturers, helping them establish their brand presence and successfully launch products across North American markets.

Kunal recently served as the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Thrasio, one of the largest marketplace aggregators for Amazon where he managed their global operations. He led the Operations team which included Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics- Warehousing, 3PL, Transportation and Inventory Management. Prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer at Firstleaf, a personalized wine subscription and eCommerce company to oversee the end-to-end supply chain and post purchase customer experience. 

Kunal has also served as the Head (VP) of Global Supply Chain at Walmart International eCommerce. His responsibilities included building the supply chain strategy, creating roadmaps for optimizing the eCommerce distribution network, inventory management, last mile, returns, and supply chain as a service. Before Walmart, Kunal held senior leadership roles with corporations both large and small. He served as the Head of Global Operations and Member of the Executive Committee at Newegg, where he ran their global supply chain including distribution, fulfillment, transportation, returns, engineering automation, infrastructure, and innovation. He has also gained extensive experience managing all aspects of the business operations working at Leg Avenue and UPS. 

Kunal holds an MS in Engineering Management from California State University, Northridge, and a Chemical Engineering undergraduate degree from Mumbai University, India. He has achieved a certification in Global Logistics from California State University Long Beach and online business certification from HBX.

Kunal currently serves on the advisory board for Nomagic.ai, a Khosla Ventures backed robotic startup, Fillogic that provides micro fulfillment solutions and Lumi.ai which provides supply chain AI solutions.